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Online ads can enhance one's sales both on the Internet and in the brick and mortar storefront, as one recent study noted.

A $750 billion Google? A $15 billion Facebook? $100 million for TechCrunch? Valuations like these are inspiring one of three reactions: laughter; elation; and déjà vu all over again. Even as that word is at the back of everyone's (well, at least the skeptic's) mind, some analysts say fat times are ahead in e-commerce.

Last week, the blogosphere erupted with screams of protest and condemnation following the revelation of death threats and personal attacks against blogger Kathy Sierra. In a show of support for Sierra, and in protest of the threats, popular blogger Robert Scoble vowed to not write any posts for a solid week.

A user of the Yelp social network managed to add an image to a Google Maps info box displayed for Microsoft's Redmond headquarters that the company probably would not have chosen for itself.

Yesterday I said that I noticed that performancing.com was dead and now going to some Louisville blog.

Of all the humbug things to do at Christmas. A seller on eBay taught his kids a lesson last year (one they'll be describing to a therapist one day) by putting an empty Nintendo GameCube box under the tree, wrapped up in sadism, and is encouraging others to do the same to fix their spoiled kids. This year, he's selling a Wii box. The starting bid is $1.29, plus $20 for shipping the rocks that come with.

Andrew Baron of Rocketboom fame may have sealed his position as an advertising visionary. His approach, detailed during a keynote address at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, had everyone buzzing. A $20,000 discount for likeable commercials? Disney should shoot for an audience of 10,000?

Once again, the actual number of users of the MySpace social networking website has come into question, with the 100 million figure quoted by other sites leaving out an important detail.