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Affiliate Blog: Microsoft have made a very interesting bunch of tools available. In some ways I’ve no idea how get the stats they are using and if they can be trusted but on the other hand it makes for some interesting reading anyway. (via Cosmos)

  SearchViews - Dispatches and Discussions on the Search Engine Industry. Brought to you by Reprise Media: Microsoft's research center for developing adCenter tools went live in January, but their site is out in public beta now, says Search Engine Watch. They've got 11 'demos' for tools to help with Paid Search, Contextual Advertising, Behavior Targeting, and Emerging Markets (currently, this one seems to be about geotargeting). Play around with Keyword Categorization, Demographic Prediction, or wait around a bit - several more demos are "coming soon." (via Cosmos)

JenSense - Making Sense of Contextual Advertising: Demographic Prediction Predict a user's demographic information such as age and gender based on his/her past behaviors. Online Commercial Intention Detection Online commercial intention refers to a user's intention to conduct a commercial activity, such as buying, selling, bidding, and so on. (via Cosmos)

SimpleSEM: Search Volume Seasonality Forecast - tool shows how frequently was a word search during different seasons of the year - Search Funnel - tool shows what people typically search before and after a particular query - Demographic prediction - tool predicts user age, gender and other demographic information - Local Ads on PC - tool to detect customers location and deliver most relevant ads Of course the tools listed above are not the only demos available in MSN AdLabs. You could (via Cosmos)

  Digital Inspiration: Productivity Tips, Technology, Software, Screencasting, Downloads, Reviews: If you select text, either a single word or phrase within a PDF, and right click with the mouse, then you are presented with menu item that allows you to use the Yahoo Contextual (Y!Q) Search Engine. If you don't plan to use this feature, download a lightweight version of Adobe Reader. (via Cosmos)

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