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A federal judge has set a date to begin jury selection in a trial that questions Google's right to sell trademarks as keywords for delivering pay-per-click search ads.

Local search engine Local.com reported first-quarter 2007 revenue of $4.9 million, an improvement of 55% over revenue for the same quarter last year and 35% revenue growth from Q4 2006

Caesars Palace has unveiled the Caesars Luxury Collection (caesarsluxurycollection.com) a Web site offering Pratesi linens, diamond earrings, Cartier fragrance and an extensive selection of Montblanc tobacconist accessories.

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Speaking at a Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt summed up his vision of his company’s future in a pithy three-word mantra: “Mobile, mobile, mobile.” Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have all attracted a lot of attention in the last few months with their efforts to expand their search business…

Slightly more than half of online U.S. consumers -- or 51% -- said they have researched a product online, and then bought it at a retail store, according to a study released this week by Forrester Research.

According to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 31% of American adults get lots of use, productivity and satisfaction out of using Internet-connected technology (computers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants), while 20% use the technology grudgingly-- and almost half could care less.

Online reference and content site About.com, a New York Times Co. property, announced that it has bought ConsumerSearch.com, a Web site that solicits and compiles reviews of consumer products.

Social networks like MySpace can be a great way for nonprofits to build a network of "friends" to mobilize for advocacy and fundraising efforts, according to Sue Zeiler, senior strategic consultant with Mindshare Interactive.

It would be a vast understatement to say that a few years ago, advertisers were skeptical about potential of blogs, seeing the blogosphere as an untamed marshland. "Now, advertisers are running to us and saying 'wow, we were wrong,'" says Venkat Kolluri, CEO of Chitika, a contextual advertising firm which is helping bloggers monetize their…