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Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in April 2008 - Jul 1, 2008
Advertising/Marketing
Rankings of the top 50 Internet advertisers by media value in February 2008.

Top U.S. Parent Companies and Stickiest Brands on the Web, May 2008 - Jun 27, 2008
Traffic Patterns
A look at the brands that get visitors and keep users engaged the longest both at home and work.

Broadband Draws Entertainment Traffic - Jun 26, 2008
Broadband
Summer heightens Internet use and increases consumption of entertainment-related content.

Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, May 2008 - Jun 24, 2008
Advertising/Marketing
The industry breakdown of ad placements and ad unit types, and the top 25 companies placing sponsored links.

Political Action Ads Emerge in May - Jun 20, 2008
Government/Politics
MoveOn.org and NOW PACs threw their hats into the online political ad ring in May, while the Democratic National Committee asked for party support.

Top Social Networking Sites in May 2008 - Jun 20, 2008
Traffic Patterns
LinkedIn and Yahoo's Flickr show triple-digit growth compared to a year ago.

Average Search CPC Data by Category for May 2008 - Jun 17, 2008
Search Tools
Cost-per-click data by vertical category in search in the U.S.

Clinton Spent Far Less Online Than Obama - Jun 16, 2008
Government/Politics
Despite the disparity, both Democratic presidential hopefuls spent the bulk of their online ad budgets on Google.

Active Home Internet Users by Country, April 2008 - Jun 13, 2008
Geographics
The number of active home Internet users decreased in all but one of the 10 countries tracked by the the Nielsen Online group.

Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, May 2008 - Jun 10, 2008
Search Tools
This month's top search terms in 10 categories.