Jeff Jarvis writes a column for Ad Age which describes how an open ad marketplace could supercharge advertising growth in the blogosphere, already at $20.4 million in 2005, he points out, and forecast a 145% rise this year, to $49.8 million.

For an example of a “traditional” site with a wiki embedded check out San Francisco: Inside – TripAdvisor.

The internet now rivals radio for news in the mainstream, says a survey commissioned by the BBC, Reuters and the Media Centre, reported by the AOP.

The Beginning of AJAX Standardization

MSN’s effort to compete with Google’s AdWords has launched.

Microsoft considered taking a stake in Yahoo as a counterbalance to the growing power of Google reports eWeek.com, quoting the WSJ. Updated: In a separate article it says eBay has held talks to Microsoft and Yahoo because of its concerns over Google.

Auntie meets Web 2.0

Technorati boss David Sifry provides some stats on the state of the blogosphere.

Among other things:-
– Technorati now tracks over 35.3 37.3 Million blogs
– The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months
– It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago
– On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day
– 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created
– Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts each day, about 50,000 per hour

He also notes how much more international blogging is becoming.

The Times reports on a potential new tax on the personal use of company computers.