A nice article on trends -
http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/2006/02/a_new_research.html

Google has launched a web page creator -
http://pages.google.com/-/about.html

One note as usual is the case they have suspended new signups for the time being.

It seems Google visitors convert less... hmmm
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3189

An article that may give you some ideas on growing your list.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3192