This article comes directly from Stan Schroeder November 27, 2008 at his site: http://mashable.com/2008/11/27/lycos-europe-shut-down-recession/ This is what Stan had to state: “Remember Lycos? It was once an unavoidable name on par with the Facebooks and the Twitters of the current world, but things change fast on the Internet. Its European arm, Lycos Europe, is shutting down after being unable to return to the path of...

Something occurred to me about opt-in relevance, when I received a few Thanksgiving emails from the USA, this week. Many of my email subscriptions, which I am signed up for, are with US organizations; however, my email address and my opt-in information is based in Canada. It throws me off to receive a Thanksgiving greeting, because the Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October, as our harvest festival; whereas,...

Just an update to the GMAIL Themes, courtesy of JC Whitney of The Retail Email Blog: http://www.retailemailblog.com/ It would appear that certain “Themes” and marketer’s content and creatives, don’t mesh well together. The blending of background colours, with text, images and HMT Llinks, tends to hide content when displaying the email. Silver Lining, Contrast Black, Terminal, Summer Ocean and Marina “Themes”...

Return Path is reporting that as of January 2009 Yahoo! will be using the SenderScore Whitelist. To Quote Alex Rubin, VP Business Development with Return Path: During the first week of January, Yahoo! will begin using Sender Score Certified status in their filtering decisions. This means that Sender Score Certified members will receive preferential treatment in reaching the inbox at Yahoo! Mail. Also SenderScore users will begin to receive...

Yahoo!: Jerry Yang, Chief Yahoo and CEO at Yahoo announced he will be stepping down today on the Yahoo Yodel Anecdotal Blog and returning to his former role as Chief Yahoo and board member once a successor is named. Google: Gmail is set to “Spice up your inbox with colors and themes“, a new phased in theme for your inbox – don’t be bored with the plain old Gmail interface anymore take your pick from one of these new...