Yahoo! Local:
offers new listing services. premium listings cost $10 a month.

MSN Messenger Marketplace (coming early 06):

You heard it here folks, MSN Ebay is here! Buy and Sell within social network, also list wants and share recommendations. List items you want to sell, things you are looking for, and your recommendations. Your buddies notice new items you’ve listed when they login. They can either buy, sell or refer you to one of their buddies. It is like eBay except with people that you already know and trust directly (or a few degrees out). source (via Greg Gilden)

Favorite SEO Quote of the Day:
"Some people have tried to say that Google gives less weight to unreleated content, but this is a load of shit." - Snowblind

Speel Chekrs:
The MSN Search blog talks about their spell checker, as well as linking off to this spelling research white paper.

Why Search Engines Like Blogs:
Amanda Watlington explains it a bit in her article Even Blogs Need Keyword Research

My New Favorite Blog:
Mind Hacks. I am a big fan of learning about how the mind works...recently O'reilly published a book about mind tricks. Here is an example article and their cool Mind Hacks blog.

Position 5:
Has good bang for the buck on Overture according to Andrew Goodman. His latest article looks at how chaning bid price and position can affect your ROI.

The 6:
Myths of Creativity... Few people are creative ...not true. Placing arbitrary awards or other distractions in people's minds makes them more creative...obviously not true. (found on ThreadWatch)

Christmas Site Tips:
The Twelve Tips of Christmas, by Christine Churchill, who recently stated she will be stepping down from SEMPO's board.

New Search Engine:
Accoona

Holy Monkeys:
Google is beta testing GIF AdSense ads.