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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:44:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Give It Up  Session From SMX Advanced 2008]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56855</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56855</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:44:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Give It Up! - No more secrets time. In this session, our panel of noted SEOs all share some of their favorite and largely overlooked SEO tips. Then we turn to the audience for more sharing. Attendees vow not to blog what's discussed for the now trad<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Plagiarism]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56654</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56654</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:17:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, I've had a few run-ins with plagiarism in various forms and thought I'd take the opportunity to have a little rant about it. My hope is that by discussing it, people will become more educated about the issue and perhaps it w<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to SEO Bloggers: Back up Your Statements!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55610</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55610</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:26:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55610</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dear SEO Bloggers, I've been reading SEO blogs for quite some time and while I appreciate the input you offer up on a regular basis, I've noticed a very disturbing trend. It seems that more and more of your posts state your opinions or theories, as <br/><br/>67 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Recruiting SEM Employees: Miami Ad School, Headhunters &amp; Account Planning Boot Camp]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54339</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54339</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:31:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54339</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finding SEM employees is a challenge. Job sites, blogger job boards, trade organizations &amp; word of mouth are usual recruiting channels. This post offers a list of common &amp; creative recruiting sources from SEMPO &amp; SEMmoz to Miami Ad School &amp; SEM head<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compete: Google Keeps Stomping The Others In Search Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53527</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53527</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:11:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53527</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A nice stats round up from Danny Search Engine Land - Ouch. Again, Google is stomping on everyone else in terms of number of searches it handles (the scale shows billions of searches handled per month).<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Scoop's List of Search Bloggers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53456</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53456</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:31:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53456</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DazzlingDonna (Donna Fontenot) has put together a list of bloggers who routinely write about search-related topics.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Redesign Weird Asia News - Win a PS3, GuitarHero and Lifelong Fame]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52663</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52663</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:49:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52663</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seriously, if you're gonna redesign a site, it might as well be a cool one like WAN.  You'll get a lifelong link, and Brent saying nice things about you.  Plus, I'm gonna send you guitar hero so we can b*tch about Tom Morello being a guitar alien fr<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whiteboard Interview w/ Brent Csutoras [Shut The #&amp;@$ Up!!]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52609</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52609</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:51:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52609</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brent discusses why people need to be careful about what trade secrets they reveal on blogs and during conferences as it can have a profound effect on their own reputation and the reputation of the industry as a whole.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO, Colored Hats &amp; The Pollyanna Pissing Match]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52263</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52263</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:58:38 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52263</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Marty Weintraub writes, &quot;SEM industry writers, conference organizers and attendees are passionately defending, disparaging and debating ethics surrounding so-called &quot;gray/black hat tactics&quot; presented @ SMX Advanced Seattle. I was surprised to find s<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Playing With Bots - Interview w/ Stephan Spencer]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51845</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51845</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:39:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51845</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Technically, you're not supposed to show the Google Bot something different from what you'd show a human user. Netconcepts president Stephan Spencer argues, though, what's good for Amazon should be good for everybody. In this video, Spencer chats wi<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Takeaways from SMX Advanced]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51733</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51733</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:09:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51733</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt McGee writes, &quot;Despite what you may have read elsewhere, last week's SMX Advanced conference in Seattle was not a black-hat spamfest. It was one of the most educational conferences I've been to, and a big improvement over the original SMX Advan<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Beginner's Checklist For Search Conferences]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:09:17 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended my first search conference. I gleaned a lot of valuable info and met many interesting people. Throughout the conference I compiled a mental checklist for my next conference. My hope is that my experience and the corresponding ch<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMX Advanced Goes To The Dark Side]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51277</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51277</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:25:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51277</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone returns from SMX with a question: &quot;But at the same time, I couldn't help but notice that this year's Advanced show seemed to lean a whole lot more to the grey/black hat side of things. I couldn't help but wonder: When did advanced search<br/><br/>75 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small Business Marketing Unleashed Part Deux: Fall in Columbus]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49128</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49128</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 08:41:30 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49128</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Laycock and Search Engine Guide announce the next &quot;Small Business Marketing Unleashed&quot; conference later this year in Columbus, Ohio. Expanded content, limited attendance, and a strong lineup of speakers (myself notwithstanding).<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beating Google ? Can It Be Done Using This Technique]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47390</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47390</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 07:48:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47390</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Cuban (yes the Mark Cuban) debates the merits of a possible technique to dethrone Google as king of search. Would his technique work? Let me know your thoughts.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Truth and lies in media marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47914</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47914</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 06:39:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47914</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Media are a gamed community that exists to serve self-interested parties, and truth has never gotten in the way of a good story.When search marketers complain about others manipulating the web and or media, at best it can be described as hypocri<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[White Hat Cloaking anyone? Hamlet Batista accepted to speak about it at SMX]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47125</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47125</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:18:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47125</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hamlet Batista has been accepted to speak at SMX in Seattle. His topic will be White Hat Cloaking. Expect raw truth and some great tips, those of which most are too shy to speak about.<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Watch Forums Names Chris Boggs Associate Editor]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46169</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46169</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:39:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46169</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great news for the industry: bogglesmymind takes over as Associate Editor of Search Engine Watch forums. Chris Boggs will be working with Aussiewebmaster to take forums to the next level.<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Shrinking Window of Opportunity for Independent Webmasters - Get In Before It’s Too Late]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:43:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As the web matures and Google improves its search results with the most relevant sites, it's going to become increasingly difficult for small publishers to get ahead. Get going before it's too late.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Strategies Awards in August]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45954</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45954</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:36:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45954</guid>
<description><![CDATA[San Jose SES hosts new industry awards.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO: Don't Hire a Butcher to do a Baker's Job]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:15 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Our industry is hot. Red hot. As such, just about every idiot who has ever coded a page of HTML will tell you that they &quot;do SEO.&quot;<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketers: Are You Charging Your Clients Enough?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45606</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45606</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 04:51:57 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45606</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your clients are enjoying more exposure and tangible results than they ever did before. If you don't know how to properly sell this value to your clients, you could be losing money and not even know it.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would you attend a Greyhat SEO panel at SES/SMX/SBM etc.?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44271</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44271</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:53:08 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The conferences have already had link buying panels, but they were pretty tame as far as things go. Would you attend a panel that focused solely on greyhat SEO at an SMX/SES show?There's nothing shameful about wanting to learn and even use greyh<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six Questions With Vanessa Fox]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44187</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44187</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:15:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44187</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone had a great interview with Vanessa Fox. (Surprised it wasn't sphunn already!) Learn what Vanessa is currently up to, as well as her thoughts on &quot;PageRank Sculpting&quot; and more!<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jason Gambert - New Low in the SEO Trademark Saga]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43667</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43667</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:13:42 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43667</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rhea Drysdale - Search Engine Journal - We'll let &quot;Jason's&quot; actions speak for themselves and we ask that you draw your own conclusions based on the evidence before us. If Jason Gambert has such noble aspirations for the search community, why then is<br/><br/>66 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEORipOff.com : Stain of the Search Marketing Industry]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43507</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43507</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:54:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43507</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEORipOff.com - a complaint site where companies who have been ‘ripped off' by an SEO firm can blast the company they contracted. So what are your views on SEORipOff.com and how do you feel niche service review or complaints sites fit in the busines<br/><br/>79 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small Business Marketing Unleashed, We Miss You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43118</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:17:48 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Laycock writes, &quot;The first ever Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference has come and gone and I've had a full week to unwind and decompress. When we first announced our conference last fall, I had more than one person drop me an email<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Future of Search Conferences: Smaller Is Better]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42655</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42655</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:48:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42655</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great writeup by Matt on Small Business Marketing Unleashed.  It was a great show and his post captures nicely some of the intangibles.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO: a service covering many specialities]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:50 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As this short guide should hopefully illustrate, SEO is not a &quot;one size fits all&quot; service - it is an umbrella terms for a range of usually very specialised approaches.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are you #1 in Google? It Doesn’t Matter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42231</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42231</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:13:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42231</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The era of being number one is Google has left. The age of Conversion rates, qualified traffic, and site wide analytics has descended upon you.&quot;<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unleashed Opening Session:  A Common Sense Approach to Online Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41802</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41802</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:10:51 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41802</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Li Evans recaps the opening session of Search Engine Guide's &quot;Small Business Marketing Unleashed&quot; conference. Speakers include Jennifer Laycock, Wendy Piersall, Matt Bailey, and Matt McGee (yours truly).<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Wordpress suitable for SEOs?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41791</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41791</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:59:16 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41791</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Most of our clients have several things in common, they are normally running Wordpress and the first indication they have been hacked is either a sudden loss in rankings or the stop badware notice appearing for their name. Now Wordpress is not inher<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[“SEO” to Become a Trademark? - WebProNews Video Update]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41039</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41039</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:47:26 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41039</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The online community has been in an uproar since the news that someone is in the process of obtaining a trademark for the term &quot;SEO.&quot; Jason Gambert of Modern Consulting Solutions has gained approval from the Trademark Office and is now moving toward<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization Firm Sued, Required to Pay More than $100K in Fees]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40486</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40486</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:03:28 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40486</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An &quot;SEO agency&quot; called Internet Advancement has been sued by Washington State and required to pay over $100,000 in fees for scamming its clients. Among the restitution includes penalties against offering services to new members and requiring refunds<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gab interviews 3 SEO stars: Stuntdubl, Graywolf and Sugarrae]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40441</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40441</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:39:45 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40441</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stuntdubl, Graywolf and Sugarrae all get together and share some insider secrets with Gab. It's not too long but there's some nice takeaways both for affiliate and blackhat projects as well as whitehat linkbait projects. A good read!<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: 80-Percent Of Searches Are Informational, 10% Are Navigational &amp; Transactional]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39859</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39859</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:06:12 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39859</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great new study out of Penn State with reasonable accuracy suggests that only 10% of search requests are for transactional purposes.Good information to have when constructing new content for client sites!<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Trademarker Responds: Community Standards]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40163</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40163</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:28:11 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40163</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jordan McCollum writes, &quot;Remember earlier this week, someone was trying to trademark the acronym ‘SEO'? A helpful little comment on our post on that news just pointed me to the 'enterprising marketer's' response, posted Wednesday. And if you didn't <br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blogging Under False Pretences to Become a Crime in the UK]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39562</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39562</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:21:52 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39562</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From May 28th 2008 the practice of blogging under false pretences (or flogging as we like to call it) will become more than just black hat - it'll become illegal!<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Search Marketing Standards are a Bad Idea]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39350</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:58:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The biggest problem with SEO standards is we'll get some half baked, half assed, implementation that's just as bad as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). As a concept it's seems like a wonderful idea, everyone agrees to a set of established teachin<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reputation Management Explosion - Review of SEM Compare]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38564</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:45:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38564</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's a new site allowing public reviews of SEM companies and you just know that means trouble. The site is called SEMCompare and is brought to us by the same people who launched the Search Marketing Standard magazine. They already have a few nega<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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