AdCenter has a new community to keep track of updates, learn, etc. You can check it out at:

www.adcentercommunity.com

It looks pretty cool, from what I’ve seen so far.

I see that they’re really trying to become … hmmm… what’s the word? Well known?

I guess it just seems like someone that knows the web has come in and taken control… something that seems different for Microsoft!

I see they have a new API written in PHP and everything. Is it me, or is Microsoft becoming more “open-minded” over the past few months?

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KeywordWorkshop.com has just reviewed the new adCenter Keyword Research Tool, provided by Microsoft adCenter.

This new tool looks to be very useful, although it’s only available to Excel 2007 owners… eh, that sucks!

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Yep! Apparently they’ve joined forces to bring us:

www.sitemaps.org

Should be a good thing for us all!

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I almost forgot about my Swicki until today. Luckily they sent me an email and reminded me about it… I’m still not really familiar with the program but it’s fun!

Check it out:

http://welcometoadsense-swicki.eurekster.com/ 

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I’ve been playing around with Firefox 2 and so far I’m loving it compared to IE7. I know there’s been alot of talk on other Blogs about this issue but seeing for yourself - you start wondering what the hell some people are really talking about?

I can’t remember who it was or what Blog it was but I swear someone claimed IE7 was much better… interesting take. My take is this:

IE7 Blows.

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You better Believe it! According to ShoeMoney - the deal is on the table for an estimated 2.1 BILLION Dollars. Yes, that’s correct. You can read what Shoemoney says here:

http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/10/06/google-to-aquire-you-tube-for-1-billion/

Wowsers. It makes complete sense though! If MS wants a shot at that advertising slot - Google wants it more, plain and simple.

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So I’ve been reading alot about Microsofts attempt to compete with the Internet’s new biggest toy: YouTube.com … So what will it take for another attempt to compete with this company? MySpace, the biggest Social Networking Community online, couldn’t compete with YouTube - so what makes a Company like Microsoft who seems to fail while trying to compete with the big web-dogs - want to compete?

Well…

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So I was browsing WZ2K today and noticed that one of the Owners, Paul, has stated that Interakt was bought out by Adobe. You can read about the entire Article about the Buy out here.

To be honest, I wasn’t surprised by the buyout since Adobe is notorious for purchasing their Competitors. But my question is: When will it stop? Microsoft has been punished for Monopolies so why wouldn’t Adobe? Over the past year they’ve done enough, haven’t they? With Macromedia they got some of the worlds most popular Software, including:

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I’m constantly finding all of these “Internet Marketers” claiming to be “Experts” in… well, just about everything. Some make good money, so they claim, while others don’t claim to make any specifics - just “millions”.

I see alot of these “Adsense Experts” or even better: “Adsense Gurus” claim to be making $20,000+ per-month with stories of how “they can help you Discover ways to Explode your Adsense Income”……..basically claiming to make you earn as much as them (just see their Earnings Disclaimer and any other Disclaimers on their site before purchasing!) within a few hours.

The BEST parts of their stories that they DON’T tell you about are:

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So the war continues between the two Giants of the Tech world. Once again Microsoft and Google have battled it out…this time in the ADVERTISING WORLD? I’ve reported earlier in the month on how Google and MySpace have connected on a $900 Million Dollar Advertising deal but I don’t believe I mentioned that Microsoft was trying to get that deal before Google, so I’ve been hearing. Apparently MySpace said “bug off” and Google got the deal for a “few more dollars”. Well, apparently Microsoft decided to go to “the next big thing”: Facebook.com …but is it REALLY the next big thing? While neither Microsoft nor Facebook.com have given details on the Price of this deal - sources say it was for approximately $750 Million.

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Everywhere I look lately it seems that Google, Microsoft or another gargantuan Corporation is throwing hundreds of Millions of Dollars into sites such as Facebook.com, MySpace.com, etc. while sites such as YouTube are being reported to be making huge ad impacts lately as well. It’s a huge Social Networking market out there… just not for Adult Social Networking sites apparently lol

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