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Google, News Corp Might Be Bidding On Blinkx

A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company's stock up 53 percent today.

Making Money Off Online Video

If you think about some of the bigger people in search, very few of them are involved with video.  Robert Scoble has his whiteboard chats, of course, and Rand Fishkin puts up the occasional clip.  But video often gets overlooked as a money-making tool, and that (lack of) decision needs to be examined.

Yahoo Off To Strong Start With Video Ad Inventory

Poor Yahoo.  The company's facing falling stock prices, potential shareholder lawsuits, and all sorts of criticism.  But one unit's doing all right, as Yahoo's video people expect to sell half of its ad inventory in advance.

Clinton Advisor Fights In YouTube War Room

Decide which is worse: Doctoring a video and posting it online to smear a political figure; or said political figure threatening libel suits against news organizations for even talking about it. Luckily, he's not up for election—well, not technically.

ABC.com To Test Running More Ads Online

Disney-ABC Television Group will begin testing next week of running multiple ads with longform online videos on ABC.com."It would be premature for us to say people only want one ad," Albert Cheng, executive vp digital media at DATG, told THR. "It's a likely sort of thinking, but we want to push it a little bit to see how it would go."

Tudou Attracts $57 Million In Funding

The Chinese video-sharing market appears to be a rewarding place for at least one company; Tudou has raised $57 million in a fourth rounding of funding.

YouTube Rolls Out New Policy Changes

YouTube says it is changing the way it deals with users who violate its community guidelines.The video sharing site says it will no longer treat users "who uploads three videos that violate the Community Guidelines over the span of a year the same as someone who uploads those same videos over the course of a week."

Search Engines Increasingly Important To Video Sites

Video sites should thank comedy shows, car magazines, and news anchors for traffic - they've been plugged by all of them.  Search engines and social networks also belong on that list, though, and new Hitwise data shows that they're about even in terms of significance.

YouTube, Google Video Grab 77% of Vid Market

Google may dominate around two-thirds of the search market, but the company's grip around the online video market is tighter. Hitwise reports that YouTube and Google video combined grab over 77 percent of US video visits.In March, YouTube snagged 73.18 percent of US visits, a 32 percent increase over March 2007. Despite decreasing by 52 percent, Google Video maintained third place at 4.06 percent, compared to 8.42 percent last year.

European Parents Spending More Time Online

The European Interactive Advertising Association says that adults who live with children are more engaged online that those who don't, according to its new "Digital Families Report."The report found that 73 percent of people living with children are going online each week, compared to 52 percent who don't. They are also engaging in broader range of digital activities than those without children.