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The Linky Goodness Litmus Test™: Is it linky? Is it good?

These passed today:

• SoloSEO launches LeaveFeedback.org, a free service for local businesses. It helps them get listed in local search engines and gives their patrons a place to leave feedback on the business. We know how people love to read customer reviews; if your local business is good, this should be very cool for you.
• Guess who’s getting into the Facebook app game? American Airlines. It took them “a mere two months” to create their app. Aw, isn’t it cute?
• Targeting the moneyed class? Turn to MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook because Wealthy consumers are using social networks
• The Wall Street Journal wonders about the future for AOL and Platform A. As do we all.

Maybe I just had a nice long weekend, but it feels like a looooong time since we’ve had our linky goodness.

• For the fun facts file: Google Establishes Hydro-Power Data Center. Tamar asks the pertinent question: cui bono? Google, of course.
• RWW asks How Would You Fix Yahoo!? Go share. Please.
• I can’t remember, did Blogger used to have future posting? Because they’ve brought it back: Blogger Adds Scheduled Posting
• How Media Would Weather Recession. Skipping to the end: “Search marketing, because it’s so closely tied to sales, more often is thought of as a cost of goods sold rather than a marketing and administration expense. Therefore, it is assumed to be the most recession-proof of all marketing channels.”
• Remember MyBlogLog? Yeah, them. Now they’re a “tool for Broadcasting Your Online Life“

If I could make you all brownies as easily as I could give you a links post, I would. So consider these fresh, chewy links your homemade baked goods for the day.

• I know I just checked this last week, so it looks like FeedBurner may have discontinued its All-Time Stats Without Notice
• Baidu dominates the Chinese search market—due in no small part to the Chinese government’s efforts at crippling Google there. However, Google might not be the target: China Government Censured Baidu For Spreading “Filthy Pictures” Google, on the other hand, would never do that. Well, at least not if the Chinese government told them not to.
• MSFT/YHOO Part I: BusinessWeek asks Microsoft-Yahoo Water Torture Trickles On–But For How Long? (I vote: too long already.)

You know you need that linky goodness fix, so even though I only have two stories to share, I’ll hook you up.

• It starts: Yahoo Layoffs Happening Now : Employees Notified Today
• IAB Board Formally Adopts Behavioral Targeting Guidelines. Will it make a difference to you?

Enjoy!

This Linky Goodness is near and dear to my heart, most especially because . . . it’s Wednesday.

• New York is at it again: NY Legislature Considers Law Aimed At Keeping Sex Offenders Off Social Networking Sites
• Are we really headed into a recession? Perhaps, though it’s not officially a “recession” until things have been bad for six months. But Wired thinks Google Looks Recession-Proof
• Debunking SEO Mythology. Nothing new here, except for maybe their take on paid links: “If you want to buy a link from a site, only do it if you believe the link itself will be a good source of traffic (in other words, only do it for legitimate advertising purposes). Do not do it if your purpose is for that link to transfer page rank or increase your ranking, as it likely will not.”

I don’t know about you, but after the last two days of linky gooey goodness, I’m ready for a diet. But that doesn’t mean skimping on the links!

• A followup to last week’s beautiful data, Hitwise gives us a look at the MSN Search and Ask Audience Profile
• Ooh, more pretty data: Ask.com Binoculars Adds Compete.com Stats.
• I must be one of the last people on Earth to get a paper newspaper, but I read most of my news online anyway. Good thing, I guess: Online News Readership Helps Offset Print Losses and Newspaper Web Sites Draw Younger Audiences
• Could it be true? Google Indexes Without Links or Sitemaps
• I’m telling you, all this high-minded talk of privacy etc. etc. doesn’t mean much to most people: Facebook Users Shrug at Privacy

Let’s send you out on your weekend on a high note: linky goodness. You’re happier already, aren’t you?

• Facebook’s latest threat: Twitter. They’re totally killing Facebook on the freshness factor.
• It’s legal in Australia: Facebook friends aren’t your friends. (Actually, the case was more about whether trying to friend an ex constituted harassment, but then the judge kept talking. Happens all over, I guess.)
• Up till last week, online classifieds site craigslist was only available in English and Spanish. Now they’ve added Brazilian Portuguese, French (Parisian and Quebecoise), Italian and German. Next up: Basque and . . . Klingon. (via)
• MySpace China finally gets a Chinese name: Juyou. It means ‘getting friends together.’