Happy Wednesday! Hope you all have a wonderful Turkey Day tomorrow! We’ve pulled some articles for you to read over this four day weekend. Be safe, especially if you’re one of those early morning Black Friday shoppers!

TechCrunch – Online Advertising In the U.S. Begins to Stabilize

Hitwise – Thanksgiving and Black Friday Seasonal Traffic Patterns

Web Pro News – The Rise of Horizontal Content Sites

U Talk Marketing – Ikea Campaign Innovation on Facebook Breaks New Ground

Editors Weblog – LA Times Releases Social Media Guidelines

Radian6 – Social Media Marketing: Do We Have to Be Everywhere?

MediaPost – Microsoft Launches Mobile Marketplaces

SEO Roundtable – What Are Google’s 200 Search Engine Ranking Factors?

Download Squad – Social Media Smash Hit on the Xbox – 2 million users in first week!

Search Engine Land – Under the Hood: Google News and Ranking Stories

Liliputing – Will Google Heavily Subsidize or Give Away Free Chrome Netbooks?

Hubspot – Companies Engaging in Social Media Have Higher Financial Performance

SEO Scoop – What Does My Perfect SEO Training Scheme Look Like?

Jeff Bulla’s Blog – Study Reveals: 13 Best Practices of Social Media Implemented by the Top 200 U.S. Charities

MediaPost – Matching Celebrities with Brands is a Science

SEOChat – Google’s Influence on the Internet Through Its Ad Network

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