comScore today released January 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that nearly 173 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month. Highlights from the report below: The top video ad networks in terms of their actual reach delivered were: BrightRoll Video Network with 27.2 percent penetration of online video viewers, SpotXchange Video Ad Network with 19.8 percent, and Tremor Media Video Network with 16.6 percent. 135.

Yahoo's line of thinking with regards to the big Microsoft/Yahoo search and advertising deal is that it will benefit both Microsoft and Yahoo's advertisers, as well as consumers and publishers. It will benefit advertisers because it will increase search volume, with results from both Bing and Yahoo being taken into consideration. It will benefit consumers because by combining advertisers from both properties, there will be a greater pool to deliver sponsored results from,

by Mike Krumboltz A tornado hit western Oklahoma on Monday, leveling five homes and a county-owned barn. Additionally, several more houses lost their roofs to the twister. Fortunately, no people were injured in the destruction, largely thanks to the tornado skirting the center of the town of Hammon. According to an AP article from USA Today , a group of "storm chasers" saw the tornado well before it reached town limits. Thanks to them, the citizens had plenty of warning.

Catching up on a week of new stuff from the GOOG. Click to read the rest of this post.

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Natalie Wood (Searches increased by +3,606%). Her sister and a yacht captain want the case of the drowned actress to be reopened . Kathy Griffin (+2,940%). Watch out, Sarah Palin: The "Life on the D-List" comedian has taken her show to Alaska. Let the skewering begin . Joe Biden (+2,541%). The U.S. VP helped kick off a new phase of peace talks between Israel and Palestine . Farrah Fawcett (+949%).

Previously the executive director of the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Mike Levin has been tapped in the same role - but this time at the Web Analytics Association (WAA). Click to read the rest of this post.

According to Outsell, spending on online advertising and marketing will overtake print in 2010 for the first time. The research and advisory firm's annual forecast predicts companies will spend $119.6 billion on online and digital strategies, from search engine keywords to webinars, while committing $111.5 billion to print media such as newspaper and magazine ads this year. Click to read the rest of this post.

MySpace announced today that it has the most popular social app in the Android Market, and the third most popular app on Android altogether. "Our deep integration with the Android platform is one of the reasons why weve seen a surge in usage," says MySpace's Scott Goldberg. "Unique to this app, we have three home screen widgets. One of them allows voice-enabled status updates. We also allow users to set MySpace photos as background wallpaper on their phone's home screen.

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Google is soliciting help from U.S. communities to build ultrahigh-speed broadband networks that zip 1 gigabit of data per second to users' computers, according to the Wall Street Journal . Google plans to test the networks for anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 users. The idea is to help stimulate the creation and use of new applications, such as streaming high-definition video content and real-time multimedia collaboration. But Google has no experience in this arena,