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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:03:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hack the Olympics! Searches prove He Kexin is 14 years old]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66879</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66879</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:03:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66879</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice job using Google and Baidu to find cached versions of Excel spreadsheets proving China's Olympic gymnast He Kexin is only 14 years old.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The SEO Feasibility Report: When SEO is a Good Idea and When it Isna4t]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59824</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59824</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:13:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59824</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What would lead a CEO, marketing manager, publisher or webmaster to make a dubious investment in SEO? In many cases, this is based on the simplistic notion that clicks from PPC advertising come at a significant price, whereas in organic search, they cost nothing. The idea that SEO is free is patently false<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free SEO Diagnostics Tool: Log File Parsing Script]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59457</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59457</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:21:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59457</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a free script for analyzing spider behavior (you'll need some entry-level command line skills to run it). It's mighty handy for log analysis - do things like list all 302s, 404s, 500s, or any other status code segmented by user agent.... find out how Slurp crawls your site chronologically, or if MSN behaves with 301s. Great for really big files, fast and efficient.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey Rand, Do You Mean Siloing?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25987</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25987</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:56:45 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25987</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa B @ bruceclay.com on siloing, or sculpting pagerank via nofollow and internal linking.<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2008: The Year in Preview by Bruce Clay]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23325</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23325</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:22:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23325</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I predict that we are going to see a much slower growth in Internet marketing due to what is expected to be a recession year. We all see it coming, and it will seriously impact consumers and businesses, thus slowing the spend on broad online marketing activities. This upcoming recession will be the biggest news of 2008...&quot;<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best. Conference. Ever.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19886</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19886</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:29:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19886</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ultimate Search Conference 2007! Spend the holidays with these tasty tracks and superstatic sessions.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top Six Takeaways from PubCon 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18842</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18842</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:26:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18842</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case you don't have time to read all 27 sessions Lisa and Susan blogged, check out this distilled Pubcon recap from the Bruceclay.com newsletter. Nice!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodbye Little Guy? Search Marketing is Changing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14054</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14054</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:22:18 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14054</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paid search is a useful indicator for how the search marketing industry will continue to change in favor of big business. A discussion on the SEM 2.0 list between myself, Andrew Goodman, and others.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conversion by Source. Conclusion? Search Rocks...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7420</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7420</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:06:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7420</guid>
<description><![CDATA[... but email rules! Nice visual of conversion rate data by source here. Ian points out that search holds a nice spot for conversions... but the in-house email list is still the sweetest converter overall.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Revisited: The Art of SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4148</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4148</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:08:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4148</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting and informed article by Jill in the latest Advisor newsletter. It's actually a re-worked piece from 2004. She talks about stepping outside formulaic SEO and taking a more creative approach.<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Witness Landing Page Perfection by Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3442</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3442</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:56:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3442</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As always, you can learn a lot from the way Google markets on the Web. Check the Google sponsor listing here on Sphinn. The first thing you notice is the branding: Google's basic look, clean white space, and simple logo. No revelations there, but it sure stands out compared to the other sponsors.Click on the link and witness landing page perfection. All the little bits are present: Home, About and TOS links with copyright. A nice fat call-to-action on the most visible part of the page, where your mouse pointer is already practically hovering after clicking the ad on Sphinn; where your eyes naturally lead. The words &quot;Get Started&quot; are painted on it.Next notice the superb advertising message. The headline reads an all-about-you phrase (&quot;improve your site's visibility&quot;), and guess what, &quot;It's free.&quot; The punch list of rewards for being part of Webmaster Tools follows, with candy coated icons and snippets about the benefits. Beneath that big button on the right is an optional Tour, equally compelling. Clean, designed to float you through the selling cycle like It's a Small World at Disneyland (it's Google, it's Free, I'm not being sold), you can't help but admire Google's marketing savvy. The final landing page on the tour (it's a perfect 5 pages long, no more) is a clean call-to-action with 3 featured testimonials. Each quote is link-free, of course, but with snappy logos, names and titles to add credibility (as if they need it).Google sure has a dominant brand, but it's these little touches that reveal their marketing genius. And realize what they're pushing here on Sphinn: Webmaster Tools and Help Center. Reflect on why that's important to them, and see the larger marketing picture as they collect every bit of the world's information (and analytics). As we need them for traffic, for a Web presence, we'll also need them to tell us how to get traffic, and how to fix our sites.Google owns the commercial Internet and actively works to frame the conversations occuring in the SEO/M industry. Consider that while Ask and Yahoo push their paid search programs here on Sphinn, Google pushes Webmaster Tools.Lest you think I'm a cynical anti-Goog, let me make clear that I'm not. I just enjoy taking a discriminating look at the climate online. Plus, there's a whole lot to learn from them. (I also wanted to experiment with posting here like a blog)<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slap in the Facebook: It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2344</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2344</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:14:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2344</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Damn the Facebooks and the MySpaces. The last time we checked, there was this thing called the internet that had 6 billion users. It's time to take our personal data out of Mr. McGregor's little gardens and put it back where it belongs -- free and open on the open web.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FaceBook: The Profile & Presence Aggregator]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2254</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2254</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:00:46 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2254</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone's drunk on Facebook. This post is a bit meandering and heaps on fulsome praise for the social site, but some good stuff here from a PR pro on the Facebook phenomenon. Quotes:&quot;Facebook at its core, is a profile and presence aggregator, channeling all of my online activity through one main hub, combining almost every online &quot;social&quot; tool that I use currently.&quot;And:&quot;Everyone you know and want to know is using Facebook or will be shortly. It is one of the leading...social networks where you can promote your online brand while nurturing and managing important relationships.&quot;(btw, the black background is hell on the eyes -- here's an option to read this post w/ a white background from thinkfree docs http://thinkfreedocs.com/docs/view.php?dsn=822173 )<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Keyword Insertion - The Ultimate Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2111</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2111</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:18:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2111</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is a sweet guide on using keyword insertion to notch up quality scores and conversions.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eric Ward on Linking: There Ain't No Absolutes]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2104</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2104</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2104</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eric has some good points here that are worth sharing. 14 years of building links and promoting websites - when the Link Moses talks it's good to listen.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The False Economy of DIY SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/534</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/534</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:46:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/534</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More than just a post about the false economy of amateur SEO work and &quot;do-it-yourself-ism,&quot; Bruce Clay discusses the challenge of actually finding SEO work that doesn't suck. Jill Whalen also weighs in.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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