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<title>Sphinn / AndrewGirdwood / Voted News</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:38:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Kentucky List]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/75257</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/75257</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:38:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/75257</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, has won a Court Order to transfer 141 domain names to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Why? These online gaming domains are not registered in Kentucky but Gov Beshears think they are leeches that should be gotten rid of.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google cracking down on ranking checkers and messing up FireFox Extensions?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67146</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67146</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:12:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Noticed that a few of your Google-based Firefox extensions aren't working that well right now? Numbers missing from the CustomizeGoogle extension? It may be because Google made some modifications to their code... modifications which may also mess up some of the automated ranking checkers.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China Tops World Internet User Charts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62035</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62035</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:48:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62035</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Figures released by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) have shown that China now has the largest number of internet users in the world. The report shows that more than 253 million people in China are now online, superseding the United States who declared 223 million internet users in a report in June.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congratulations to Jordan McCollum - Baby Rebecca Arrives]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61970</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61970</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61970</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Considering Jordan continued blogging up until just this Friday, you probably had little idea that she was about to give birth to her second baby.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Screwglea4 - Google's new ad revenue model]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61929</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61929</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:36:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61929</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The lads at The Register lay into Google in their own particular style... and kindly toss Dan Theis a link in the process.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The comScore m:metrics webinar - mobile stats revealed]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59730</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59730</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:04:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59730</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A write up of the first webinar held by comScore on mobile after their purchase of m:metrics. Yahoo has a larger slice of the mobile pie than they have of the web...<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Losing a $1.74 billion dollar client because you don't understand SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58296</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58296</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:05:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58296</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Tribble says, &quot;pretty amazing to see the then $1.74 billion Nike account go because W+K didn't know how Google worked&quot;.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Really Messing up in the UK]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57701</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57701</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:39:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57701</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mixing up Korea with the United Kingdom? Google having to run AdWords instead of organic geo-targeting. Double serving? Spyware via Google. The worst SERP we've seen in a while!<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Launches a4Instruction Manual Bloga4 on getting rid of your Traditional Ad Agency]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57404</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57404</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:01:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57404</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First Adwords, then Ad Planner and now the Google owned instruction Manual Blog for eliminating your traditional Advertising agency. Think we are kidding? This their first post.The main site for the Google Traditional Media Blog reads like a manuala4 and yes that's exactly what it is, a virtual instruction book on how to do all your media purchases inhouse and dump your advertising agency..<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PR 2.0: The Art of Conversation - It's About Listening Not Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57403</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57403</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:00:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57403</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Discussions and debates on the viability, necessity, and effectiveness of conversational aka social media marketing continue to roar across the Social Web.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SGAE vs bloggers: the effects of Google bombing continue in Spain]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57015</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57015</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:25:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57015</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A blogger has been fined when his post was Googlebombed and comments from users upset a group of authors. He pleaded guilty...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[From destination to distribution - new paradigms for the networked customer]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56997</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56997</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:49:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56997</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The web channel was initially regarded as an infinite warehouse without the costs of shops or space constraints, but customers' early enthusiasm for clicking through many pages of turgid descriptions soon waned. Dimensional navigation and richer imagery sped filtering and improved product presentation, but where there existed a surfeit of information (electricals, mobile phones and computers spring to mind) the customer runs out of steam after a few clicks and has either reverses or abandons their journey.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 cheers for Yahoo!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56803</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56803</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:36:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56803</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Internet giant Yahoo! Has struck a deal with mobile operator 3 UK to sell display ads and sponsored links on the company's Planet 3 portal site.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Street View spycar clocked in London]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56537</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56537</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:48:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56537</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to lock up your daughters, and here's why: The roving spycar of Google's Street View has been spotted prowling the mean streets of London... [photo]<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Official Google Blog: Using data to fight webspam]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55725</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55725</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:48:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55725</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Matt writes, &quot;As the head of the webspam team at Google, I'm in charge of making sure your search results are as relevant and informative as possible.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[.seo anyone? ICANN votes on radical domain changes today.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55327</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55327</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:47:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55327</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today could be the start of an overhaul for the net as we know it. ICANN, a sort of regulator for the net, is voting today to decide if the strict rules on 'top level' domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed. If this goes ahead it could allow companies and the general public to personalise their domain names.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Contextual Advertising Goes Horribly Wrong]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54015</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54015</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:01:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Display Advertising</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54015</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ouch! Where's the worst place to advertise your &quot;Put Your Feet Up&quot; site? On a CNN story about six severed feet!<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53944</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53944</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:52:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53944</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wasn't really looking for a new job a few months ago when I received an email from Eric Scheide, the CTO at craigslist. This sort of thing happens all the time.But this time it was different.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Powerset brings better, more user-friendly Wikipedia Search to the iPhone]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53905</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53905</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:12:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53905</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Okay sure; neither Wikipedia nor Powerset are popular among the SEO community... but the iphone is. Look what happens when you merge all three!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Did Splogging Become a Business Model? Fav.or.it]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53794</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53794</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:42:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53794</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First Keith Teare, now Fav.or.it. The long in beta service Fav.or.it has launched and despite word that it was suppose to be an advanced feed reader, Fav.or.it has launched with a portal that reprints content from other sites then tries to build conversations around that content, as well as offering a feed reader.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo shaping their traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53793</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53793</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:39:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53793</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A look at how Yahoo's new geo-detect redirects on Yahoo Search is shaping traffic patterns.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Google Responds To Claims Of a4Serious Security Flawa4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45809</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45809</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:11:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45809</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Newly launched Inquisitr has a pretty good scoop. Google denies that Gmail is a spam cannon.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sticky Marketing Secrets from John Jantsch]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44408</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44408</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:46:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44408</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great post with some useful tips on the importance of sticky marketing.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ladies love Yahoo's Buzz more]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42689</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42689</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:27:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42689</guid>
<description><![CDATA[comScore's Media Metrix has figures for Yahoo Buzz's performance in March, which reveal that the new site is already a strong competitor to Conde Nast's Reddit.com - an impressive achievement in its first two months of existence.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't be evil. The Google Bad-o-meter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40850</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40850</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:12:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40850</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A brilliantly visual analysis and examination of Google's &quot;Don't Be Evil&quot; motto. The scale allows Google and other marketers to carefully measure the impact of their decisions.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing Pilgrim. Dosh Dosh. Rich people go there!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40522</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40522</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:52:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40522</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Compete's analysis of where affluent Americans go online includes some of Sphinn's favourite names.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The claim: SEOs take themselves too seriously and kill inspiration]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40079</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40079</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:12:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40079</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pereira &amp; O'Dell, a new marketing agency, launch by noting how  search agencies are just spin-offs of direct marketing agencies, take themselves too seriously and kill the spark of creative talent. Do you agree?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing Horror Stories: The ad that's sparked a boycott]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39433</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39433</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:30:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39433</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's now 100 organisations behind the Absolut vodka boycott and all thanks to a controversial poster ad.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advertising for 2010]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39263</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39263</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:23:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39263</guid>
<description><![CDATA[TheFounder of the Tribble Agency puts the writing on the wall for traditional American advertising agencies - whether you like it or not; Search and Social media will see an increase in investment and Radio, TV and billboard will see a decrease in spend.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo! leaves! London!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34618</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34618</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:16:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34618</guid>
<description><![CDATA[*sniff* I'll no longer be able to nip out of Google's London HQ and jump straight into Yahoo's European HQ. They were so close together. The Register explains that not only are Yahoo moving... but staff are being fired unless they move too!<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google red cards Privila for gaming search engine]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33937</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33937</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:27:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33937</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As El Reg explains,&quot;Chicago-based Privila has built &quot;portals&quot; designed to have relatively high search engine ranking scores while presenting nothing but ads. The firm's modus operandi involves buying sites after the original owner forgets to renew a registration.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo! wins sponsored links ruling in High Court]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33296</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33296</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:27:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33296</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! did not infringe a businessman's rights by displaying adverts for other companies when users entered his trade marks as search terms. The High Court dismissed a lawsuit against the web giant as being &quot;totally without merit.&quot;The trade mark was not used by anyone other than the user who entered the trade mark term into the search engine, ruled Mr Justice Morgan.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Marketers Are Reluctant to Move Away from Traditional Marketing Strategies]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29558</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29558</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:10:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29558</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The future of advertising is radically different from its past. The struggle for control of attention, creativity measurements and platforms will reshape the advertising value chain and shift the balance of power. And, as in previous disruptive cycles, the future cannot be extrapolated from the past.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former contractor sues Google for $25m]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29266</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29266</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:14:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29266</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I invinted Google Sky!&quot; claims contractor Cobb. His suit even notes that Google are in violation of their &quot;Do No Evil&quot; motto.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans Kiss Google's Ass]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28963</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28963</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:08:31 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28963</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How politics made Yahoo's Jeremy Zawodny throw up. The story in his own words...<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[42 Ways To Distribute Your Content]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27965</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27965</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:39:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27965</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The creation of great content is an art unto itself, but the delivery is often times just as important. Technology has enabled marketers to deliver valuable and relevant content to customers in almost every way imaginable.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ROUND 2: Microsoft counters Google's response to the Yahoo bid]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26653</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26653</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:44:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26653</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft says it's not about email or IM; it's about Search. They say they're going to open and innovative. TechCrunch has a summary here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-responds-to-google-missive-that-was-quick/<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ad Blindness Is Nothing New ... and it's No Surprise Google Is Seeing It!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26559</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26559</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:30:50 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's stock is down because its rate of growth is down according to Google's latest quarterly financial report. Google still had a 30 percent increase in payments from clicking ads, but that was substantially down from the 45 percent increase they had a year earlier.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News Corp. Scrambles To Bid For Yahoo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26506</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26506</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:49:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The rumors keep on rolling around the surprise semi-hostile Microsoft bid for Yahoo this morning. Sillicon Alley Insider says they've heard that a couple of hedge funds were already preparing their own bids for Yahoo, and were (or perhaps still are) days away from making their move.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Android - a sneak preview]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26505</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:46:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile Search</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Google invited developers to its London office for one of three workshops - the others being in Munich and Tel Aviv to spread the word and teach developers how to write for their new OS.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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