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Five years ago in February 2005, according to legend, the idea of YouTube was born after Chad Hurley and Steve Chen experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco.

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It's that time again.

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Cupertino-based company rumored to be launching mobile ad network.

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Nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion online videos during December 2009, according to the latest data from comScore Vedio Metrix.

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Wall Street rewards the unexpected.

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Google goes after Apple's iPhone with new Android software update for Nexus One.

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Bing is helping you stay out of the doghouse on February 14.

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Kids show off their artistic chops.

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Yahoo! sells off job search site and strikes new ad deal.

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The San Diego-based company builds on connection between search and display.

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Would marketers be smarter to take the money they'll spend on Super Bowl 2010 commercials and use it to by YouTube ads instead?

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Local search site Local.com reported their Q4 2009 earnings today. Revenues of $16.4 million an increase of 8% over the Q3 2009 revenue of $15.1 million. Adjusted Net Income was $2.0 million, an increase of 49% over Q3 which came in at $1.3 million.

Traffic for owned and operated sites in Q4 was 45 million uniques per month, up 4% from Q3 2009 and up 59% year-over-year. But revenue per thousand visitors was $257, down 5% from Q3 2009's $270, and down 7% from Q4 2008's $275.

Local.com's stock was down 1.96% at the time of this post.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to chat with Ask.com U.S. President Doug Leeds about the new "Question of the Day" feature that debuted this week. Leeds championed the new feature internally at Ask.com and is quite passionate about how it reflects the brand's larger search strategy.

Leeds informed me that the Question of the Day feature first launched in the U.K. It did so well there, that they're trying it out stateside.

"Before search, asking questions is the way we got that information," said Leeds. "We changed our behavior. You couldn't just ask a search engine a question."

Ask.com receives queries in the form of a question as a percentage more than any other search engine. Ask.com has been capitalizing on that fact in the last year, sharpening their focus on Q&A.

Last June, Ask.com announced that they had built a database containing 300 million Q&A pairs indexed from various answers sites on the web. By November, that database grew to 400 million and Ask.com launched a new section of their site focusing solely on Q&A.

Featuring a Question of the Day on the Ask.com homepage is just the next step in executing a strategy focused around answers. In some respects, this reflects search behavior that has come full circle.

But as the ten blue links have led to much research, spam and confusion, search engines are increasingly returning to what people really want: Answers. Quick answers.

So does this mean Ask.com is getting out of the general search game and focusing on a niche in search? Leeds sees it the other way around.

"I strongly believe that search is a niche within questions and answers," emphasized Leeds.

Ask found that prompting homepage visitors with a Question of the Day increased the number of queries written as a question. This was even higher for those who clicked on the Question of the Day.

Searchers who received good answers, which is likely considering the aforementioned database, increased the frequency and attention paid to Ask.com.

"What I'm committed to is getting people an answer to their question," concluded Leeds.

That commitment reflects a maturing Ask.com, coming into their own by returning to their roots.

Which search engine is the best for info on Oscar nominations?

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Can you use social media to sell a $140,000 product?

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Team Manning and Team Brees, eat your hearts out. It's Team Romo that won the search bowl - at least on Bing.

That's right, the Dallas Cowboys were the most searched NFL team on Bing this season. They beat out both teams that will play in the Superbowl this coming Sunday - the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. If you're wondering why I keep writing Colts before Saints (I know you're not but humor me) - it's because this Sunday I'm a Colts fan. (Hey, the Panthers and the Giants didn't make it, ok?)

But I'll throw you a bone, Saints fans - New Orleans was the 5th most searched NFL team on Bing. The Colts came in a paltry 15th place. Ouch!

By the way, if you want to keep up with the Big Game's stats and scores this Sunday, Bing's Instant Answers will be fired up and ready to keep you informed. Type the key terms 'Super Bowl XLIV' or 'Super Bowl 2010' directly into the Bing search box.

In the meantime, query those terms and get links to pre-game analysis as well as recipes for your Superbowl party.

And be sure to head to Bing/Twitter to catch real-time reaction from the Twittersphere about the game and, of course, those all-important Superbowl ads.