Watch the Google Gadget Ads Live

MediaPost has learnt that Google is beta testing "Gadget Ads" which will appear inside Google Gadgets or widgets that we normally see on blog pages and iGoogle (Google Personalized hompeage)

Though Google is expected to roll the Gadget Ads in summer, they have been randomly testing these Gadget Ads since March. The first batch of Google Gadget Ads had YouTube clips of GMail promos inside Google Gadgets - a live preview of which is embedded here:

Advertisers can buy advertising space on Google Gadget ads using the existing Adwords system. And like Adsense ads, Gadget ads will follow both the pricing models - CPC and CPM.

While Google is yet to release more details about the upcoming Gadget Ads, they could deliver these Gadget Ads even using the existing Adsense code without even asking publishers to add extra Gadget-specific code in their websites.

Since Google Gadget Ads give publishers a chance to monetize content, we are likely to see more and more websites embedding Google widgets with the purpose of making money. And that also helps Google penetrate better in the already crowded market of HTML widgets.

How to Download Contacts from Facebook To Outlook Address Book

Facebook users are not too pleased with the "walled garden" approach of Facebook. The reason is simple - while you can easily import your Outlook address book and GMail contacts into Facebook, the reverse path is closed. There's no "official" way to export your Facebook friends email addresses or contact phone numbers out as a CSV file so that you can sync the contacts data with Outlook, GMail or your BlackBerry. Some third-party Facebook hacks like "Facebook Sync" (for Mac) and "Facebook Downloader" (for Windows) did allow you to download your Facebook friends' names, emails, mobile phone number and profile photo to the desktop but they were quickly removed for violation of Facebook Terms of Use. How to Download Contacts from Facebook There are still some options to take Friends data outside the walls of Facebook wall. Facebook offers the Takeout option allowing you to download all Facebook data locally to the disk (include

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PhishTank Detects Phishing Websites by Digg Style Voting

OpenDNS, a free service that helps anyone surf the Internet faster with a simple DNS tweak , will announce PhishTank today. PhishTank is a free public database of phishing URLs where anyone can submit their phishes via email or through the website. The submissions are verified by the other community members who then vote for the suspected site. This is such a neat idea as sites can be categorized just based on user feedback without even having to manually verify each and every submission. PhishTank employs the "feedback loop" mechanism where users will be kept updated with the status' of the phish they submit either via email alerts or a personal RSS feed . Naturally, once the PhishTank databases grows, other sites can harness the data using open APIs which will remain free. OpenDNS would also use this data to improve their existing phishing detection algorithms which are already very impressive and efficient. PhishTank | PhishTank Blog [Thanks Allison] Related: Google

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