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It was a very interesting week in the blogosphere, and here is a random sampling of what was goin' on: 

1. This week photo sharing site Flickr announced that it now allows you to see statistics on visitors and photo views brought this great step-by-step from Dave Delaney. Flickr shows that it has its tongue firmly in cheek with their stats welcome page for people who don’t have a Pro account. "Statistical goodness"!! This is absolutely brilliant copywriting! (See the screenshot at the end.)
   
2. The SEOmoz's Randfish is rewriting the Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimization.  Here is the updated Basics of Search Engine Friendly Design & Development.  Read it.  Then read it again.
3. Just in case you took a rocketship to the moon and missed it, Jerimiah Owyang, Web Strategist and Senior Analyst at Forrester Research launched a Twitterstorm with a blog post he made about the power of Twitter to connect people.  Within 3 hours of making his post he had 160 comments (now over 400), there were so many people linking, following and following back that Twitter’s servers slowed to a crawl.  Some people are calling it “Twitter Tuesday”.
4. Do you have a content management system (CMS) for your web site?  Julie Batten at the ClickZ Network gives some great advice on making search work with your CMS.
5. Mitch Joel at Twist Image tells us about The Story of Stuff which is stirring up quite a bit of buzz. Check it out here.
6. If you are not using RSS (Really Simple Syndication), take a look at RSS: Are Marketers Missing a Trick?
   
7. Is there an echo in here?  Ryan Anderson from the New PR blog addresses The Failures of the Christmas Slogan Generator. It was one of the funnier things I read this week.
   
8. Google announces Knol, their attempt to build a knowledge repository.  Search Engine Land takes a look at what it’s all about.
9. Yes, more on social media!  If you’re trying to sort out whether or not you should enter into social media as a marketing tool, then look over What Social Media Isn’t – 10 Misconceptions from Search Marketing Gurus to make sure that you are starting off with the right expectations.
10. Vote for the Freakiest Advertising Moment of 2007 over at Adweek.  The contenders are down to 16 very strange finalists.

Friday Fun

If you haven't heard of Seesmic, think of video Twitter and you'll have an idea of what it is. My pal Adele from McAlear Marketing and I were discussing spectacular new marketing strategies, (okay, we were drinking) and decided to give it a whirl. Unfortunately, we ran into technical difficulties. The results speak for themselves. (I'm "bonus" girl.)

Have a great weekend, all!! Talk to you next week.

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