What can we say? We’re inspiring people. The Search Engine Marketing Scholarship Contest (part two) is well under way. Miss the deadline? No worries—Web Analytics World is running its own blogging contest that you can enter.

The topic for contest entries is “The Future of SEM.” The most-visited blog post (and I assume he means unique visitors here) will win a fabulous prize. Tell them, Rich:

• A copy of Enquiro’s Eye Tracking Study (comparing Google vs. Yahoo vs. MSN) $298 Value
• Autographed copies of Web Analytics Demystified and Web Site Measurement Hacks thanks to Eric Peterson.
• A copy of Jennifer Laycock’s book: “Small Business Guide to Search Engine Marketing.”
• A Pro MyBlogLog account donated by MyBlogLog
• $50 Cash (via PayPal) and a post mentioning your website from yours truly at Web Analytics World

Here’s Wednesday’s round-up of interesting news snippets.

• YouTube, Ask the Ninja and lonleygirl15 among those who won a Webby Award.
• Lee Odden’s readers weigh in on most useful search marketing resources.
• While Google’s invalid clicks are close to 10%, ABCSearch is certified to have less than 5% potential click fraud (dis).
• ContextWeb announces ADSDAQ, an online advertising exchange. They need a white duck shouting “ADSDAQ!”

If you read our coverage of the Digg revolt yesterday, you already know that users were fighting Digg’s decision to remove a story that contained a decryption code for HD-DVDs.

Well, the revolution continued and Digg users effectively took control of Digg, saturating the service with many posts that contained the same decryption number. Digg became unusable and co-founder Kevin Rose saw his mega-social bookmarking site start to crumble before his eyes. Rose was left with a tough decision – prevent potential legal action, by removing the code, or, let Digg users have their way and suffer the consequences.

Just when you were starting to get tired of Web 2.0, David Siegel envisions Web 3.0. We’re not there yet, but it sounds pretty darn cool:

The best way to sum up Web 3.0 is to say that, in the future, everything will be smart. No longer will you need to go to several web sites to research flights and fares, then book your own ticket with your credit card information on a particular site. In Web 3.0, you’ll just send your software agent on a mission to watch for and book a flight that meets your criteria at the best price (and at the last possible second, giving you more flexibility than you had before).