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Discussion, news and information about searching via the internet and other means. For more background, see web search news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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How to Optimize Local Business Profiles for Free Local Directories
Avatar Went Hot: April 22, 2008 - 4:27 pm
Posted By: vangogh 23 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
A fully optimized Local Business Profile contains a well-crafted business description, containing a unique selling proposition based on market and keyword research, domain name and email cross branding (including generic domains), authentic testimon read more »
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SBM Unleashed: Local Search Workshop
Avatar Went Hot: April 22, 2008 - 12:51 pm
Posted By: planetc1 22 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
David Wallace writes... The days of flipping through a big fat yellow book to find a local business are quickly coming to a close. After all, why settle for a simple phone number when an online search can also net you menus, pricing, hours and consu read more »
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Stumpedia - Search For the People By The People
Avatar Went Hot: April 2, 2008 - 5:10 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 42 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchrank.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
If you haven't heard of human powered search engine, Stumpedia, you might want to give it a whirl. It is essentially a human-powered search engine with a social aspect to it. Stumpedia allows content producers to submit and profit from their work an read more »
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Fighting MapSpam in Local - an insider's perspective
Avatar Went Hot: March 28, 2008 - 8:06 am
Posted By: mblumenthal 49 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ibegin.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
An thoughtful response by Ahmed of iBegin to the recent Yahoo Affiliate Mapspam reports asking:

•What is mapspam?
•What is a reasonable approach to to the varying forms of it?
•How do we respond to it?.
•What are the technical and human limits read more »
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Change Your Address In The Google Plusbox In 5 Simple Steps
Avatar Went Hot: March 26, 2008 - 2:47 am
Posted By: earlpearl 50 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
An excellent article, Mike, and excellent suggestions. It is an unfortunate byproduct of universal search and multiple algo's that the effort by Google to provide "better information" is at times providing "inferior and erroneous" information. read more »
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Do You Really Get That Many Local SEO Clients?
Avatar Went Hot: March 24, 2008 - 3:03 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 52 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.timnash.co.uk) my network
Category: Local & Maps
Tim Nash reveals in a local study that SEO firms which target local businesses are not in fact getting that many local clients. read more »
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To Use Images or Not to Use Images in Your Posts
Avatar Went Hot: March 19, 2008 - 7:16 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 57 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Tips & Tools
How important is using images in your posts? Michaels example is one of many to show the benefits of putting your little 3 minutes worth of effort into adding an image, including locating, cropping and tagging. As Michael puts it, "How nice is it to read more »
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12 Search Engines Which Can Replace Ask.com
Avatar Went Hot: March 13, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Posted By: bhartzer 62 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Ask.com
Here's a list of 12 search engines that could eventually replace Ask.com. read more »
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See How Old A Page Is With One Click - New Firefox Plugin
Avatar Went Hot: March 7, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: tomcritchlow 69 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.linkdiagnosis.com) my network
Category: Tips & Tools
A fantastic addition the linkdiagnosis plugin which now allows you to right-click a page and see when Google first found it. Essential stuff! read more »
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Obit: A West Coast Digerati Deadpools Ask.com
Avatar Went Hot: March 6, 2008 - 6:07 am
Posted By: timcohn 70 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com: Rest in peace... read more »
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Goodbye Ask.com: A Brand Evangelist Hangs It Up
Avatar Went Hot: March 4, 2008 - 8:45 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 71 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com) my network
Category: Ask.com
Lisa barone writes, "Barry Schwartz twittered this morning that he had news that would make me sad but wouldn’t elaborate. Then, a few hours ago the story went live on Search Engine Land: IAC Cuts 8% of Ask.com & Kills Search Engine. That bullet was read more »
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Ask.com Kills Search Engine
Avatar Went Hot: March 4, 2008 - 1:24 pm
Posted By: northrock 71 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: Ask.com
I think this stinks. I have been hoping Ask could build it's search into a competitive engine. Their interface was nice but we all know that's not enough. I'm surprised they didn't stick it out longer. read more »
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Advances in Crawling the Web
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 10:39 am
Posted By: SpostareDuro 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.semclubhouse.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
There are 3 major parts to what a search engine does. What are some of the problems facing crawling programs? read more »
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Google Serving Blended Local Results with Unverified Listings
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 8:52 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 73 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ericlander.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
For the first time many have witnessed, Google is now serving unverified local listings in its blended local result plus boxes. read more »
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Research Tools to Add to Your Arsenal
Avatar Went Hot: March 2, 2008 - 6:29 pm
Posted By: SpostareDuro 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Tips & Tools
Dev gives a list of 10 awesome keyword research tools. read more »
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Local SEO Guide, Andrew Shotland, Interview
Avatar Went Hot: March 1, 2008 - 9:13 pm
Posted By: MiriamEllis 76 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.solaswebdesign.net) my network
Category: Local & Maps
Andrew's past position at InsiderPages makes him a fascinating Local SEO to chat with. Read what Andrew has to say about Maps, IYP, backsplashes and more! read more »
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How Search Really Works: "The" Index (2)
Avatar Went Hot: March 1, 2008 - 7:54 pm
Posted By: keyj63 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Searching
This is an interesting article by Ruud Hein at SearchEnginePeople on how search indexing works. read more »
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IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology & Partner With Google?
Avatar Went Hot: February 29, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 75 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: Ask.com
Barry Schwartz reports on an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their Ask.com search technology and outsource it to Google. read more »
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New Global Search Engine
Avatar Went Hot: February 27, 2008 - 5:24 pm
Posted By: SpostareDuro 78 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.prweb.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
Stumpedia.com - A community built and driven social search engine that relies on human participation to index, organize, and review the world wide web. It will not depend on bots, algorithms, or company insiders to make decisions on the relevance an read more »
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SEO for Businesses With Multiple Locations In The Same City
Avatar Went Hot: February 18, 2008 - 2:53 pm
Posted By: andrewsho 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
How to get the businesses with multiple locations in the same city (e.g. two Starbucks on opposite corners) to rank for the same local search query, or something to that effect. read more »
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11 Firefox Extensions for SEOs You Didn't Know About
Avatar Went Hot: February 17, 2008 - 12:28 pm
Posted By: mpilatow 89 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com) my network
Category: Tips & Tools
Nice list of less popular Firefox Extensions that are helpful to SEO projects. read more »
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The Crawling Process
Avatar Went Hot: February 13, 2008 - 1:28 pm
Posted By: SpostareDuro 93 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://learningseobasics.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
Webmasters, SEO's, Site authors need to understand the crawling process to better optimize their site's content. This is a comparison of Hoobastank's "Crawling in the Dark" to the crawling process. read more »
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Daunting Secrets of Google Map Categories FINALLY Revealed!
Avatar Went Hot: February 9, 2008 - 11:38 am
Posted By: aimClear 97 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
This post is important. Learn simple Local Business Center procedures to show up in the G-maps category of YOUR CHOICE. Mike Blumenthal discusses first research to reveal workings of Google's map categorization process. read more »
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Search Behavior Patterns
Avatar Went Hot: February 9, 2008 - 10:46 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 97 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.boxesandarrows.com) my network
Category: Searching
A search engine on an organization’s website or intranet is often built to support an overly narrow model of user behavior, which goes something like this:

* User types in a search
* Search engine gives back matching results
* User read more »
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Where does a Psychic turn when they need an answer? Google Maps
Avatar Went Hot: February 9, 2008 - 12:47 am
Posted By: aimClear 97 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com) my network
Category: Local & Maps
"Monday afternoon I received a call from a Psychic Counselor inquiring as to how she might show up in the Local OneBox for Psychic in Santa Fe, NM. I was intrigued that a pyschic would turn to me from results she found in Google. I decided to take t read more »
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