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This week has been very exciting! Three outstanding authors from diverse backgrounds were guest bloggers this week! Another big thank you to Kat from Tender Graces and Marcy from The Cooking Rut. They went above and beyond with their articles and the feedback was very positive! I hope to have them back in the future. Tomorrow, Brian from The New Author, will share his expertise with us!

I wanted to squeeze in this week’s 10 Favorite Bookmarks posting. This is a weekly series that I use as a platform to share my favorite bookmarks I’ve recently discovered. The list below is in no particular order. Enjoy!

1. Blogger SEO (Techknowl.com) – Some excellent tips on how to integrate Search Engine Optimization (SEO) into your Blogger blog.

2. A Journey Through Yahoo Answer’s Finest (yepyep.gibbs12.com) – Some hilarious questions and answers published on Yahoo Answers. You won’t believe some of them. This is an older entry, but it’s the first I saw it and wanted to share.

3. 45 Blog Post Ideas That Always Generate Buzz (thefuturebuzz.com) – Tips to attract more readers to your content.

4. The Missing Google Analytics Manual (grokdotcom.com) – I’ve already learned quite a bit from this in depth and must have resource. I highly recommend reading this if you use Google Analytics to track your visitors and traffic.

5. 25 Sites to Find Good Free Vector Files (freelancefolder.com) – I’m always looking for vector files to help spice up my blog posts. This is a solid list of places to find vectors.

6. Scary-Ass Job-Loss Chart Comparing Previous & Current Recession (boingboing.com) – This is scary. Take a look how jobless rates compare to previous recessions.

7. Tech Tools for Teachers (superteachertools.com) – Some very good tools to help you in any teaching environment. I like Classroom Jeopardy.

8. Test Your Blog (seobythesea) – 15 excellent tools to test your blog in so many different ways. I love this list!

9. Artists, Bands & Musicians on Twitter (spreadsheets.google.com) – If you use Twitter and are a fan of music, this is an extensive listing of all the musician’s profiles on Twitter.

10. Quantcast - You probably have heard of Google Page Rank and Alexa Rankings, but did you know about Quantcast? Quantcast ranks you, gives you in-depth traffic information and some informative projections.

Have you found any great bookmarks lately? Do you like any of the ones listed above? Be sure to share some of your favorites. As always, I’d love to hear your feedback and comments.

Have you found any interesting bookmarks lately? Below you’ll find my favorite bookmarks of the week which consists of everything from music, SEO, Twitter & an old Onion article, Inauguration sites, etc. I hope you enjoy the bookmarks. This is a weekly series that I use sites such as Delicious, pupurls, Twitter, Digg & Stumbled Upon to discover and publish my favorite bookmarks.

1. The Arrow of Time (zonezero.com) – This family takes photographs on the same day each year and have been doing so since 1976. Watch the amazing progression of these 5 family members.
2. 20+ Great Adobe AIR Apps for Photos & Videos (mashable.com) – Love these tools.

3. Grooveshark (listen.grooveshark.com) – Music search engine, but with a cool feature, that allows you to create playlists and embed it with their widget.

4. The Onion’s 2001 Predictions about Bush – This is an article The Onion published Jan 17th, 2001 and it’s kind of creepy how accurate it is.

5. 144 Do-Follow Forums by Niche and Page Rank – If you’re into Search Engine Optimization (SEO), this article will help give you some forums in your niche to help with link-building.

6. 81 Useful Affiliate Marketing Resources (blogtrepreneur.com) – Tools for keywords, affiliate marketing, domain hosting, ad rotators and more.

7. Twitter Grader (twitter.grader.com) – Find your or any twitter user’s ranking & get a badge.

8. Blogger Toolbox: 100+ Tools and Themes (mashable.com) – Free & premium blogger template sites, template customization tips & other blogger tools.

9. Lifehacker’s Guide to Catching the Inauguration Anywhere (lifehacker.com) – Don’t miss this historic inauguration with this list of sites at your desk, on your phone or on social networking sites.

10. Top 10 Ways to Save Money in a Recession (lifehacker.com) – A very nice listing of tips that can help us all save money in these not so easy times.

Have you found any great bookmarks lately? How about the links listed above? Have you tried any of them? As always, I’d love to hear your feedback and comments.