T.F.I. Friday! 

And T.F.I time for another Link-Fest!  Let’s dive right in.

It’s somebody special’s (blog’s) Birthday!

Hot on the heel’s of theGypsy’s two-year blog-iversary last week, we have another milestone to celebrate this week as Dazzin’ Donna marked four years of blogging on SEO Scoop.  Donna’s not just a great SEO in her own right, she’s also a great supporter of new SEOs and new bloggers and she regularly plays host to guest bloggers, helping them to gain greater exposure for their own blogs.  She even let me have a guest spot.

It’s somebody else special’s (actual) Birthday (tomorrow)!

It’s Lisa Barone’s Birthday on Saturday and the present she really wants is this although I suspect she’d probably be just as happy to recieve cookies.

Duthie-watch: The world’s busiest guest blogger

James didn’t actually do a guest post anywhere this week, possibly because he’s been too busy Plurking, but Steven Bradley (the owner of the Van SEO Design Blog where James guested last week with his post about the evolution of the modern SEO) presented his counter-point to James’ post, arguing that in fact geeks are still relevant in modern SEO.  I’ve got a feeling James is probably working on ideas for a response right now.

A use for Google Alerts that isn’t just about finding out who’s talking about you

Patrick Altoft from BlogStorm.co.uk gave some really useful tips about how to use Google Alerts to find out if your blog has been hacked.  Obviously, prevention is better than a cure, but if you are unlucky enough to get hacked Micheal VanDeMar tells us how to completely clean your hacked WordPress installation.  Which is nice.

Google gets even chattier

Following the success of last week’s Webmaster chat (which you can now find a full recording of along with the presentation slides here on the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog) the Big G has now announced that they’ll be holding a webinar on July 8th where they’ll cover tips for using Webmaster Tools, Website Optimizer and Google Analytics.  Don’t forget to mark it in your diaries.

Oh, and in case you’re interested, Rand posted his own set of responses to some of the questions from last week’s Google Q&A.

On a (semi-)related note, TechCrunch gives us a look at the flashy techno-toilets they have at the Googleplex.  The quality of the Big G’s cafeteria is well known, but it looks like they take just as much care of the other end as well.

The Anti-Social Network

The guys behind UK social networking site FaceParty decided that they’d had enough of all the complaining users on their site this week, so they suspended the site, told the Haterz to Fuck Off and went to the Zoo for the day.  Can you imagine the uproar if Zuckerberg ever did this?

[Fake] Jerry Yang gets fired (by [Fake] Steve Jobs)

Looks like El Jobso’s had to cut his vacation short and return to the blog because his stand in just wasn’t working out.  Poor Jerry, things are just going from bad to worse.  Especially now that Yahoo! employees can use this resignation generator to speed their exit from the company.
Apparently Steve has another guest lined up to fill in on the blog.  Now that Uncle Bill has officially finished working full-time at the Borg I wonder whether he and Steve will be able to put their differences aside long enough for him to make an appearance on the FSJ Blog.