Internet advertising - Ad Market Grows 26 Percent (AP)AP - Search-based keyword ads

Internet advertising - Ad Market Grows 26 Percent (AP)AP - Search-based keyword ads

Online Ad Market Grows 26 Percent (AP)
AP - Search-based keyword ads largely propelled the 26 percent growth— to a record$5.8 billion— in U.S. Internet advertising revenues for the first half of the year.

Avatars May Be the Next Big Online Thing (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The digital alter-egos are especially attractive to young people who want to represent themselves a certain way online.

China defends new Internet restrictions (AFP)

AFP - China defended new restrictions on online news content, saying that every country regulates the Internet.

China's largest search engine attempts mediation with music giants (AFP)

AFP - China's biggest Internet search engine Baidu and seven global music giants agreed to enter into mediation on the first day of a high-profile copyright trial, state media said.

TomTom in routefinder deal with AOL's Mapquest (Reuters)
Reuters - Dutch navigation systems companyTomTom will launch a routefinder device for cars together withmapping web site Mapquest, the two firms said on Tuesday.