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I’m excited to bring you news of the launch of SoloSEO, a brand new project management solution for search engine optimization. I’ve been working with founder, Michael Jensen over the last few months - consulting on the development and launch - and I am blown away by what SoloSEO is able to offer.

While software for search engine optimization has existed for years, there really hasn’t been a solution that allows you to set-up, track, manage and progress your SEO campaign…until now (see screenshots).

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I’m sure someone like Robert Scoble would be all for the UK’s Press Complaints Commission’s suggestion that bloggers should hold themselves to a voluntary code of conduct, but I say “hell no!”

The BBC is reporting the Press Complaints Commission director, Tim Toulin, suggested the idea.

He said a voluntary code of practice would allow content to be checked without government involvement, stressing: “We’re not in favour of regulating the internet. The flow of information should not be regulated by any government.”

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Darren Rowse points to a post by John Chow that reveals details of an ad network that Google uses for Fortune 1000 companies.

The Google Display Advertising Network was created so Google can go after Fortune 1000 companies, which buy advertising to build a brand more than to sell a product…The goal being to sell these big companies display and video ads at a very high CPM – unlike the AdSense network, the display network is 100% CPM based.

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Regular readers will notice the addition of Mozy as a Marketing Pilgrim advertiser. I try to be selective about which affiliate ads I run on the site, as I don’t want to fill the site with crap I would never use.

Mozy’s free online backups are awesome! Scott W first suggested I check it out and so I did last week. It’s simple to use, and offers 2GB of free online back-ups - enough for storing vital files - and it’s less than $5 a month for 30GB, if you need it.

Here’s what you get…

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Over at the 10e20 blog, Chris has taken all of the available information on Matt Cutts and compiled 20 real facts about him.

Marketing Pilgrim is located in Wolfpack country, so we’ll defer judgement on the fact that Matt went to UNC.

Donna Bogatin has screenshots from Google that show how it plans to serve Google Audio Ads.

Here’s one…

See them all.

David Wallace wants to test your skills in identifying SEM stars, when presented with just a snippet of their photo.

The first one is easy, but they get more difficult…

Do you know who owns these shoes? Let David know.

You have to love WebProNews new video blog. It’s well done, with some slick video graphics that make it look like CNN!

My inner vanity would commit suicide if I didn’t at least point you to the video of me talking about reputation monitoring.

But don’t let that put you off, there’s plenty of other fine people interviewed there too!

This one of Rand, Lee and Todd, is one of my favorites. I feel for Lee - he spends the first 2 minutes waiting for Rand to take a breath!

I had the pleasure of meeting Neil Patel, of ACS, for the first time at the recent PubCon, he (and Cameron too) is a great guy and very smart. He also happens to be an expert on Digg and other social media.

You can catch Neil on ShoeMoney’s radio show and even Guy Kawasaki is a fan of Neil’s guide to Digg.

I always enjoyed reading Marshall Kirkpatrick’s posts over at TechCrunch, so I am sad to hear he has left them.

The good news is that he is back at his own blog, and has left us with a post that talks about some of the ways to track news, using RSS. I’m often asked how I am able to post so often and so quickly after news breaks - RSS my friend, RSS!

Best of luck Marshall! If you’re interested in writing for Marketing Pilgrim, I’d be honored to have you contribute a post or two.

So much for Nick Denton’s plans to direct Valleywag into a more upscale news site. There’s been much talk that Nick’s jealous of TechCrunch’s success and hence his attempts to refine Valleywag.

Well, let me tell ya Nick. Posts such as..

Google baby’s first words…We learned today that Sergey Brin’s first word was golova, which means head in Russian.

…hardly convey an image of a site that wants to be taken more seriously. Why not just accept what Valleywag is? If you really want to compete with TechCrunch, create a site that conveys that image. I tell you what, drop me a line and we’ll chat about it.

Next week SES rolls into Chicago for the last event of the year. I’ll be there, speaking on Reputation Monitoring & Management (which is getting old, must remember to speak to Danny about a different topic).

Barry and his entourage will be blogging many of the sessions, so if you can’t make it, you won’t miss out.

Stay tuned for another SES announcement, later this week, that will involve free drinks from Marketing Pilgrim!