Today, folks, I am busy. Consequently, I don't have time to vlog or banter about SEM and PPC. But I did have time to make a short list of things that I think you should know about. So here were have some links to resources on leadership, blog search, SEM, SEO, PR, and Google. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did...

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99 Ways to Become a Better Leader -- Successfully managing any project, company, or team means managing people, and managing people means leading them. Here, Chris Winfield takes a look at a slew of qualities that it takes to be a business leader, online or off.

Gray Wolf
Blog Search WTF -- Google might know search, but does it know blogs? Well, Michael Gray doesn't seem to think so. He has a bone to pick with Google's blog search, and it's not all that unreasonable if you know anything about blogging.

Search Engine Journal
TheFind.com Shopping Search Engine Secures $15 Million in Additional Funding -- A little while ago, TheFind partnered up with PayPal. Well, it looks like they're on a roll. Loren has the scoop on their latest financing, as well as some background on them.
Using SEO for Better Paid Search Results, and Vice Versa -- With the advent of universal search, SEO has become that much more limited in its potential to generate traffic. What you know about SEO, however, can be put into using PPC sponsored results to build up your traffic, and Sujan is examining the ways in which this can be done.

Shoe Money
A Guide to Press Releases for Bloggers -- So you blog. You know all about the new media and how to leverage it to your advantage -- i.e. to generate traffic. But there's a thing or too you can learn from the old/mainstream media, and Jeremy has some insight into what that it.

Marketing Pilgrim
Google Odyssey 2012 - "I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that" -- I came across this a little while ago but it looks like its hitting the mainstream. Andy is taking a look at how Google's plan to answer hypothetical questions might be a little bit too intrusive and controlling.