1. Local advertising is expanding rapidly. Citysearch helps people to find information on local hotels, shops, restaurants, and much more. Wouldn’t it make since for local businesses to directly advertise to people who are in their area? Well the people behind Citysearch has released Citygrid which will allow the opportunity for advertisers to promote their business to local consumers.

2. Social networks are huge. Millions of people use them everyday. Google recently released a social search site where users can browse a limited amount of information on profiles from social sites. Since sites like Facebook protect their members information, users will not receive someone’s full profile online.

3. Marketers like call leads. After a person sees an ad in the newspaper or on the internet and picks up the phone to call, it’s more likely that the prospective customer is willing to buy the product. Well guess who’s taking their Adwords advertising program and adding a mobile click to call feature to it? Who else could it possibly be? Google is giving it’s advertisers more options.

4. Ringtones are evolving again. Although video ringtones are already available, Vringo hopes that the popularity and profits will soar. Vringo is trying to raise enough money and go public with their video ringtone company.

5. iPhone is allowing its users to make calls from the internet. Users have more than one option to connect with the world.

6. Amazon.com sells everything. You could log on to buy books, computers, snacks, and many other products. It’s considered one of the largest online retailers. That’s why it’s no surprise that Amazon’s earnings are better than what was expected.