This week was of course dominated by MSN launching their BETA engine. Thus, a quieter week than usual for quality material. The threads and sources below are of highest calibre though and represent the best of the best of what we found out there. Much of the action here at Threadwatch was in the mayhem section - You'll have to sift through those as they are mostly filtered out of the weekly roundup along with news items. Hope you all had a cracking weekend :-) Follow the title link above for the full list.

• Keyword Selection - Art not Science
• Time Tracking & Billing Software for SEOs
• Which Directory Links Actually Count?
• Content Sensitive Affiliate Programs & Adsense Alternatives
• Defensive SEO - Copyright KungFu & Name Trading Kick Ass Karate
• Algo Speculation: Content to Make a Comeback?
• The Hush Hush Secrets of Successful Directories
• Weighted LInks Rank - An Improvement on the PageRank Algorithm?
• SearchKing or Savvy Salesman? Bob Massa Tells All
• Why Companies Fail at Web Marketing
• Do Search Engines have the Right to Copy your Content?