
<?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 / Eavesy / Hot Today</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
<description>Sphinn</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:27:57 -0800</pubDate>
<language>en</language>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ita4s Magic: Content Creation and Link Building While Youa4re Away]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21771</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21771</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:27:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21771</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tad reveals how to generate new content and links to your blog whilst you are on holiday.<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Interview with Jeff Quipp - CEO of Search Engine People]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21464</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21464</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:11:09 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21464</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great guy and a great interview.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[MSN Showing Extra Links For Certain Sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16858</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16858</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:40:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16858</guid>
<description><![CDATA[MSN have come up with a feature very similar to Google's site links, certain authority sites are now showing 5 extra sub-page links with their listings.<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Niche Directories Still Offer Link Building Potential]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16018</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16018</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:30:33 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16018</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great article from iBrian talking about Google and directories and using directories as a link building tool effectively.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Top 5 UK Business Directories]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15317</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15317</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:53:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15317</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have listed my clients sites in loads of different business directories, good quality UK ones are few a far between, here are my top 5.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ten Ways to Avoid a Google Reputation Nightmare]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11832</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11832</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:17:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11832</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google is no longer just a search engine. With your potential customers, future employers, and members of the media turning to Google for information about your business, Google has become a reputation engine.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[More bloggers being hit with Google penalties]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10736</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10736</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:11:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10736</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been trying very hard to get rid of all of my paid links for my directory Biz Dir in an effort to get back into Big G's good graces, I find myself offering people cash in an attempt to get them to remove my links. I think I have got two more site owners to get hold of and I am clean (one day at a time). A little while back I bought a few paid reviews via Pay Per Post and getting in touch with these bloggers has been a nightmare, all done now, but I have just noticed that two of the blogs appear to have been hit with Google ranking penalties (-40 or so):The 1st is womenmumbles.com, I would bet a lot of cash that this Women did not have the slightest idea that she was breaking the webmaster guidelines, read her blog. It seems a shame because so many high profile bloggers sell links, get away with it and create the impression that it is an O.K. thing to do, this poor women has followed suit and been penalized. The 2nd is yapnwun.blogspot.com, again this blogger does not strike me as the type of person who is going to be reading the webmaster guidelines.I knew what I was doing was wrong with my directory, so I guess I had it coming but these bloggers blatantly do not, is this a fair thing to do?edit: O.K. I have just read Patrick's submission and 1 or 2 of the high profile ones may not be getting off with it scot free, but still a loss of PageRank is nothing compared to a loss of Google rank, it is almost like a &quot;virtual penalty&quot;.<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Oh my God Dmoz is Gone!!!!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6594</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6594</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:48:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>AOL</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6594</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A search for Dmoz now brings up PhilC's article in the no.1 position. Things have been going down hill since they set up the 301 to the www. Has Google really had enough with directories? Or have Aol seriously messed something up?<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Google Manually Penalizing Directories]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4415</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4415</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:52:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4415</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Many of the big time directories have just been penalized by Google including my own Biz-Dir (over half of the pages have been delisted), directories hit include:AvivaAliveBig Web LinksewebpagesDirectory DumpElegant DirectoryAll of these directories no longer rank for their trade mark names, Rand Fishkin (who condones link buying) does not like directories so he has been complaining to his buddy Matt Cutts and Matt has gone out and manually penalized a large number of the leading directories.<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Loyal Digital Point Member Gets Tattoo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3236</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3236</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:19:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3236</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is no joke a member at Digital Point Forums has just had the logo tattooed onto his arm with a picture of Shawn Hogan the founder.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Your Stories Never Go Popular Because Your Personal Marketing Plan Sucks]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1482</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1482</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:40:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1482</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good little article from the Wolf, now I know why I am not getting any votes.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[How to Determine if a Link Passes Reputation / Authority / Equity / Juice / etc... : SEO Book.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1086</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1086</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:56:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1086</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron Wall offers some great tips on how to determine  if a site has link value.<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
