Happenings While I Was On Vacation

Well, it's been interesting to catch up on all the news that took place while I was away on vacation. Below are some of the main news stories that occurred while I was gone (in no particular order!):

1. Google Checkout was made available in the U.K.
2. Google bought DoubleClick for $3.1 billion (that's $3,100,000,000)
3. Google played two April Fool Jokes - TiSP and Google Paper
4. Google formally released new formats for AdSense ad units
5. Google introduced a new format for ads that appear directly above the search results
6. Yahoo announced that it will soon require a short description for all ads, limited to 70 characters