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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today released the Internet Advertising Revenue Report including final numbers for Q3, Q4, and full year 2005. The report states that Search, Classifieds, Display, and Rich Media all continue to grow at a healthy rate. Overall internet advertising revenues (U.S.) for 2005 totaled $12.5 billion, a new annual record exceeding 2004 by 30%. Q4 2005 internet advertising revenues totaled a record $3.6 billion, representing a 34% increase over same period in 2004.

南韓2005年網頁設計大賞，值得一看！

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We can't escape it: the end of the year is the time for lists, charts and so on... To honour the tradition, a few days ago over at blog.html.it I posted my top 20 bookmarks of 2005. I'll report them here in English: they're divided by category, in no particularar order.

The Semantic Web – ISWC 2005

In the tech world, 2005 was a period of bold ideas and exciting breakthroughs -- shadowed, at times, by devastating reversals.

It's getting towards the end of the year and I'm feeling the need to take stock of where we've actually come with Web 2.0 in the last 12 months. So much has happened in this space recently and a tidal wave of innovative, high-quality software has been released this year. So much in fact, that it's hard to keep track of it all. While many of us talk about Web 2.0 ideas, there's no substitute for pointing to concrete examples. And this also gives credit where credit is due to all the hard-working folks building the next generation of the Web.

A look back at 2005 wouldn't be complete without some lists. Here are three from us to you, representing some of the most popular searches this year on Google.

第一屆全球華文部落格大獎頒獎典禮。

2005 also brought many "me too" companies. It seemed like every other Web 2.0 application was "The Best Social Bookmarking Site" or "The Best Startpage Site" or "Another Boring To-Do List site". My only hope is that this nonsense ends a quick death by the end of this month. I am optimistic that 2006 is the year of "Web 2.0 Innovation". It is the next logical step...and I anticipate it with great enthusiasm.

12月是一个发榜季节，在大小媒体各种评选榜项如雪花般飞舞的时候，《新周刊》2005大盘点·中国娇子年度新锐榜，以“新新中国第一榜！”的姿态强势开评，凭借年度最大榜的榜样力量来“为新锐加冕”。

Flurry of big deals in recent weeks provide many new ways for Web logs to turn a profit.

One analyst's predictions for what new products Apple has in store.

前无古人，后有追兵，注定了博客网不可能像泡沫一样迅速升空。2005的互联网市场似乎又多了一些华丽和璀璨，但目前属于博客网的只有一条：踏实走路。