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Avatar Went Hot: August 8, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Posted By: johnandrews 386 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 400 for the first time.

Sites like Digg show hundreds and sometimes thousands of votes because their members participate and exercise t read more »
76 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 16, 2007 - 4:47 am
Posted By: randfish 409 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
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 »
22 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: September 24, 2007 - 6:29 am
Posted By: planetc1 340 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.kickrss.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
The first Sphinn Avatar Birthday Card. Happy birthday Danny, from all your Sphinn friends and stalkers!!! read more »
40 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 26, 2007 - 3:09 pm
Posted By: tamar 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techipedia.com)
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 »
21 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: May 28, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 92 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: December 13, 2007 - 7:49 am
Posted By: dannysullivan 259 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
I'm super pleased to announce that we've got a new networking event series designed for Sphinners and anyone interested in internet marketing -- SphinnCon! Where should be hold our events? Let us know below, plus find more details and info about our read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: November 20, 2007 - 4:15 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 282 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Behind the scenes, we've been working on some new features to reduce spam and encourage quality posts. Here's a rundown on what's coming. read more »
36 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 27, 2007 - 6:22 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.aimclearblog.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Sorry people, you just have to read this.

As Brian would suggest on Copyblogger, Click here read more »
33 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 18, 2008 - 7:25 am
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 163 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Some big changes are in the pipeline for Sphinn, which I'd like to discuss with you further and also talk about our existing functionality. read more »
29 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 10, 2008 - 9:47 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 49 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: October 31, 2007 - 5:48 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 302 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Dave does an excellent Job analyzing the statistics of successful Sphinners ... and then develops an approach detailing "How to Dominiate Sphinn in 4 Easy Steps". Might cause a bit of a ruckus??? read more »
20 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 1, 2008 - 8:22 am
Posted By: SEOAly 28 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: January 21, 2008 - 11:59 am
Posted By: jeffquipp 220 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.allthingssem.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Marios Alexandrou has a great post revealing some interesting patterns about Sphinn. A whole lotta work went into this post ... and it shows, hots by day of week, hour of day, how many sphinns necessary historically, and so much more.

What a grea read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: November 12, 2007 - 8:00 am
Posted By: TheNanny612 290 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginepeople.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Day 1 of the (Un) official Sphinn Awards.... So exciting!! read more »
20 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 6, 2008 - 8:04 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 55 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: December 12, 2007 - 3:26 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 261 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Sphinn Zone
I was having a glance through Sphinn's top users rankings as well as their top content, and I realized that while I know a fair amount of those folks (know who they are, I mean), there's a number that I don't. I had a look at 20 of the top unknown ( read more »
13 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: June 20, 2008 - 8:16 am
Posted By: MikeDammann 70 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 90 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: July 21, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Posted By: Wiep 38 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: February 11, 2008 - 11:48 am
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 199 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
We're pleased to announce the release of a new "Desphinn" feature on Sphinn, which effectively allows you to vote down a story that you do not agree with... read more »
38 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: July 11, 2007 - 9:49 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 414 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
It's our first day, and we're thrilled to have you try the site. Here's some background about how to get started, what to do and how to say our name! read more »
42 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: October 26, 2007 - 10:13 am
Posted By: aimClear 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.socialdesire.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Shana makes hearts go pitter-patter with a heart warming allegorical look at the friendships, emotions, dreams, obsessive nature, and depth of our tight-knit SEM community centered around Sphinn. I'm going to have a hard time sleeping tonight... read more »
6 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: January 15, 2008 - 8:55 pm
Posted By: Michelle 226 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
We've mentioned in various threads over the past few weeks a new feature we'll be bringing on board in the next couple of weeks that will enable users to give a negative/thumbs down/disagree vote on topics submitted. We're calling this "desphinn." read more »
56 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 20, 2008 - 9:26 am
Posted By: ANOnym 162 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://sorvoja.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Recently, a story announcing an incorrect fact got way popular on Sphinn. How did it happen among the field of smart marketers? Read on (and voice your opinion, too). read more »
27 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: April 8, 2008 - 2:08 pm
Posted By: evilgreenmonkey 142 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
I'm pleased to announce that we've now taken on 2 new Sphinn moderators, helping us to manage the staggering growth of our site.

Brent Csutoras and Jeff Quipp have kindly volunteered to take up this challenge, and I hope that you all join me in w read more »
25 Comments     


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