Friday's Blog Watch

Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.

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Great post analyzing the success of Web site and movie review business Rotten Tomatoes.

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Neat way to see all the interrelationships between the search engines.

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24/7 Wall St. talks about the hedge fund that ate Detroit -- Appaloosa, run by super-investor David Tepper. And here are Appaloosa's other top holdings.

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Post of the day: how to advertise your pizza business. I like it because it's a nice solid way of bringing back the basics -- it's all about getting customers.

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Viacom (VIA), which passed on MySpace, now thinks Facebook is too rich.

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Talk about a disorienting picture: Yahoo! (YHOO) on the Google (GOOG) page.

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13D Tracker points out that Midwood is increasing its stake in Factory Card and Party Outlet (FCPO), and it believes the shares are substantially undervalued.

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Ticker Sense has a way with graphics. Today it shows the trend toward large-caps.

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Equity Investments Ideas establishes his bullish case for Walgreen (WAG).

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I recently wrote about coal-to-liquids company Rentech (RTK). Now Hilary Kramer makes the case for gas-to-liquids company Syntroleum (SYNM).

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Amazing: Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) breaks $100,000. Maybe now someone, anyone, will finally buy this book.

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Super hedge fund Vega is rumored to be undergoing a potential liquidation. I like looking at its top holdings to see if any bargains become available.

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Dear Micron (MU): what happened?

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Seeking Alpha slams Amazon (AMZN), and Jupitermedia slams Shutterfly, all in one post.

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What people will do to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

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