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Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn to top 300
Avatar Went Hot: August 8, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Posted By: johnandrews 280 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 300 for the first time. read more »
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Top 21 Signs You Need a Break From SEO (2007 version)
Avatar Went Hot: September 4, 2007 - 7:52 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 253 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com) my network
Category: SEO
Back by popular demand - one year later! read more »
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What would Google look like if they had to Optimize for Google? (Very Funny)
Avatar Went Hot: October 15, 2007 - 9:06 pm
Posted By: KangoTraveler 212 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.meangene.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
I stumbled across this today, apparently this web developer was pissed about having to make more "SEO Changes" to his site ; hilarious! read more »
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Sphinn - The Social News Site Every Search Marketer Should Be Using
Avatar Went Hot: July 16, 2007 - 4:47 am
Posted By: randfish 304 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
10 reasons why search marketers should be engaging with Sphinn - from the selfish to the noble and a few in between. read more »
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What Pisses Me Off About SEO Blogs
Avatar Went Hot: August 9, 2007 - 8:51 am
Posted By: toprank 280 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com) my network
Category: Blogging
I may not read 400 SEO blogs every day, but I read at least 50-100 one day per week and these are the things that can make it a pain in the rear experience. Listen up! read more »
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Why the SEOmoz SEO Quiz Is Completely Wrong
Avatar Went Hot: September 11, 2007 - 5:12 pm
Posted By: vanessafox 246 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.vanessafoxnude.com) my network
Category: SEO
But why is this quiz so wrong? Too many of the questions go beyond the science and into the art of SEO, where things are fluid and changing and open to interpretation. The quiz is more accurately a test of how much of your personal SEO philosophy ma read more »
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How to SEO Your Site in Less Than 60 Minutes
Avatar Went Hot: July 12, 2007 - 3:48 pm
Posted By: tamar 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com) my network
Category: SEO
I often get asked to review a web site and give quick feedback on the site’s SEO. The issue: Is the site doing well, or in desperate need of SEO help? To answer those questions, I’ve developed a speedy system to go through a site and take a quick SE read more »
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Linking to Wikipedia is lazy and a disservice to someone else who really deserves the link!
Avatar Went Hot: July 15, 2007 - 5:10 pm
Posted By: Lyndon 307 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion my network
Category: Link Building
Imagine you’re Google for as moment (I accept that’s not an easy challenge!). Your job is to do the “right” job and fairly and wisely and correctly rank web pages from all across the internet on any given search term. What a job! read more »
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Yes, Virginia, Google Will Hurt Your Site For Selling Links
Avatar Went Hot: October 7, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 220 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
We've had several threads here on Sphinn debating whether Google will hurt a site for selling links. Now an official answer: yes. If you sell links, Google says it might drop your PR score, penalize you in the rankings or potentially ban your site a read more »
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20 Hard Core SEO Tips
Avatar Went Hot: October 17, 2007 - 8:17 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seo-theory.com) my network
Category: SEO
When you start reading down the list, you might think Michael has gone absolutely bonkers, until you get to his explanations further down the page. read more »
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PageRank changes: Digg Favorites Slapped By Google
Avatar Went Hot: October 24, 2007 - 8:27 am
Posted By: Wiep 204 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://andybeard.eu) my network
Category: Google SEO
"For a company such as Google with a stock price based extensively on anticipated growth and public sentiment, it doesn't take a huge swing in goodwill to have a dramatic effect on valuation. Google has just slapped their biggest fans."

Most of t read more »
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Happy 42nd Birthday Danny Sullivan!
Avatar Went Hot: September 24, 2007 - 6:29 am
Posted By: planetc1 234 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.kickrss.com) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
The first Sphinn Avatar Birthday Card. Happy birthday Danny, from all your Sphinn friends and stalkers!!! read more »
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Michael Gray Interview: Advanced Link Strategies
Avatar Went Hot: October 9, 2007 - 5:38 am
Posted By: peterdavanzo 219 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.linkjuicy.com) my network
Category: Link Building
In-depth interview on cutting edge PR and linking strategy. "If Google wins what’s going to happen is the market will go underground. You’re going to have to "know a guy" to get you links." read more »
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Google Doesn't Penalize your Rankings if you Sell Links! - by Jim Boykin
Avatar Went Hot: September 28, 2007 - 3:48 am
Posted By: webuildpages 230 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jimboykin.com) my network
Category: Link Building
A few days ago the Cool Aid and FUD was passed around here about a site that was penalized in rankings because they sold a few links. Jim believes Google doesn't, nor ever will, penalize sites for selling links. Find out why! read more »
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Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites: Paid Links or New Algorithm?
Avatar Went Hot: October 24, 2007 - 9:12 am
Posted By: Rhea 204 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
Loren Baker reports a page rank drop for Search Engine Journal as well as sites like Forbes.com, Engadget and the Washington Post. What are you seeing? read more »
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The SEO Success Pyramid
Avatar Went Hot: January 8, 2008 - 10:11 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 127 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com) my network
Category: SEO
Inspired by legendary basketball coach John Wooden, the SEO Success Pyramid is a guide to SEO success for everyone who's new to SEO and online marketing. Includes a free download of a printable graphic. I'd love any feedback! read more »
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20 Essential Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog To
Avatar Went Hot: November 20, 2007 - 8:36 am
Posted By: MattSawyer 177 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Gaining exposure for your blog is critical to building a following, readership, and revenue. Besides the basic SEO steps of adding compelling and keyword friendly titles, URL structure and descriptions (along with the basic Wordpress SEO plugins) ba read more »
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Everything I Know About Online Marketing, on One Page
Avatar Went Hot: September 28, 2007 - 2:02 pm
Posted By: Hobo 230 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobook.com) my network
Category: Search Marketing
Wow! Aaron Wall really delivers an impressive piece:

"I recently created the internet marketing mind map, covering just about everything I know about online marketing." read more »
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14 Things You Didn’t Know About Real SEOs
Avatar Went Hot: April 21, 2008 - 9:24 am
Posted By: kevgibbo 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com) my network
Category: SEO
"I have been thinking about this for a while. There are so many new SEOs getting into the game and unfortunately many of them are clueless wanna-be’s. How are we to distinguish between these posers and the “Real” deal?" read more »
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Please Don't Ask Me to Sphinn Your Stories (and How to Use Sphinn and Similar Social News Websites)
Avatar Went Hot: October 26, 2007 - 3:09 pm
Posted By: tamar 201 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
With all due respect to my friends in the industry, compared to the amount of Digg requests I get (and you’d think I get a lot of those) and the amount of stories submitted to Sphinn in a given day, Sphinn has spiraled out of control. read more »
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Matt Cutts Interviewed by Eric Enge
Avatar Went Hot: October 8, 2007 - 5:56 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 220 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.stonetemple.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
The interview appears to have taken place on September 24th, but was published today.

Covers following of links (mentions javascript being followed)
Robots.txt (pages blocked can be returned in search results, and can accrue PageRank)
Noindex a read more »
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Best. Marketing Cartoon. Ever.
Avatar Went Hot: November 4, 2007 - 5:33 am
Posted By: MattMcGee 193 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.soloseo.com) my network
Category: Water Cooler
It's called "What The Customer Actually Wanted" and is both hysterical and dead-on accurate in so many ways. :-) read more »
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Everything you always wanted to know about redirects but never bothered to research
Avatar Went Hot: October 9, 2007 - 10:43 am
Posted By: Sebastian 219 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://sebastians-pamphlets.com) my network
Category: SEO
Here is my book on server sided redirects. It's a longish draft intended to bore you to death with geeky language and dull quotes from protocol standards and similar technical documents. For entertainment purposes it comes with search engine bashing read more »
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Google Proxy Hacking: How A Third Party Can Remove Your Site From Google SERPs
Avatar Went Hot: August 16, 2007 - 11:27 am
Posted By: skinner 272 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seofaststart.com) my network
Category: Google Other
Has anyone else here heard about this (apart from Danny Sullivan that is)? read more »
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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007
Avatar Went Hot: December 26, 2007 - 8:42 am
Posted By: tamar 141 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
I spent a ridiculous amount of time collecting what I consider the best posts of the year for 2007 in just about every area: social media, SEO, viral marketing, link building, reputation management, domaining, affiliate sites, and more. There are o read more »
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