It has been light posting over here this week as I have been busy guest blogging over at Search Engine Guide, filling in for Jennifer Laycock as she is currently on maternity leave after giving birth to a beautiful baby boy - Emmitt Charles Laycock. While the Google acquisition of YouTube dominated  the news this week, there were a variety of additional things going on as well. I have provided a bullet list of all the topics I covered over the past couple of weeks. Enjoy!

• "No More Free Press Releases," says PRWeb - PRWeb ends free press release distribution. Good I say as it will weed out all the spammy releases that have surfaced over the years.
  
  
• Are Your Web Pages Haunted - That Is With Grammar Errors? - Ten common grammar errors that typically haunt web pages.
  
  
• Google Introduces Multiple Channels For AdSense Ad Units - You can now assign custom channels to a single AdSense unit.
  
  
• Let the Copyright Fights Begin! Google's First Battle Over YouTube Copyright Issues - Time Warner is the first to pick a copyright fight with YouTube under Google's newly acquired ownership.
  
  
• Search The Web on Your Cell Phone With Ask.com Mobile - Ask launches mobile search making many of their cool tools available on your cell phone.
  
  
• Who Is In Control of Your Online Reputation? - ClickZ article on managing your online reputation. What are consumers saying about you? What to do about it when it turns sour.
  
  
• Blog Juice Calculator - Give It a Squeeze - New tool from the guys at Text Link Ads that measures how much juice your blog has.
  
  
• New Study on the Convergence of Social Media and E-Commerce - A study that looks at the convergence of traditional e-commerce and social media.
  
  
• Zoho Virtual Office Launched at Office 2.0 Conference - Zoho combines all their online productivity products into one suite.
  
  
• Google Launches "Google Office", Well Almost - Google combines Writely and spreadsheet products into one suite, dubbed "Docs & Spreadsheets."
  
  
• How Will Google Monetize YouTube? - Excellent article by Jennifer Slegg (Jensense) on how Google might work to monetize newly acquired YouTube.
  
  
• Yahoo! To Join MSN and Google in Supporting NOODP Tag - Finally Yahoo follows suite behind MSN and Google giving webmasters more control over how their web pages appear in the organic search listings>
  
  
• Widgets Live! - The First Conference Focusing on Widget Economy - The first ever conference on the emerging widget economy.
  
  
• Yahoo!'s Digital Time Capsule - Yahoo is assembling a digital capsule and inviting people everywhere to submit items.
  
  
• Web Analytics Are Useless Without Action and Accountability - A look at holding the web development team accountable to act on web analytics findings.
  
  
• Google Agrees To Acquire YouTube for a Record 1.65 Billion Dollars - The big news of the week, Google buys YouTube for record price.
  
  
• Business.com Launches New Business Site - Work.com - Part Wikipedia, part blog and part directory - a new web site by Business.com.
  
  
• Google Music Deals To Benefit Web Publishers? - How web publishers might benefit from Google's recent deals with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group.
  
  
• Things NOT To Do When Marketing Yourself on Web Forums - A rant of sorts based on my own experience moderating and participating on forums.
  
  
• Should Age of Target Audience Determine Online Marketing Strategy? - Marketers looking for the best way to reach a specific target audience should consider generational differences in search and media consumption habits.
  
  
• ClickTracks CEO John Marshall Interviewed - A summary of a recent interview conducted with John Marshall, CEO of ClickTracks.
  
  
• Don't Forget About Your Users When Designing - Yahoo Publisher Blog releases an article on the subject of "designing your web site with users in mind."
  
  
• 18 Things To Consider When Building a Website - Todd Mailcoat (aka Stuntdbl) does it again with advice on things to plan for when building a web site.
  
  
• TeamSkaffe - A New Directory For Non Commercial Sites - Skaffe launches a new directory for non-commercial web sites.