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Tuesday, October 9th, Google announced the availability of Google AdSense ads within YouTube videos. Perhaps this is one of the things in mind when Google purchased YouTube last year. Today's post covers Google's announcements about Google AdSense for Video, online advertising trends, a video demo of Google AdSense for Video, and links to more on Google AdSense, YouTube, and Google AdSense for Video. (706 words, 15 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/10/10/adsensevideo/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/10/10/adsensevideo/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-10-10T10:44:00 I've been watching my browser stats the past few months to see how quickly Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) use grows and how Firefox and other browsers are doing, too. For anyone curious about seeing trends for various sites, I created the charts below to share three of my sites' browser trends from September, 2005 through January, 2007. I also tossed in a short summary of the browser trends - you might be surprised! (574 words, 9 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/09/ie7/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/09/ie7/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-02-09T17:35:57 Many of you have probably seen references to "Web 2.0" around the 'Net. Tim O'Reilly has taken on writing about what this term means in his recent article, What Is Web 2.0, Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. It's not just a boring article defining the term or written so that only programmers would understand it, though. Tim's new article overviews how the Internet arrived where it is today, comparing the past with comparables today in a way that even a non-programmer like myself can understand. Today's post provides an overview of this fascinating new article. (389 words, 3 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/11/07/web20/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/11/07/web20/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-11-07T14:23:42 Like many of us, I've been glued to the TV watching the latest news on Hurricane Katrina. The devastation is heart-wrenching. There's news all over the Web, of course, about what's going on, including weblogs popping up. Today's post includes a selection of helpful links of how to help and how to follow the coverage of this horrendous disaster. (314 words, 12 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/30/katrina/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/30/katrina/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-30T13:02:07 First, Brainstorms and Raves is not and doesn't plan to be a weblog covering current events or politics. I'm compelled to write about Thursday's terror attacks in London, but my writings here cover how people are using the Internet, especially weblogs, to stay in touch, share stories, and write their thoughts about what happened. Read the complete post for links to quite a few interesting weblogs, photoblogs, and BBC pages with personal accounts. (872 words, 43 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-09T16:26:11 This morning Opera Software announced the integration of BitTorrent into their Web browsers. It's now currently available for download as a technical preview for (TP) Windows, Linux and Mac. Read the complete post for more details, including their press release. (602 words, 7 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/07/opera/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/07/opera/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-07T15:21:20 Google Toolbar's AutoLink & The Need For Opt-Out is Danny Sullivan's thoughtful follow-up article today on the Google toolbar AutoLink feature currently in Beta testing for Windows Internet Explorer users. He presents arguments in favor of AutoLink and opposed to it, includes links to various opinions, and he expresses his own views and concerns. This one article explains it all quite well. More: See also my post yesterday, Google's New Toolbar Embeds Links Within Your Website Without Your Permission. (106 words, 4 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/02/25/moreautolink/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/02/25/moreautolink/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-02-25T21:05:07 Neil Turner, of the popular Neil's World weblog, reported last week about Google's new toolbar feature that embeds links within your website content without your permission: Google's new Autolink toolbar feature. Although Neil doesn't think it's a big deal, outrage abounds elsewhere, such as at Slashdot's Is Google AutoLink Patent-Pending By Microsoft? where this new feature is compared to Microsoft's Smart Tags ploy in 2001. (647 words, 17 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/02/24/autolink/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/02/24/autolink/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-02-24T12:15:32 An automated spam-bomber attacked my weblog last week and again in a much bigger way over the weekend, with comment denials every 6-11 seconds, as reported in my Movable Type Activity Log. Thankfully ALL 93 attempts were futile, however, thanks to Jay Allen's MTBlacklist. A new tactic, "spam piggybacking," is also on the rise. (830 words, 10 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/08/02/spammers/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/08/02/spammers/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-08-02T07:00:40 Earlier today I was looking for information design tips, so naturally I went to visit Beth Mazur's IDBlog. While there I got sidetracked with one of her recent posts, Blogs, Power Laws, and Assault Weapons, about Tom Mauser's Petition to Renew the Assault Weapons Ban. The animated map of Tom Mauser's Petition showing relationships of people who've signed the petition is fascinating to see. (175 words, 9 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/21/infodesign/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/21/infodesign/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-07-21T19:00:07