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Today In Online Marketing News – Monday, April 21, 2008

Here are some of the articles that caught my attention today: Monday, April 21, 2008

• Online Advertising Is a Lagging Indicator of a Recession By Saul Hansell | The New York Times. Hansell describes the mood from online marketers as being positive. All in all the online marketing world will not be in for the recession it had in 2000, but it will still feel some of the pain.

• When is the best day to send? By Caroline Smith | Brontoblog.com I have often been asked what the best day to send email is. According to this report it’s Tuesday followed by Wednesday.

• The charmed life of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. By Josh Quittner | CNNMoney.com. Brief history on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and how his company is sustaining and thriving in an ultra-competitive marketplace.

• Bezos On Innovation by BusinessWeek. Here is another interview with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos reflecting on his 13 years at the helm of Amazon’s ship.

• A Widget’s Worth by Catherine Holahan | BusinessWeek. Discussed are the popularity of widgets on social networks such as Facebook and how developers are trying to monetize them.

• One Place for Your Many Online Lives by Heather Green | BusinessWeek. FriendFeed is a way to track everything that your friends and colleagues are doing – it aggregates data from 30 sites like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr and places it all in a easy to use interface.