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by Jennifer Laycock A round up of what Jennifer read and found interesting today on the web. From how Google ranks sites to writing effective blog posts to Twitter Zombie attacks, check out half a dozen posts Jen thought you need to read. Looking to beef up the impact of your blog? Problogger shares " Nine Signs of an Effective Blog Post " today and at least six of them are worth reading. (I kid, I kid.

When Quentin Tarantino announces that he's making a movie, people listen. The auteur behind?" Pulp Fiction " and " Kill Bill " recently revealed that he has not only finished the script for his next film (" Inglorious Bastards "), he's already thinking about casting. According to several articles in the Buzz, Mr. Tarantino would love Brad Pitt for the lead in?the World War?II film. Alas, there may be a few snags with that plan. First, Mr.

As the Forum Editor here at SEW, I have to delete a lot of bogus spam posts. So much to my surprise I came across one new visitor using the screen name Dick Cheney to drop a couple of spam posts about some tool he is pushing from his site. Obviously not the current Vice President since he is pushing some type of Craigslist toolbar and not shot guns or Enron or Haliburton. Nice try mate - but if Dick Cheney is doing any kind of reputation management he may come hunting for you.

If you've always dreamed of donning designer duds and uncovering the latest celeb scoop, grab your video camera and get ready to hit the red carpet at a major awards ceremony this September. PEOPLE.com and YouTube have joined forces to launch our first-ever "Red Carpet Reporter" competition ( www.youtube.com/redcarpetreporter ). To qualify for this unique chance to mingle with Hollywood's hottest stars,

A Mid-Summer's News Catch-Up Our colleagues at the Right Media Blog recently posted an article about the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and their efforts to broaden the coalition of publishers on the web. According to the IAB's post " Small Publishers Unite! You Have Nothing To Save But Your Business ," the IAB is trying to "mobilize to stop politicians from unfairly and inappropriately regulating digital advertising." Check it out for yourself.

The biggest SEO opportunity and challenge for any publishing website is to understand the difference in writing for print and writing for the web. Typically, publishing websites port over print headlines directly to the web unchanged. Sadly, this results in large amounts of great content that will never be clicked on or found through search engines. At the same time,

Caroline Waxler, managing editor of TheStreet.com-offshoot, MainStreet.com, is leaving that position, according to Portfolio by way of PaidContent . ClickZ News profiled MainStreet in a feature a few months ago that, I have to say, was super fun to report and write, in part because of Caroline. If you haven't checked out the site, I described it as "a pop culture-inspired personal finance site." That's pretty much what it is.

by Todd Mintz I met Adam at Pubcon 2007 when I randomly sat at the same lunch table as him. I had absolutely no idea who he was but his nametag said he was from Bend, Oregon (I'm from Beaverton) and he seemed like a nice guy, so we exchanged cards. I got to know him better as I attempted to get him involved in SEMpdx.

Posted by Jane Copland Quite often, people ask me this, either to my face, via Q&A or in emails: how do I come up with truly unique, never-before-seen, shiny new ideas? What a question. It's a rare thing to come up with something that's really never been done before. Many of the novels on a bookstore's shelves contain stories that have been told before in one form or another. Real originality is fantastic,