A Googly-Facebooky linky goodness todayyum! Gee, after a day of wide launch , only 33% of knols rank on the first page of Google . But they're not given extra weight. No. Why doesn't Google host long-form video? Because it didn't work out for Google Video , apparently. Oh, the irony. Google's own Blogspot.com is the No. 1 host for malware according to a study by Sophos. Unsurprisingly, Facebook is still growing faster than MySpace .

Facebook and Microsoft have been linked in the news beforeespecially after a deal last October where Microsoft purchased a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240M. This year we've seen multiple reports this year that Microsoft might buy the social networking sweetheart. Microsoft has had a limited search and advertising deal with the social network for almost two years and their deal last fall included contextual ads.

Darn it! I had a really good opening for today's Picks, but I think I left it sitting at the coffee shop. I'll be right back'er'enjoy today's Picks while I'm gone. Click fraud rates were down slightly in Q2 . Maybe it's summer break for the fraudsters. Mobile advertising network AdMob is launching a whole new set of customized ads for iPhone apps. While Google procrastinates with Android, developers are starting to take a look at the iPhone .

As a follow-on to Microsoft's reorganization , BoomTown has published CEO Steve Ballmer's internal memo to employees. It does a pretty good job of rallying the troops, but I was most interested in Ballmer's comments about Google. I've added emphasis to the key words used: We continue to compete with Google on two frontsâ€"in the enterprise, where we lead; and in search, where we trail. In search,

As I have pointed out in a previous post China is working hard to keep a shine on the veneer that it wants the world to see as the Olympic Games begin on August 8th.

I'm sure you're one of many generations to ask the question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg the top exec resignation or the company reorganization? Your brain will get balled-up in a knot today, with the news that Microsoft will reorganize its online services and Windows groups as top exec Kevin Johnson leaves to become CEO at Juniper Networks . [Johnson's] departure coincides with a reorganization of his unit,

Wednesday comes this time each week. Today I wish it didn't. It's been a while, so it's probably time for this rumor to be resurrected: Google is rumored to be buying Digg for $200M . As always, we'll believe it when we see it. The Better Business Bureaus Rates Google As "Unsatisfactory." Ooh, I'm sure they're shaking in their boots. The rating has prompted at least one interesting response: Has The Better Business Bureau Outlived Their Usefulness?

You know how déjà vu is? I'm feeling that today, since it's been seven months since Google Knol was announced , and they're just now getting around to going live . And what we said at the first announcement still looks to be true: "Google Runs Out of Content to Monetize; Wants You to Build More." Despite obvious similarities, Google Knol will make no claims of aiming to kill Wikipedia . In case you've forgotten,

Following last week's lackluster financial performance from both Google and Microsoft , yesterday was Yahoo's turn to step up to the mic . The numbers: Net income of $131 million Revenue of $1.346 billion. Q2 earnings of 9 cents per share, with Wall Street expecting 10 cents The Analysts said: Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal said Yahoo's results will likely do little to either help or hinder its effort to remain independent'"It looks like a non-event,

Wow. I feel like Google really hears me. First, they make Gmail's contact system less invasive , and now they add walking directions to Google Maps ! I do a small dance of happiness! Now, I know there are those of you wondering why this even matters, what difference walking directions makes. Or, as one commenter put it : Walking directions? Whatever happened to just showing up, facing your body in the direction you wanted to go, and walking? Of course,

Oh my goodness, it's . . . you know. At OMMA Behavioral yesterday, Ignited's David Martin struck upon the perfect slogan for the behavioral advertising industry, and I quote: "It's Only Going To Get Creepier." Excellent. Government regulatory agencies, consumers and advertising clients alike flock to behavioral. Is it just me, or does the question " Are Google Maps good or evil? " seem kind of . . . stupid? There were maps before, people.

Another day, another dollar edition of Pilgrim's Picks. Could changes at The Patent and Trademark Office nullify Google's patents ? The New York Times have announced a content syndication deal with LinkedIn. Apparently Propeller , AOL's social news site, doesn't want to copy Digg's system anymore. Instead, they've announced a new algorithm that will calculate the most popular items. Wordpress comes to the iPhone ? w00t!

It seems that Robert Scoble is a true "disrupter" of technology. This time, his blog is causing Google's Sitelinks a little bit of a headache. Pilgrim's Update: Learn online reputation management skills directly from Andy Beal. Attend the Online Reputation Management Workshop and save $400 when you register today!

Small businesses in the US are struggling right now. Any edge or any hope that can be found is a welcome change from the continued onslaught of economic news around rising prices and shrinking wallets. I found one such story this morning over my cup of coffee. Oh and it was kinda cool that it was about coffee. I need that kind of early morning validation that my coffee drinking is still "in vogue". Anyway, in the Wall Street Journal this morning )I know,

Sign in on the subdomain www.new.facebook.com and you're greeted "Welcome to the new Facebook." And indeed it is. Facebook is unveiling a new redesign, and the long-tested tabbed profile pages aren't the only changes. If you don't feel like signing in yourself, here's a screenshot and explanation. Home: Very obviously, the layout of the Facebook site is changing. As promised, the left navigation is gone, moved up into the top nav.

Happy anniversary to me! To help you celebrate, I've collected awesome links, of course. Janet 's not the only one appreciating the usefulness of the Google Content Network: How To Use The Google Content Network To Invest In Domains And more news on Google's tools: Matt Cutts clarifies that the toolbar doesn't index or queue sites for indexing and other myths. And one last bit of Google news: American Airlines And Google Settle Keyword Lawsuit Um,

Google AdWords advertisers that run content-targeted ads are going to have a easier time managing their campaigns. Until now the content and keyword ads were managed separately. A new feature combines both keyword-targeted ads and placement-targeted ads into one campaign and both will show ads based on keywords.

Most of the online reputation repair clients I work with are remorseful. At some point in their lives they've screwed up and now Google won't let them, or anyone else for that matter, forget the incident. Despite the isolated incident, and many subsequent years of good behavior, their past reputation slip has left a nasty scar on an otherwise clean history. Then, there are people like Joshua Lipton . Lipton was charged with drunken driving after crashing into,

Here's an interesting twist in the Yahoo/Microsoft/Icahn love triangle-Carl Icahn and Yahoo have just kissed and made-up. Under a newly announced settlement , Carl Icahn and two of his cohorts will be elected to Yahoo's board of directors. Following the 2008 annual meeting, the Yahoo! Board will be expanded to 11 members.

Yahoo's letter to shareholders yesterday was just the first step in their latest defense against Carl Icahn's attempts to elect a proxy board at the shareholder meeting in two weeks. Today, Yahoo and its allies strike two more blows. First, Yahoo has begun leveraging one of its biggest assestsone of )if not the ( most popular home pages on the Internet. Yahoo has put a notice about the pending board election below the fold. TechCrunch spotted this earlier today,