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Avatar Went Hot: February 13, 2009 - 12:35 pm
Posted By: johnandrews 142 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
It seems the "elite" mods and company have finally taken Sphinn away from the community. I saw it coming last fall when select articles were removed despite genuine community support, recently when unfavorable comments were deleted by mods with no a read more »
73 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 30, 2008 - 7:53 am
Posted By: kevgibbo 189 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seogadget.co.uk)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Useful code snippet to only display Sphinnit buttons on SEO related posts. read more »
7 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 5, 2008 - 12:55 am
Posted By: Gab 213 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Here are some Sphinn topics that many folks can agree they don't care to see go hot, even if they won't admit it on their own:

1. How To Write Interesting Titles

2. The Comprehensive Guide To X - Because this never features anything new but ju read more »
47 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: December 3, 2008 - 2:19 pm
Posted By: Sugarrae 214 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
It has become obvious that by having the number of Sphinns required to go hot at the low count of 23 is letting a lot of unworthy stuff hit the homepage due simply to networking. One thing that makes that glaringly obvious are posts that hit the hom read more »
120 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 11, 2008 - 9:49 am
Posted By: zigojacko 236 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Is anyone working on reducing the spam that is submitted on Sphinn, looking at some of the user names, it seems that spam-bots are able to register and submit.

I get all Sphinn content fed to me via RSS and it takes me ages to filter out all the read more »
41 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 19, 2008 - 6:43 pm
Posted By: Skitzzo 259 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Recently Sphinn moderators decided to close comments on the most active discussion going on because the moderator thought the comments were "going in circles."

My question is should Sphinn close comments on threads?

If someone is being abusive read more »
53 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 15, 2008 - 11:04 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 293 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://onlinemarketingbanter.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
It’s not long now until I approach my 1 year membership anniversary on my favourite social network - Sphinn. But rather than reflect on all the great things I’ve learned during that time, I thought it’d be much more fun to share what I’ve learned ab read more »
8 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 7, 2008 - 12:45 pm
Posted By: Lyndon 302 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-chicks.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
"What happened to being objective, being able to look at a situation and potentially judge it for the actions undertaken without calling the person performing those actions horrible names or likening them to Nazis or KKK members?" read more »
42 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 1, 2008 - 8:22 am
Posted By: SEOAly 339 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://cre8pc.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Proof positive that there are indeed women among the most successful search marketers in the industry. Perhaps they're just too busy working with a growing clientele to toot their own horns. read more »
19 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 31, 2008 - 1:02 pm
Posted By: toddmintz 341 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.scottfish.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Everyone on the SEMpdx Board is extremely excited that Danny Sullivan will be the keynote speaker for Searchfest 2009. read more »
Discuss     
Avatar Went Hot: July 21, 2008 - 7:10 pm
Posted By: kevgibbo 349 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoconsultants.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
A very detailed and in-depth look at Sphinn from Edward Lewis of seoconsultants.com read more »
16 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 21, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Posted By: Wiep 349 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
I don't know if this is here to stay, but I just noticed that all the external links from stories that haven't reached the front page yet are being nofollowed now. Great!

Hopefully this puts an end to the invasion of spam. I almost got RSI from c read more »
11 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 10, 2008 - 9:47 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 360 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Sphinn turns one year old tomorrow, July 11! This is a look at Sphinn's early days -- including some of the "firsts" that happened when we were all figuring out what Sphinn was, how to use it, and how to say the name. :-) read more »
17 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 8, 2008 - 3:07 am
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 363 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
The Sphinn team are happy to announce the launch of our very own blog! The blog will be used for announcements and discussions regarding Sphinn, keeping the frontpage clean from clutter. We'll also be launching a Sphinn Weekly post, giving a round-u read more »
11 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 6, 2008 - 8:04 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 366 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
SEO’s, SEM’s and other abbreviated people within our industry love, love, numbers. Clickthrough rate, how many positions up in the rankings, number of estimated searches per month, links per minute. Heck, even Google is into it: -6, -30, -950, -what read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 20, 2008 - 8:16 am
Posted By: MikeDammann 381 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Quite a few stories I feel like desphinning because of disagreeing with the post, just like agreeing with a post makes me sphinn it. But then I wonder if desphinning is being seen as a vicious attack here. read more »
37 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 1, 2008 - 1:25 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 401 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Paul does it once again equating certain industry figures to action heros ... who would each be? Michael Gray, Dan Thies, Hamlet Batista, Joost de Valk, Lee Odden, and more.

Very comical! read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 31, 2008 - 1:06 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 401 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man, a land of linkbait and drama unfolding. It is a dimension as vast as social spaces, brimming with enigmatic individuals and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 28, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 403 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.mattmcgee.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Being a moderator at Sphinn is pretty time-consuming, but it's also fun! I've killed thousands of submissions and accounts from users spammers trying to game the site for exposure, a free and followed link, or whatever else they're trying to accompl read more »
14 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 22, 2008 - 3:35 am
Posted By: steaprok 411 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://learningseobasics.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
"I am a regular participant in Sphinn, but lately I have been extremely disappointed in Sphinn’s quality (or lack thereof).
With the exception of Jeff Quipp, I am beginning to lose faith in their concern for administrative control there." read more »
28 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 15, 2008 - 9:11 am
Posted By: theGypsy 417 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Yup..it's official... I am hooked up and in need of an intervention! read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 13, 2008 - 3:10 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 419 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seoco.co.uk)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Glen Allsop wrote "Just been looking at my statistics tonight and I am pleased to report that according to Google Analytics Sphinn has sent 286 unique visitors to my last article Linking To The BBC Will Boost Your Google Ranking." read more »
4 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 6, 2008 - 8:46 pm
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 425 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
I think that you'll all agree that spam prevention is getting better with our increased moderator team, despite the much steeper increase in member numbers.

We have however seen a number of instances where Sphinn has been referred to as an easy s read more »
38 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 2, 2008 - 11:24 am
Posted By: Gab 432 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
You've probably run into stuff like this crap in what's new: Bangladeshi thoughts on Salahuddin, Diesel Generators etc. Obviously, Sphinn's counter-spam measures aren't working, so I'm offering $100 for the best idea to fight spam on Sphinn.

It' read more »
23 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 20, 2008 - 2:55 am
Posted By: ciaran 443 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Dear Danny,

I love Sphinn. And I really love Search Engine Land. But if the two are separate, why do you force me to submit something from SEL to Sphinn in order to comment on it?

There are times when I don't want to Sphinn a story (not becaus read more »
17 Comments     


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