
<?phpxml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
>
<channel>
<title>Sphinn / BrettFromTibet / All</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
<description>Sphinn</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:08:48 -0700</pubDate>
<language>en</language>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[MC Hammer Loves Web Analytics [Video]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69425</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69425</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:08:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69425</guid>
<description><![CDATA[MC Hammer &quot;raps&quot; about web analytics and behavioral targeting in this short video...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Advanced Backlink Research Queries: Rand's "Give it Up" Presentation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62193</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:36:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This post covers Rand's SMX Advanced &quot;Give it Up&quot; presentation in detail.  It has some extremely juicy link research queries, local ranking tips, and buzz tracking information. Excellent, nay essential, stuff!<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[AboutUs.org Adds "NoFollow" to External Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47523</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47523</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 18:37:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47523</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AboutUs.Org was one of the great free Wiki resources for webmasters looking to create a page about their websites, and get a little bit of link love flowing to start things off. It appears, as of this week, that AboutUs.org is now automatically adding the &quot;nofollow&quot; attribute to all external links on the website. Sadly, another great little link building tool bites the dust!<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Does Google Have a "Query Deserves Diversity" Algorithm?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45971</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45971</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45971</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Does Google add undeserving &quot;negative&quot; results to some queries to make them more diverse? A very important question for online reputation management and advanced SEO understanding. Rand gives some evidence and a good explanation of why such a filter might exist.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[a4Reversea4 Link Building for Reputation Management]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42649</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42649</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:44:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42649</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a negative result will stick to the front page of Google's index, and it will won't move easily - no matter how much content or links you create. In these situations, removing the links that point to a negative page can make it appear less relevant, and therefore less visible in the search results.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Managing Risk: Legal Issues for Merchants and Affiliate Marketers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38068</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38068</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:44:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38068</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This post by SEOmoz attorney Sarah Bird looks at many of the legal issues that affiliates and e-commerce sellers can run into, and it offers excellent advice on defending yourself against fraud and attacks.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Share A Room at SMX Social Media a408!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30418</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30418</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:03:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30418</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey.. I know this is not of general interest or SEM value so I posted it under &quot;Water Cooler.&quot; But if anyone is looking to roomshare at SMX Social Media in Long Beach, please contact me... ! No need to vote on this story, just wanted to throw it into the database in case anyone is searching...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Using Advanced, Automated RSS Tools to Discover Hot Content]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23149</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23149</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:19:50 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23149</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is a great article for social media users who want to improve their content finding skills and get more efficient.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[7 SEO Techniques That Google Smashed in 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20815</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20815</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:25:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20815</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The SEO playbook changes fast. Really fast. Techniques come and go on a monthly basis, and methods considered to be &quot;the way and the light&quot; can become obsolete - literally overnight. What helped a site rank yesterday can suddenly cause it to get penalized. Here are 7 ways that Google changed the SEO world in 2007...<br/><br/>66 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Microsofta4s Ads on Digg Reach Condescending New Lows [PIC]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17489</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17489</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:15:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17489</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I knew that the Digg user experience was sure to deteriorate when they agreed to let Microsoft serve their graphical ads, but I didn't know they'd allow bidders to foist deceptive blinking schlock on a relatively tech-savvy community.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Friend Decay: Social Networks need passive un-friending]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17434</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17434</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:13:46 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17434</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Friendships in any network should fade over time, but be renewed by interaction.Current social networks differ from reality on where action is required: In the real world, friendships fade because of inaction: He slowly stops calling and emailing as much, you don't think to invite him to your party. No one is to blame, it happens all the time.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Murky Origins of Facebook]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16803</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16803</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16803</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg created one of the most trafficked sites on the Web and became a paper billionaire as a result. But ongoing lawsuits suggest that Facebook's origins are murkier than Zuckerberg would like to admit. Is the man many are calling Harvard's next Bill Gates telling the truth?<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Savor Your Social News with the a4Read It Latera4 Firefox Extension]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16019</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16019</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:06:45 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16019</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Once of the drawbacks of being a social media power user is that everything moves way too fast. You've got so many amazing stories streaming your way that you barely have time to read and enjoy them. The &quot;Read It Later&quot; extension for FireFox lets you conveniently and temporarily bookmark interesting  articles for the moment for later reading.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[How PageRank Works & Why the Original PR Formula May be Flawed]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15686</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15686</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:19:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15686</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An excellent illustrated post by Si Fishkin on PageRank theories and formulas.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Linkbait is the New Reciprocal Links Page]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13370</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13370</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:54:16 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13370</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The potential upside of a linkbait driven marketing campaign is growing smaller by the day.  Dave Naylor hinted that he believed that Google is looking at how natural a site's link growth profile looks like, and discounting many of the rapid growth spikes if they are not followed up by an increased baseline link growth rate. Which ultimately means linkbait only creates significant value if you can keep launching one right after another.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Google Organizes Less Than 0.02% of the Worlda4s Information]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12892</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12892</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:14:37 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12892</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I wonder how valuable the other %99.98 of the world's information is worth?&quot;<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[How to Get Good Anchor Text from Directories]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12671</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12671</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:12:56 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12671</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A quick tip on how to get the keyword-rich anchor text you want from those expensive directory submissions.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Is Social Media Marketing Sustainable?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10604</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10604</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:42:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10604</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some people find social media to be a lot more exciting than old-fashioned SEO, and they would love to make a career out of it. But social media marketing can be very volatile. This article explores some of the challenges and ethics of social media marketing, and offers some ideas on how to be legit and get paid for it.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[What if the Ron Paul Bridgade Became SEO Savvy?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9323</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9323</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:43:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9323</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul's supporters are possibly the most organized and galvanized web community in the modern political spectrum. They've rigged Digg and Reddit with political stories that are nearly impossible for the community to bury.  If Paul's supporters really were as savvy about viral marketing as they claim to be, they would have long ago discovered the power of anchor text, link bombing and taking over the search results.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Digg Stories Quicker With the a4Dugga4 Widget (OS X)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9015</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9015</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:22:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9015</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since Digg updated its user interface in September, a lot of active Diggers feel that the site is much more time consuming to use. Digging your friends' stories takes more effort, and you can only see 3 screens of their past submissions. This article explains how OS X users can Digg stories quicker and more conveniently.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Social Rank: A New Blog Scraping Scheme?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8148</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8148</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:30:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8148</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At first glance these sites look legitimate however you quickly realise how these sites are just badly disguised blog scraping websites that were uploaded to make money via adsense. On their first day they launched no less than 30 websites. Yes thats right 30 websites!! All of these websites have the exact same design. All of these websites have several adsense ads and links to their other blog scraping sites.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[How NOT to Handle a Reputation Management Crisis]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7118</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:01:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This article takes a look at some of the dangers of trying to manage your online reputation with lawsuits, Wikipedia listings, fake reviews and threats.... and offers some tips and links.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Story Killers: Digga4s Bury Brigade vs. Reddita4s Downmod Squad]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4568</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4568</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:03:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4568</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This article explores the reasons why stories get voted down on Digg and Reddit, and it offers strategies on how to protect your content from being banished.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[How to Make the Digg Home Page: An Illustrated Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2072</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2072</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:57:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2072</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An illustrated guide for beginners that explains how to build up a solid network of friends on Digg.  Building up a network of legitimate, reciprocal friendships with people whose content you enjoy is by far the best way to help your stories hit the home page.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Social Media Spam and Parasite Hosting]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/740</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/740</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:17:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/740</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A quick look at the different kinds of spam that can be found on popular story voting sites like Digg and Reddit. By creating a keyword targeted page or profile on a strong, legitimate social media domain and pointing several hundred  backlinks at it, spammers are able to pump their link up to the top of Google for very competitive queries.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
