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"All the independent, public portal sites are struggling to find a model that will pay the bills," Giga Information Group analyst Steve Telleen told the E-Commerce Times. "From what I can gather, there will likely be no single revenue model, even for a single site "Revenue wil...

In Part 2 of this interview, Cisco Systems vice president of worldwide marketing communications Jere King continues her discussion with the E-Commerce Times about how Internet advertising fits in with Cisco's overall marketing strategy Click here to return to Part 1....

"Travelocity brings Disney the advantage of one-stopshopping," Gartner research director DavidSchehr told the E-Commerce Times. "Disney's ownvacation site does not include flights, so they cannow [accommodate] people who want to book the wholepackage instead of 'walking the sale.'"...

Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times that while HotJobs will reduce Yahoo's reliance on ad revenue, questions remain about the price the portal paid. "I think this will virtually ensure [Yahoo!] will meet its stated goal of reducing ad exposure fro...

A self-described "tribal elder" at the company, vicepresident of worldwide marketing communications JereKing, has overseen all of Cisco's advertising and marketingactivities for six years. She recently spoke with theE-Commerce Times about Cisco's unique advantage inonline advertising and about how the Internet saves hermoney and earns her customers...

"Once somebody's online, it typically seems to takethem a year-and-a-half to two years to make the move tobuy online," Schehr told the E-Commerce Times. "It's still not something that people do regularly -- maybe once or twice a quarter, on average." ...

"[Some companies'] reputations in the public markethave been tarnished by the expectations of the broadermarket," US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Jon Ekoniaktold the E-Commerce Times "It makes sense for them to go private, to reinventthemselves without public scrutiny."

Poor PayPal. Unlike scores of Internet companies before it, the online payment company is about to go public in a realistic market environment. ...

Uttam Narsu, an analyst at Giga Information Group,told the E-Commerce Times that the Web servicesindustry is desperately in need of the kind ofregulation that WS-I will provide. "The situation was pretty messed up before. Standards were being createdby a bunch of different gr...

Some online shoppers will do anything for a deal, andsome will gladly pay extra for convenience. The trickfor an e-tailer is to find a perfect balance betweenthe two ...

Who knows, politically speaking, where the Enron mess will lead? But one thing seems certain: The way companies keep their books will get a very careful look ...

"The signs are there that they will continue to besuccessful," Gartneranalyst Avivah Litan told the E-Commerce Times. Litanexpects the IPO to be successful, but "not the wildkind of success we saw a few years ago." The company plans to offer 5.4 million shares pricedbetween U...

"It's a common theme right now for e-tailers," Forrester Research analyst James Crawford told the E-Commerce Times. ...

"Amazon's cash position is not a huge concern for me, though of course it's something I'm always keeping an eye on," Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. When Suria raised questions, "I said they would get through that mini-crisis, and they did. Now they're in a significantly stronger position than they were back then in terms of cash flow."

"We've seen a ruthless winnowing out of the good ideas from the bad ideas," Giga Information Group e-business analyst Andrew Bartels told the E-Commerce Times That said, experts noted that some niches remain unexplored by established players as well as startups -- untapped met...

"It makes it much easier for consumers to find companies thathave committed to our standards," BBBOnline chief operating officer Charlie Underhill told the E-Commerce Times The BBB also said it plans to use the site to enable newand existing businesses to comply with customere...

Like any trend-watcher, I tend to pick out and dwellupon defining moments. Earlier this month, asubtle turn of events occurred in the B2B e-commercearena that should have set off flashing red lights. ...

"It is similar to the deal where Amazon last year signed on Expedia and Hotwire as partners," Forrester senior analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times. "Where we see retailers rather than portal sites entering the travel space [is] where [it's] relevant for their brand. It's completely sensible for EBay to partner with Priceline because EBay is all about auctions and value, and Priceline is also about auctions and value."

"The idea that this was a bottomless gold mine for any given company was probably never true, though it's hard to know for sure," Nirmal Pal, director of the eBusiness Research Center at Penn State University, told the E-Commerce Times. "Now, it's becoming a mature industry w...

No one expected all of the thousands of dot-coms that sprang up, seemingly out of nowhere, to survive. No one even expected the majority of them to survive. ...