AOL Rolls Out Video Ticker Ads

AOL's advertising division, Platform-A, developed the video ticker ads as an alternative to conventional pre-roll spots for online video.

PayPerPost Bloggers Unranked By Google

PageRank zero became the big number for blogs participating in Izea's PayPerPost program; Google's move to drop the rankings of those blogs drew a harsh rebuke from Izea's CEO.

The Writers Strike And The Future Of The Net

The Writers Guild of America strike has been an interesting debacle to watch, complete with a host of issues the public might not have thought of before. The inevitable convergence of the Internet and TV is one of them; the continued homogenization of American culture is another.

Meaning Extraction Integrated into Business Search

Northern Light, a company that provides strategic research portals, business research content, and search technology to global enterprises, is breaking new ground by integrating meaning extraction into their business search.

MSFT Wants 30% of Search, 40% of Web Ads

Well, if you can’t be #1, then you should probably do like Microsoft and aim for being “one of the top two” (aka #2). Reuters reports that Microsoft is looking to knock one of their competitors (you know, Yahoo and Google) out pretty soon.