As we all know the recession has affected advertising spend and many internet advertising agency firms have been hit hard. But how has the credit crunch affected the way people use the internet?

According to a recent study I read web usage by adults increased from 20m in February 2009 to almost 23m in May 2009. Perhaps, this was a result of staying at home more. Given the current economic climate it could also be down to people going online to research more. In this case it could mean looking for money saving ideas and jobs etc.

This story was first reported a few months ago. However, there have been some major developments today. As an internet advertising agency this is major news because it will have impact on the way we work and buy advertising.

It seems the search companies are combining efforts in an attempt to become more competitive in the market. Bing, Microsoft's newly re-vamped search engine will now power Yahoo! In return for this, Yahoo! will now sell advertising on both of the search engines.

The New Year is a great opportunity to look at your business and make some decisions about how you are going to do things differently in 2010. Why not talk to an internet advertising agency about adopting a new web strategy?

If you are an Internet advertising agency things are looking up with increased spend in online during Q3. The Bellwether report reveals online marketing budgets increased from July to September.

It's been a tough year for many businesses with recession causing advertisers to look hard at the profitability of all marketing activity. Online, not surprisingly, is the only sector that will see a rise in spend. I am certain the reason behind this is the ability to effectively measure every aspect of your campaign which allows you to easily work out the ROI.

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Is the future of television 3D? With the re-introduction of 3D to the cinema experience TV manufacturers are talking about it.

3D enabled TV will allow you to watch the DVD or Blu-ray in 3D mode. 3D viewing will not be restricted to DVD and Blu-ray as there are plans to also create 3D TV shows.

How popular this technology will be is yet to be confirmed as currently you have to wear glasses to watch in 3D. TV manufacturers are not rushing into 3D enabled TV just yet as the industry has yet to agree on a standard format.

Internet advertising is taking on a new platform in the form of TV. All the major TV brands LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp and Sony are bringing out web-enabled TV which allows users to use widgets to access internet services and applications.

The news that broke yesterday about Yahoo and MSN search merging is big news for anyone providing an SEO service.

Negotiations about merging Yahoo and MSN have been ongoing for years but finally a deal has been struck. When I heard the news I was surprised as the launch of Bing was only announced very recently and MSN have obviously put a lot of research and development into the new search engine.

What is Web 3.0 and why are we talking about it? To answer this question we will have to take a step back and look at what Web 2.0 is.

Back in 2004, O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International had a conference that discussed the future of the web and emerging techniques that would help ensure it succeeded. During this brainstorming session, the phrase Web 2.0 was used to describe the new Web environment that emerged after the dot com crash of 2000.

There is a lot of buzz in the SEO services industry about the new search engine from Microsoft called Bing. Can Bing really make a dent on Google's huge share of the search engine market? This is not the first time Microsoft has launched a search engine they have tried 3 times in the past with unsuccessful attempts at winning increased market share of the search engine market.