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These are my links for March 12th through March 16th:

• Interactive Online – 10 Features to Look Forward to in WordPress 3.0 – RT @jonmacdonald
• Facebook Upgrades Search Capabilities | Mashable – Suggested results while typing in the search box now show more than just your friends or pages you’ve fanned.
• A Guide To Typography On The Web | Fonts | PelFusion.com – Thx @eyedesignstudio @alvinmartinez
• Microdata support for Rich Snippets – With HTML5, Google helps microformats grow up. Add another to-do to the SEO checklist.
• The Battle of the Men’s Body Washes – WSJ.com – Ms Wells thinks W +K’s Old Spice campaign has the edge for men’s personal grooming because they’re selling to the ladies. For the rest of us, we prefer whatever is already in the shower. I’ll do frilly, especially if it’s convenient.

These are my links for February 24th through February 25th:

• 5 Fantastic Facebook Fan Page Ideas to Learn From – This article shows a few examples of what to use a business Facebook Fan Page for: a landing page with a simple call to action (which eventually utilizes FB photo sharing to host user photos), full functionality micro sites, and coupons.
• Why Do People Always Order Ginger Ale When They Fly? : We allow some flight attendants to speculate wildly – CHOW – I clicked this just because I am definitely more likely to drink ginger ale on a flight vs real life. I think it has something to do with having something crisp and refreshing whilst being packed in with all those humid humans. 7up doesn’t cut it. Too sweet.
• Before & After magazine e-list – How to find the perfect color for your next design. As seen on Lifehacker. This is a PDF with some basic color theory and a tutorial on using colors in an image to build the perfect palette.

These are my links for February 22nd through February 24th:

• UNBOUND Technologies – Social Data Append, Leader In Social Network Intelligence, – According to the DishyMix podcast, these guys have developed technology that allows you to identify the influencers in your social graph. That’s the silver bullet for brands engaged in social influence marketing. Identifying influencers has to be one of the most difficult tasks for SIM marketers these days; right up there with showing ROI.
• Review of new “Beachtek DXA-SLR” XLR adaptor for HD-DSLR cameras | Philip Bloom – A new pro audio hardware de facto standard for a 7D workflow.I was wondering when the breakouts for the DSLRs were going to finally make the pro level. This answered everything I wanted to know. Mostly, I feel like I now know what will be the standard for recording pro audio in a 7D workflow.It’s still going to feel funny piping into that mini-jack, no matter how you slice it, though.Oh, and BeachTek: I have mega lust for the DXA-SLR, but please hire a graphic designer for that packaging. Yikes.
• Brad Callen’s PPC Web Spy – Discover your competitor’s AdWords keywords
• SEOmoz | Google Link: Command – Busting the Myths – Don’t take those inbound link search results too literally.
• ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media -

These are my links for February 13th through February 20th:

• newsmap.jp – Real-time news story visualization by size and color.
• JetBlue uses Twitter to test digital credentials – Related Stories – AAAA SmartBrief –
• 20 Fantastic Usability & Conversion Analysis Tools | Spyre Studios –
• FeedWordPress | simple and flexible Atom/RSS syndication for WordPress – RSS to WordPress posts
• My Top 3 Google Buzz Tips – 3 tips for filtering the noise in Google Buzz