by Mike Krumboltz Few TV shows enjoy such fantastic devotion as " Saved by the Bell ." Never mind that it's full of horrible jokes, horrendous fashion, and the hardest working laugh track in show business. "SBTB" still inspires big searches... and big controversies. Here's a rundown of three scandals currently gripping the alumni of Bayside High. The Screech's Book Dustin Diamond , who played Screech, has had a tough go since leaving his hit TV show.

The fireworks are gone, but there are lots more July holidays to entice consumers "Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it." " Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist, 1869"1944 The economy being what it is, finding new ways to advertise your products and services is more important than ever.

by Mike Krumboltz For years, Rush Limbaugh could be accurately described as "portly." Those days are over. The right-wing rabble-rouser has been on a mysterious diet, shedding a load of pounds. Searchers want to know the details. Unfortunately, they aren't really getting 'em from the cigar-chomping conservative. Mr. Limbaugh, while clearly pleased with his sleeker, more aerodynamic look, he's been a bit cagey on just how he went from supersized to borderline petite.

eZanga is a company that prides itself on providing online advertisers with local, regional, and national advertising with high ROI. The company has now launched display advertising with search. CEO Rich Kahn tells WebProNews about the significance of this, and talks about why things are looking bright for online advertising, and specifically display advertising. You've probably heard before that search and display advertising can compliment one another nicely.

Worldwide shipments of cell phones in the second quarter increased 4.7 percent compared to the first, according to a report from iSuppli. The growth marked the first successive increase for the market since the third quarter of 2008. Global shipments reached 265 million units in the second quarter, up from 253 million in the first. "The moderate increase indicates the worldwide mobile handset market is bottoming out and now is returning to growth," said Tina Teng,

Google launched an interesting new feature to the AdWords interface that lets you see what could have been if you had bid differently. The feature, called the Bid Simulator, shows you the potential impact of your bid on your advertising results. "While it can't predict the future, the bid simulator allows you to explore what could have happened if you had set different keyword-level bids," says Dan Friedman of Google's Inside AdWords crew.

the Association of National Advertisers along with B2B Magazine released results from a survey, which found that marketers are increasingly using social media platforms. No surprise there. What's more interesting is how they are using them. According to the results, about 66 percent of marketers utilized social media this year, up from just 20% in 2007. Half of those surveyed use viral videos, up from a quarter in 2007.

At the beginning of July, Bing launched a photo contest where the winner would be featured on the homepage. Bing features a new photo everyday with "hot spots" on various parts of the photograph linking to searches. The winner is Jeremy Somers' image of lightning striking the skyline of Sydney, Australia. Somers was the fan favorite out of 9,400 eligible images. Check out the image below (click on it to go to Bing.com and see the larger image plus hot spots).

Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's Board of Directors earlier today, but the move is not enough to call off an ongoing FTC investigation. In reaction to the news, the FTC released a statement by Bureau of Competition Director Richard Feinstein: We have been investigating the Google/Apple interlocking directorates issue for some time and commend them for recognizing that sharing directors raises competitive issues,

Episodes of the hit show "Lost" have - at least in a limited fashion - finally found their way to Hulu. Fans can now watch all of the first season, along with the last six episodes of the fifth. We'll admit: this move is sure to have its detractors. DVD sales of "Lost" have been strong, and pirated episodes are (supposed to be) easy to find for free online. So for ABC to make episodes available this late in the show's run and also be stingy seems a little pointless.