Despite the black blindfold tightly cinched around my head, I desperately tried to see through it and giggled with anticipation. But then they began to spin me. Dizzy with excitement and determined to take my best shot, I lunged forward. Amid the howls of laughter erupting from my friends huddled around me, I anxiously tore [...]

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:SMX East ‘08 Day Three Live CoverageBelow is live coverage from day three of the 2008 Search Marketing Expo East conference. To be honest, I have to push this out early, [...]

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Google has announced the beta launch of Google AdSense for Games. Basically, with the acquisition of AdScape, Google is now able to place ads within online games. The ad formats include video ads, image ads, or text ads.How do you sign up for the beta? You need to complete this form and the [...]

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Google announced the release of version 6.5 of the AdWords Editor. It was only about four months ago when AdWords released version 6.0.Here is a detailed list of new features for 6.5, as per the release notes:Keyword Opportunities (Beta)The Keyword Opportunities tool can help you generate new keywords. Go to the Tools menu > [...]

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Overall online ad spending in the US was up almost 13 percent compared with Q2 2007, but down slightly (0.3 percent) from Q1 2008. Online ad revenues for the second quarter were $5.7 billion, compared with $5.8 billion in Q1. Revenues were $11.5 billion for the first six months of 2008 vs. approximately $10 billion [...]

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