Making money on the Internet

For almost everyone except eBay and PayPal, making money on the Internet has been beyond elusive. Even Yahoo!, which turned small profits in a few quarters, is searching for revenue beyond the banner and popunder advertising markets. One new twist, which shows someone is thinking, is selling analysis of search queries. Their new Buzz service, a basic version of which is freely available, scores the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Useful for market research, Buzz looks like a smart way for Yahoo! to make more out what is has.