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Google has announced that it has come to an agreement with the plaintiffs of a click fraud case. Google will extend the offer to other advertisers also and they can apply for reimbursement of invalid clicks. For all eligible invalid clicks, Google will offer credits which can be used to purchase new advertising with Google. [Read more] [Read more]

VoIP will grow steadily, reaching nearly $100 billion in worldwide revenues by 2012, according to Insight Express. 40% of all French consumers will use VoIP by the end of 2006, according to France Telecom. [Read more] [Read more]

Wetpaint has launched 8 websites built on its wiki platform for collaborative publishing. Wetpaint’s wiki platform makes it possible for users, without technical knowledge, to add and edit content, and leave comments directly on the sites they visit. [Read more] [Read more]

Ask search engine has launched beta versions in France, Italy and the Netherlands. The beta search sites are available directly from any country at fr.ask.com, it.ask.com, nl.ask.com. [Read more] [Read more]

Online publishers expect over 32% revenue from traditional advertisers, according to a survey by Advertising.com. This is an increase of 26.5% compared to 2005. [Read more] [Read more]

Paid search ad spendingwill reach $10 billion by 2009, according to a survey by eMarketer. eMarketer predicts that paid search ad spending in the US will increase 26.2%. [Read more] [Read more]

Unica is going to acquire Sane Solutions for $26-$28 million. The purchase will be made for $22.8 million in cash, and the rest in Unica common stock. [Read more] [Read more]

CMP Media has launched TechSearch. TechSearch is a search engine that indexes more than 60 technology news websites, blogs and publications inside and outside CMP. [Read more] [Read more]

80% advertisers use online advertising, according to a report by Outsell. Outsell predicts that more than 90% will adopt online advertising by 2008. [Read more] [Read more]

Spam Cube has launched an anti-spam gadget named Spam Cube. The gadget plugs into the user’s home PC and protects upto four PCs at a time. [Read more] [Read more]

Siemens is going to offer Yahoo VOIP with Gigaset cordless phones. Users will be able to make free PC-to-PC calls via Yahoo VOIP. [Read more] [Read more]

Users spend 41.5 days online per year, compared to 37.5 days in front of the television, according to a survey by TNS for Google. On average, users spend 164 minutes online everyday. [Read more] [Read more]