Not just any other Friday, it’s Feb 29th, the 366th day of the year. The question is, are you on annual salary and if you are, are you working today…..for free? I’m not the only one that has been asking myself: Who Own’s Today? another round up of the week’s Internet Marketing industry news. Enjoy the read:

Making Sitemaps Easier to Manage and Scale Yahoo Search Blog

Google is Trying to Get More Clicks on Ads New York Post

Microsoft cuts prices on Windows Vista - News.com

Will Marketers Get Frugal With Google? - eMarketer

Affiliate PPC Brand Bidding: Right For You? ClickZ

Lessons Learned As An In-House SEO Consultant - search engine land

New Features and Phones Drive Local Mobile Ad Growth - ClickZ

Generation Google a General Disappointment - SEOmoz

5 Killer Ways to Improve Your Copy Writing Right Now - ProBlogger

Special Leap Year Link: Who Owns Today? BBC UK

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A lot happening in the world of search this week, and I’ve come across some great posts. Happy to share them with you, just in case you’ve missed out!

50 Questions to Evaluate the Quality of Your Website - Search Engine Journal

The Art Of Growing An In-House Search Marketing Team - Search Engine Land

Using Differentiators in Keyphrases - PromotionWorld

Google Tests Video Ads on Search Results Pages the New York Times

Microsoft targets Web with Yahoo or alone: Gates - Reuters

I Don’t Buy Links - seomoz

Using Flickr to Build Inbound Links - Small Business SEM

SEO Tips For Product Pages - e-consultancy

Your Laziness: Why I Love SEO So Much More Than PPC - SEOBook

Online PR - Is there any value beyond the links? - Search Engine People

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Todays lesson revolves around benchmarking and measuring web metrics and analytics. The ability to utilize metrics and web analytics is going to be a corner stone to any marketing campaign. This video will give beginners the ground work they need to know the basics on understanding what to look at and why its important when reviewing web analytics. Remember to see check out our Youtube channel and subscribe to it.

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Today Loren posted a blog I did on You Tube Marketing. This post had to do with learning the youtube algorithm, provided tips on marketing on youtube and tools as well. Youtube is the second most trafficked site in the world so learning how to reach your audience on youtube is a valuable asset for any marketer and company. See the post on youtube marketing here. We do a lot with video marketing and we enjoy posting on search engine journal to help advise and teach the community. Thanks loren!

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Friday already! It’s been a quick one. Lots of interesting news in the Internet Marketing Industy. Here are a few highlights:

Hitwise Illustrates How A Google Slap Can Hurt Hard - search engine land

Do Directory Submissions Still Hold Any Value? - Search Engine Guide

What is your robots.txt file telling your competitors about you? - Jennifer Slegg

Online Marketers See High ROI from SEO - Marketing Pilgrim

Bebo: $1 billion Acquisition “Definitely Happening” Says Source - TechCrunch

Chicken Soup for the SEO Soul - ClickZ

Sphinn’s Bury Button Goes Live - Search Engine Roundtable

How to get online advertising for free - Guardian

Online Reputation Management for Individuals - Online Marketing Blog

Have a good weekend!

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Pepperjam has just released their “Pepperjam Network.” Pepperjam has been mentioned in the Inc. 500 and was Bank of America’s Entrepreneur of the Year. The network was constructed and built to empower advertisers to create publisher relationships through communication and enhanced brand protection through full publisher clarity. Pepperjam believes that publishers are the “lifeblood” of affiliate marketing, so they have created the resources and educational materials to help publishers become Super Affiliates. If you are looking to create a better return with the affiliate marketing aspects of your business, take a look at what the Pepperjam Network has to offer. The network itself is a pinnacle of eight years of growth and includes input from hundreds of affiliates and merchants. Visit Pepperjamnetwork.com today and “meet the program team” and check out what the hype is all about. Whether you are a publisher or an advertiser, you defiantly can benefit from joining this network.

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Ok so there are a couple SEO hero and seo trading cards out there but they are kind of stupid. If you want something interesting and developed with quality… you have to do it yourself I guess.. Or higher us ;-).

Depending on how this goes we will do more so if you like it let us know and we will keep going. Our first trading card is going to be Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz. He is a rock star with his signature yellow shoes!

Enjoy!

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Everyone should check out the new issue of Ping!Zine Magazine. You can also read an article that I wrote in there titled, Keywords: Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls of SEO.

Inside the article I go over some tips that I found worked well and also some pitfalls that I advise any SEO to stay away from.

If you dont have a subscription to Ping!Zine already, you should subscibe when you can. It always has articles in the magazine that are great reads.

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Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I have just finished a video blog for Hybridsem’s Internet Marketing 101 Weekly Video Course.

It is lesson 2 of our Video course, and it is regarding how to build a solid keyword list and also how to run your first keyword analysis.

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That time of the week again, and if any of you had a week like mine, you’ll be grateful for this round up of the week’s industry news stories. Have a good one!

Generation MySpace is Getting Fed Up - BusinessWeek

Why Online Display Ads Still Matter - eMarketer

Yahoo in Search of a Miracle - ClickZ

Google Page Rank Means Nothing - seroundtable

Does Online Video Pay? And How Much, Exactly? - search engine land

Do Directory Submissions Still Hold Any Value? - Search Engine Guide

Methods to Increase CTR on PPC Ads - Shimon Sandler

A YouTube for ‘How to’ - TechCrunch

Why Rand Fishkin’s No Follow Post Was Wrong - SEO Theory

Google Bashes Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid - ClickZ

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