Ad Age Curates YouTube

Now there's a headline I never thought I'd write. Advertising Age has reviewed loads and loads of YouTube ads and blogged to highlight its choices. Here's what Ad Age says:

Ad Age picked some of the best of the recent best with a big hat tip to our sister pub, Creativity. It's true that YouTube sells ads. But it's also true YouTube has made advertising better.

You're probably wondering which video Ad Age picked as the top ad on YouTube. I won't make you wait. The winner is . . . the crowd-pleasing, smile-making minute of:

Evian Roller Babies, international version.

Blogging About Blogs

Ad Age posts the Power 150, its listing of the top marketing and media blogs. Some I was already checking (or reading their tweets) and some were new to me. Here are a few to sample:

• Ads of the World blog. An eye-opening monthly roundup of interesting and often striking ads, many of which never appear in my area.
  
• ProBlogger. A must-read for serious bloggers, with ideas for better blogging and building audiences, such as how to convert new readers into regular readers.
• Search Engine Roundtable. Search is a key element in today's marketing. This blog keeps me updated on developments, implications, and sometimes a laugh too (as on April Fool's Day).
• PR 2.0. Insight into PR strategy/tools/possibilities. Browse "greatest hits" posts for special treats.
• Social Media Explorer. All-around social media coverage with a viewpoint and a nice long "Blogs I Read" listing for more, more, more.
• Hitwise. What's going up and down and on in web traffic. Quickly read headlines, click to read more, and you're sucked into a story before you know it.