File this roundup under 'good job,' 'good review,' and 'good news,' respectively.

Apparently, tangible goods aren't the only sales that businesses want to see flying out the doors this holiday season. Name.com and Fabulous.com are both running domain name discounts for the holidays.

Readers who also develop domains might be interested in these software stories: Google announced Thursday via its main blog that Chrome for Windows is no longer a “beta” product, and development of Chrome for Mac and Linux. Also, Shawn Collins' Affiliate Marketing Blog noted a list at TechVivo, of “21 Essential WordPress Plugins.”

Gord Hotchkiss posted a great column yesterday on Search Engine Land on the topic of selling SEO tactics to traditional branding pros, in a piece revolving around misconceptions of who “owns” a user's search experience. Also, The Domains has the update on the Kentucky 141 domain seizure case.

The 2008 Zeitgeist and two hot tips round out this round-up.

Today I received two postal letters from Liberty Names of America requesting that I renew two of my domains, and up-selling several TLD variations. They wanted $29 for a one-year .COM registration. Of course, I've never heard of them.

Obviously, the big story this week is the holiday shopping season, particularly, the way that e-commerce seems poised to trump mall-going this December.

The East Coast is driving home from its day jobs.  Here are the domaining links to click as you start your weekend routine.

Six noteworthy articles and happenings have overcrowded my tab bar: Avoid pandering when soliciting site critiques; win big in NameCheap's new contest; domain sales growth slowed by half in 2008; eNom keeps the .TV registry; Baidu fires unscrupulous staffers; and ad:Tech Shanghai wraps up.

Retail Competition Like Never Before
Yesterday was Black Friday, so-called because it's the day when Big Retail's bottom lines turn profitable. As predicted, various sources say brick-and-mortar doorbuster sales saw turnouts that were almost on-level with last year's holiday sales growth. The reason: tactical, patient shoppers. So what's a retail-dependent domainer to do?