Pilgrim’s Picks for March 28

Friday, March 28th, 2008 by Andy Beal

You might think Friday is a slow news day, but we’re coming "at you like a spider-monkey!"

Google has signed a licensing agreement that will ensure Japanese songwriters are paid royalties on any YouTube videos uploaded of people performing their songs. One word for you: Karaoke!
Comcast is working with BitTorrent to figure out how to manage the companies bandwidth demands without throttling the internet for the rest of us.
Worried that your Robots.txt file could inadvertently block Google? You can now use the official Google Webmaster Central robots.txt generator and blame them, if you end up blocking Googlebot.
Google Maps has added Street Views to 13 new metro areas. (via)
Need a fresher in SEO? Eric Holter has put together two video tutorials that might be worth watching during lunch.
How does your search marketing career match-up with your peers? SEOmoz conducted a survey of 3,000 search marketers.
Brandon Laughridge wants to be Seth Godin’s summer intern (he must love to eat Meatball Sundaes and Purple Cow steaks). Anyway, I’m happy to add a subscription to Trackur to his list of prizes he’s giving away, if you help him spread the word.
Mark your calendar for April 3rd at 1pm ET. That’s when you can watch a Cisco sponsored webcast with Don Tapscott, Robert Scoble, and Jeremiah Owyang. Not only is there a live Q&A, but there are also some great prizes you can win! Here’s a preview YouTube video.