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The Atari 2600 and the early video game systems from Nintendo and Sega are the stuff of legends. But today’s options blow the old ones out of the water, for marketers and for players. Adults now play video games at the office, on commuter trains, in coffee shops and in waiting rooms, on PCs and handheld systems. Thanks to Wi-Fi, they can now play most games against live opponents – and see targeted, relevant messaging that can be updated every time they log on.

In October 2007, Linden Labs' virtual online community Second Life welcomed its 10 millionth resident to its service. Its unprecedented growth over the past 18 months has vaulted this little-known San Francisco firm to the front pages of top publications worldwide.

During the earliest days of search marketing, innovation from major players such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, among others, focused mainly on the back-end, developing and continuously refining their search algorithms and data collection methods. Though far from sexy, these efforts yielded increasingly refined search results for consumers as well as incremental improvement in campaign performance for marketers.

The ubiquity of broadband in markets worldwide has created an evolving video environment rich in both selection and mode of access. Consumer empowerment and personalization of content had their origins decades ago with the emergence of VCR's and camcorders, but the digital device revolution of performance advancement and price reduction opened the opportunity for creation and distribution to all...

Search is the fastest growing medium in history, and the battle amongst the largest players (Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft) for market share is tough. There is much debate over who will win the three-way battle. When looking purely at the arena of search, Media Contacts feels that competition from outside the main players will have a major effect on consumer preference...

Media Contacts believes that the web of the future will be heavily dependant on content syndication and that getting to grips with it today can only be of significant advantage for tomorrow's advertisers. Content syndication affects the way consumers interact with the web...

Delivering targeted marketing messages to mobile handsets has been a much-hyped subject since the late 1990s. Today's wireless carriers in Europe, Asia, and most recently, the U.S., offer a wide range of multi-function phones with built-in cameras, enhanced resolution screens, and improved audio...

Behavioral targeting has been the subject of much press recently in the U.S., and it is hard to find a conference that does not include reference to this latest online marketing "buzz word."

Search engine marketing has become one of the most effective online marketing strategies available today and Media Contacts strongly believes that every advertiser should incorporate search advertising into their marketing plan.

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The Internet has rapidly become a major part of consumers' lives with over 595 million people online worldwide1. Its use as an information source, advertising medium, communications ...