OMG, I’ve been dying for this Friday to roll around. What a week! As always though, I did find time to READ! Enjoy the re-cap.

Friendster Follow Facebook With Open Platform - TechCrunch

Blogs: The Next Takeover Target - Standard & Poor’s

Pushing Print Online - eMarketer

Why Vertical Local Search Sites Will Succeed - ClickZ

Microsoft and Google Compete to Own Stake in Facebook - New York Post

Universal Search Success Story - Search Engine Guide

Yahoo Execs Admit Missteps, Outline Change - Reuters

Marketing Apparel on Social Networks - eMarketer

Are Link Exchanges All Manipulative of Search Algorithms? - Search Engine Roundtable

Google Toolbar PageRank Losses For Hundreds of Websites - seomoz

Closing out with my fave for the week: Shoemoney has done it again! A blogging contest the best of it’s kind: Come To Vegas & Party Like A RockStar At Pubcon - ON US!

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