Wednesday, May 3

Broadcasting with Google talk

After that Google Talk is launched a lot of tips are coming, and here is a very cool one, how to broadcast with Google talk !

If you have a mic plugged in, unplug it
Double click on the speaker icon in the lower right corner. This will open up "Volume Control". Select "Options" and then "Properties". Then check the button next to "Recording" then click OK. You may also have to change your setting under Mixer Device.
Now the Recording Control screen should be up. On my computer I selected "Wave Out Mix"
Finally, you might just need to play around as each PC is going to be a little different. The best way to get it to work if you're having trouble is to call a friend on your messenger and simply play around with the settings until they hear music or you see the microphone equalizer moving around in the chat window on your end
It works fine with one user, but when calling another friend it makes the second call on holds.

Monday, May 1

Online Ad Revenues Grow for Third Straight Year

U.S. online advertising revenues grew for a third consecutive year as keyword ads targeted to specific search queries continued to dominate, an industry group said Thursday.

Online advertising set a new record of US$12.5 billion last year, a 30 percent increase from the previous high of $9.63 billion in 2004.

Search remained the largest generator of revenues, accounting for $5.1 billion, or 41 percent, of the 2005 figures. That's slightly higher than the 39 percent share in 2004.

Internet ads also set a record for the fourth quarter, with revenues totaling $3.6 billion, a 34 percent jump from the same period in 2004 and 15 percent more than the previous record of $3.1 billion, set in the third quarter of 2005.