Bigfoot: Spam On Decline, But Spyware Plagues Consumers
by Wendy Davis, Wednesday, Mar 9, 2005 7:00 AM EST

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT consumers report receiving less spam than in the past, but the bad news is that most say they've been infected with spyware, according to a study commissioned by e-mail marketer Bigfoot Interactive and released Tuesday at a conference hosted by the company in New York. For the study, RoperASW conducted interviews in February with 537 adults who have Internet access at home. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they thought that the quantity of spam they received in the last year decreased; at the same time, about the same proportion-- 55 percent--said they had been infected with spyware.

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By Evan Hansen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

update Yahoo is stepping into social networking and blogging, with a new service that promises to offer a simpler way to keep in touch with people.

Dubbed Yahoo 360, the new service is accepting invitation-only beta testers for now, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Web giant said Wednesday. The test will be opened to a broader audience on March 29.

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Build It And They Will Come. True or False? Why So Many Online Businesses Fail.

by Jill St. Claire

Build it and they will come! Well . . . sometimes. If you're real lucky, and I mean REALLY lucky.

Now you have your beautiful website boasting your amazing products or services. It's out there, just waiting for people who want what you have to offer. You're going to dazzle them with your dynamic website and the sales are going to come flooding in. Wrong. The dream is over. It's time to come back to reality.

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