Happy Friday, everyone! It’s time for another bunch of sweet links you might have missed. Not all of these were written this week, but we came across them this week and just had to share them. Enjoy!

In the News

Pew Internet – Report: Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009

Social Media Examiner – Is Social Media Marketing Measurable? The Big Debate

Advertising Digital – Honda’s ‘Social Experiment’ Nets 2 Million Facebook Friends

More news and blogging tips after the jump.

Multichannel Merchant – Study: Consumers Embrace Merchants With a Social Purpose

Internet News – Google Co-Founder Surprises Web 2.0 Summit

Daily Finance – Nokia files a patent suit against Apple, claiming iPhone is getting ‘a free ride’

USA Today – Census sets up new interactive website

Reuters – Long lines as Microsoft opens retail store

ChannelWeb – Smartphone Season: 25 Hot Handhelds For Fall

Blogging Tips

Outspoken Media – You Haz No Blog Comments? Here’s the Fix

ProBlogger – Let Me Show You Inside a Secret Blogging Alliance

Copyblogger – Confessions of a Comment Addict

Outspoken Media – Protect Your Blog From Jerks

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