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YouTube Goes Retro With Banner Ads And Pop-Ups

When Google bought YouTube, the second question people asked (after "what about the copyright nightmare?) was about how Google planned to introduce advertising into a pure video vacuum. YouTubers have never been keen on being sold anything, not even Paris Hilton.

You'll Never Be Paris Hilton...

Recently I was reading a book that a friend sent me (thanks Greg) and although it has absolutely nothing to do with the internet or marketing, it grabbed an open piece of mental Velcro. The interesting bit of information was:

Google News Played by Foreign Sources?

Take a look at Google News U.S. and how many obscure foreign news sources are linked to. Of course nothing is wrong with this until you realize that the stories these sources are writing about are U.S. based. Looking deeper it's obvious that some of  the news sites appear to be only writing about these stories in order to get traffic from Google News U.S..

Pre-roll Ads Could Send YouTubers Running

YouTube is Google's new big stick, but the used-to-be-a-search company better learn to walk softly or lose the droves of devoted viewers. A new poll from Harris Interactive shows that while nearly a third of YouTube users are sacrificing TV time for online video, almost three-quarters of them won't take kindly to pre-roll advertisements.

Lycos, PlayPhone Offer Up Mobile Content

Lycos has announced the launch of its new mobile marketplace. PlayPhone, Inc., a company that specializes in direct-to-consumer wireless distribution, will power the online store.

Top 10 News Searches: Another Year In Paris

Sure, Google searchers like to keep abreast on world events, as long as those world events happen near Paris. Ahem, Paris Hilton that is. Like jewelry, we like our celebrities, and news about our celebrities, shiny, dumb and useless

Searching For Commando Pics

There's a lesson to be learned here - if you are a fallen pop star that's getting loads of bad press because of a tabloid fodder marriage, there may be a way to reclaim your buzz - show the paparazzi what's underneath your skirt. Just ask Britney Spears.

Le Web Conference Meltdown

Wow, I gotta come back to this later, but when I just walked into PodTech's offices after a day of interviewing and being mostly off of the Net several people came up to me and said "did you hear what happened at Le Web conference?"

SES Paris: Exalead CEO Critical of Google

Andy Atkins-Krger is covering the Search Engine Strategies conference in Paris this week and today quotes Francois Bourdoncle, CEO and founder of France-based search engine Exalead in the opening keynote of Search Engine Strategies Paris as saying . "We're all helping to create the Google monster" and calls the major search engines the "Walmarts of the digital world."

Hobson's Upcoming Speaking Gigs and Conferences

There are some great learning and professional development events taking place in Europe during the next few weeks that you might want to consider being part of.