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ebuzzing launches blog advertising service in the UK

The UK launch of ebuzzing signals a new channel for brands and advertisers to reach highly targeted audiences via social media. It also monetises bloggers so that they receive (fully disclosed) payment for writing about the campaigns that interest them. By Steve Green.

Skillset and Abertay to present conference about excellence in games education

Skillset has collaborated with Abertay University to organise ProtoTeach a conference about “best practice in games education” being presented at Dare ProtoPlay in Edinburgh next month. By Nick Sheridan.

Search for property rentals drop by half a million as punters look to buy instead

The latest quarterly analysis of online search data by leading independent search and social marketing consulting and technology firm Greenlight, reveals that unlike February, there were more online searches made by UK consumers in May for places to buy as opposed to rent. The report, ‘Real Estate Sector Report May 2010‘, also reveals that when it came to sales by location, Scotland proved the most sought after region. Edinburgh was most popular followed by Glasgow then Aberdeen. Cumulatively, they accounted for 19% of all location-specific sales keyword searches.

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