If you’re a fan of movies you’ll have noticed all your childhood favorites coming back into circulation. There are a lot of remakes, a lot of chain sequels on something that might have been a bad idea to start with and a lot of completely unoriginal movie plots. Take the new Avengers film, which is based on an old idea and the characters themselves were already introduced independently within a string of prequels. Yet the film has already broken box office records on its rapid ascent to $1 billion in tickets sold worldwide.

For well over a decade, Google has occupied the monopolistic spot in the gargantuan search market. The NFL of the search engine world, it looks down on the efforts of the semi pro, arena and alternative league competitors as the rank amateurs that they are. Just like the NFL is seemingly immune to anti-trust actions, the Googleplex keeps optimizing its plays, executing direct hits, never uttering a stop word in the huddle or making a false drop and scoring touchdown after touchdown.

Last week Benchmark Email ran its Moms on Marketing series in honor of Mother's Day and all the work-at-home and career moms out there. The positive response to the series was amazing, and we're happy to bring all our Mom (and one Dad) bloggers into one place. Check out the great articles below and we hope all of our Benchmark Email moms had a great Mother's Day!

Benchmark Email wants to give our readers and social media followers a chance to weigh in on what you want to hear about from us. This week on Facebook, there will be a brief (three question) survey. We want to know what type of content you want from us on Facebook, what type of YouTube videos you want and other input on why you decided to Like us in the first place.

Writing in Blog Engage, Himanshu Kumar Das’ article How Online Social Relationships with Other Bloggers Helps in Your Blogging Career points out how bloggers can benefit from what on Survivor is usually called “the social game.” It includes valuable tips on how to build your blog through nurturing social media relationships with your fellow bloggers, and we’ve gleaned the best parts from his sage advice.