Google’s ads victory in China

Google has just won the right to sell ads on 400 Chinese websites owned by China Telecom, and thereby also kicked Microsoft’s and Chinese search engine Baiudu.com’s ass, on the Chinese online advertising market.

The effect of this market share Google has the opportunity to make even more money on the Chinese advertising market, which is worth billions.

The profit from this new advertising deal will be shared between Google and China Telecom.
By the end of 2006 China had 137 million internet users, so that’s a lot of people watching ads.
Source: epn.dk

Man Gets 5,000 Calls, the power of YouTube

Ryan Fitzgerald is a 20 year old man who decided to post a video on YouTube on Friday with his cell phone number, and the generous offer that he was willing to listen to what ever anybody had to talk about.

"I never met you, but I do care," Ryan Fitzgerald said on his video post, which led more then 5000 people to call him this weekend as he told The Boston Globe.

On Monday at 5 a.m., his T-Mobile cell phone payment will begin charging him for the call he takes, but this does not scare Ryan Fitzgerald he will not hang up on people and disappoint them.

"Some peoples own mothers won’t take the time to sit down and talk with them and have a conversation," Fitzgerald said. "But some stranger on YouTube will. After six seconds, you’re not a stranger anymore; you’re a new kid I just met."
Source: yahoo news