TechCrunch reported on Friday that blogging social site Technorati is planning an ad network for bloggers . The news isn't based on an official announcement, but on insider informationyou know, "sources." TechCrunch doesn't have much in the way of details in these early stages, but they do say: Technorati will certainly be competing head to head with FM, although sources say they'll focus on the long tail of the market as well )FM only takes larger sites(.

Happy leapy goodness! I know you were all worried when Facebook's weekly market share declined . Despite what everyone and their brother said in the comments, a new study shows that Social media is not a passing fad . And yeah, I'm happy as a user, not a marketer. I could have sworn this has been done before . . . Wikia Open Sources Social Networking . Oh, wait, it's Wikia; they don't care if it's been done before. Oh, so it wasn't an amicable divorce?

Andy's off speaking at SMX, and we're here holding down the newsly fort. New protocols are making it easier to submit sitemaps according to hosts from robots.txt . I think that's what it means, anyway. If you actually use iGoogle, a handy new feature puts Google Webmaster Tools on Your iGoogle Homepage . Yahoo admits that the Microsoft Bid Has Been a Distraction . Gee, someone dangles $45B in my face and I have no problem focusing on other things. . . .

Google has redesigned and announced several new projects over the last day or two. In addition to the premiere of Google Sites and a redesign of Google Docs , they've also formally announced Google Health. The Google Blog is officially announcing Google Health. Naturally,

I'm so used to seeing Linky Goodness now that I have a little panic attack when I type it, worried that I'm usurping the Picks for the day. I can't even remember my own link roundup's name. Ahem. Well, that glance into my psyche was . . . fun. On with the links, shall we? Pat Sexton, Google Gadget Guru and man of exceptional taste , shows us evidence of Google Gadgets in Google Search Results . Okay, NOW I want one. Okay, now it's getting old.

Yahoo has been making announcements left and right this week, from Yahoo Buzz to opening its search results . They're continuing their news-dominating sweep this week with an announcement about a new online advertising platform, called the Advertising Publishers EXchange, or Apex. Don't worry, Yahoo isn't aiming too high or anything. Yahoo President Sue Decker told the IAB that they're only "trying to revolutionize the online advertising industry." Oh good.

The FCC continues to investigate the allegedly "anti-Net-Neutral" actions of ISP )and cable co( Comcast. If you've missed this story so far , Comcast has terminated some P2P file sharing and allegedly impersonated its subscribers to do so )they send messages on BitTorrent telling each participant in a transfer that the other canceled the transfer(. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said last month that the FCC would investigate the reports. At the time,

Is the honeymoon over for media darling Facebook? Well, yes and no. Hitwise today shows that Facebook's market share is down , while their average time on site continues in its upward trend. However, Youth Trends ' February report puts Facebook at the top of students' list for the seventh straight quarter with 60% of males and 74% of females ranking it as their favorite site. Hitwise's Heather Dougherty )not to be confused with her UK coworker,

Happy Monday, one and all. Not feeling it? How 'bout some great links: Update on Google/Viacom: Google Response Time To Viacom Copyright Lawsuit Extended Two Months . Some patent information: New Google Process for Detecting Near Duplicate Content . Google explains why they think they're so popular. Sort of. Official Google Blog: Our secret sauce . The EU wants to stop search engines from retaining IP addresses and search histories. Meanwhile,

MarketingSherpa today has the results from an SEO case study 4 tactics that increased traffic 58% )free until Feb 27(. In the case study, they outline the tactics that helped to increase the website's traffic. But if you're holding your breath for groundbreaking new techniques, go ahead and stop.

It's a linky party ! The UK is contemplating a law to make ISPs monitor potentially illegal downloads by their subscribers. And ISPs could face piracy sanctions . Last month, Wired said that Google was recession proof . Silicon Alley Insider's expert says, however, that Google is Very Exposed to US Recession . The numbers are down month over month and year over year, but Are U.K. Users Burning Out on Social Networking? Were you using Flickr for linkbuilding?

A new study from IDC indicates that on average people spend 32.7 hours online a week and only 16.4 hours watching television. Newspapers and magazines get only 3.9 hours of our attention. IDC surveyed 992 Americans aged 15 years and older. But does this actually mean that the Internet is twice as popular as television? I wouldn't say that just yet. The total weekly media consumption comes to 70.6 hours in the survey.

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,

It's always a sad day for me when one of the first things I see on the Internet is that my personal blog subscriber count has taken a major hitand today my numbers were down more than 50% off yesterday. I checked around, and while there aren't too many blogs that I keep tabs on their subscriber numbers, all of the ones that I have a clue about seem to have taken a hit, too. )So I got to feel a little better .( Luckily,

Today, instead of brownies, these linky, gooey goodnesses are like fresh, homemade "Amish" friendship bread. Google Issues Notice of Change in Ad Display URL Policy : soon your display URL will have to match your destination URL or the landing page URL. ReadWriteWeb reports on a weakness of UGC: eBay Seller Boycott: UGC Means User Power . Except the eBay seller example . . . not so much. Copyblogger's new Keyword Research for Bloggers is making a big splash.

We all get these emails: the link requests. Even if you're all for paid links, you have to admit that most of the the generic link request emails floating around are a pretty poor investmentpermanent links on interior pages with a low, one-time payment. I've gotten offers as low as $10 or $20. Rather than reply with "No, thanks, I'll just keep my eyes open for loose change," I usually ignore them. Darren Rowse of ProBlogger gets his fair share of these proposals.

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 marketdue in no small part to the Chinese government's efforts at crippling Google there. However,