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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:47:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The 100 Greatest Headlines Ever Written]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54010</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54010</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:47:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54010</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your headline is the first, and perhaps only, impression you make on a prospective reader. Here are 100 of the best headlines written that achieved fantastic results.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guide to Networking for Social Media Marketers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53842</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53842</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:55:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53842</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's plenty of available information online about networking for bloggers, but in general I feel that there is a lack of quality information about networking as it's related to social media marketing.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Become a Top 100 Twitter User]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53323</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53323</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:15:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53323</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your number of followers is your effective reach on Twitter. Kevin Rose, Leo Laporte and Barack Obama currently have the most reach, with Kevin having just over 43,000 followers. So how can you top the list?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Love Hate Relationship with Akismet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48844</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48844</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48844</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I have been trying to leave comments on your blog but they never appear! Did I say something wrong?&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 10 Commandments of Unique Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48843</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48843</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 13:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48843</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Inevitably, the question returns: what makes your blog unique?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Makes You Unique to the Blogosphere?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47849</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47849</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 19:33:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47849</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You will not get popular by being just another somebody in the blogosphere.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Early Birds, You Can Now Demo WordPress 2.6]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47848</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47848</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 19:28:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47848</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are someone who likes alpha testing, you can now check out a live WordPress 2.6 alpha demo.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guy Kawasaki Interviews Darren Rowse]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47146</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47146</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:35:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A fantastic interview of Darren Rowse by Guy Kawaski that answers some interesting questions.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter - Sometimes I Wonder [Comic]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47008</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47008</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 16:05:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47008</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love Twitter, but honestly...<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Web 3.0 Will Work]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46984</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46984</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 12:13:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46984</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You've decided to go see a movie and grab a bite to eat afterward. You're in the mood for a comedy and some incredibly spicy Mexican food. Booting up your PC, you open a Web browser and head to Google to search for theater, movie and restaurant information.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinn Spammers Getting Smarter? [Picture]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46983</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46983</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 12:07:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46983</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The spammers are getting a couple votes for their posts (to rise above the mediocre spam and blend in). They're also using avatars to blend in.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Signs of SEO Scams]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46061</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46061</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46061</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, there are a lot of &quot;SEOs&quot; out there taking advantage of the unknowing site owner, leaving a bad taste in their mouth about what SEO is and how it can help.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who will reign over Digg: Obama or Jobs?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45841</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45841</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:50:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45841</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's a storm afoot at Digg, and it could very well shape the site's future.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44936</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44936</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:17:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44936</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Being somewhat experienced at this blogging thing, your Lifehacker editors have pinpointed a few tools and tricks that make our posts go faster and smoother. After the jump, we round up 10 of them.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dinner with Yaro Starak]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44921</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44921</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:40:55 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44921</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When 2 of your favorite bloggers are under the same roof, you can imagine the level of conversation.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Internet Marketing Advances I Like, and What They Mean To You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44918</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44918</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:37:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44918</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Internet Marketing isn't all misery and torture. So, in honor of National Grump Out Day, I dug deep and celebration-worthy advances in our industry:<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solve Internet Marketing Overload with Google Reader and a Process]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44484</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44484</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:28:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44484</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I do not have a photocopier for a brain. Nor do I read particularly fast. Instead, I have a system. Here's how you can use it:<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where Bloggers Get Their Biggest Levels of Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44465</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44465</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:36:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44465</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week Darren asked readers about their biggest sources of traffic to their blogs. Check out the biggest source.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interesting SEO Links...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44464</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44464</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:34:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44464</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another great collection of interesting SEO links from Aaron. Check them out!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg Lost Its Niche]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44332</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44332</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 06:39:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44332</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now, Digg and Kevin Rose will always have fans. . .but it's those a4core' fans that has made Digg was it is today.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: men more likely to use social networking for business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44238</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44238</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:05:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44238</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study across a wide range of social networks sheds more insight into the ways men and women approach these service. As it turns out, women are more likely to be in it for the socializing, while men are more likely to use these sites for business.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This Article Is Miley Cyrus Link Bait]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44205</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44205</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:21:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44205</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Actually, this article is more of a commentary on collective mental illness, exploitation and mountains made of molehills-no, that's not a boob joke. It's also about invented controversy for the sake of ogling eyeballs and links at the expense of a teenage girl who will be lucky if she's not in rehab on her 18th birthday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Sheds More Light On VisualRank]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44203</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44203</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:20:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44203</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers for Google recently presented a paper on applying the company's PageRank technology to the world of product image search.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Analytics For Blogger Introduced]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44202</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44202</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:19:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44202</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The good news: some Blogger users will be able to access handy Analytics reports.  The bad news: &quot;some&quot; probably doesn't include you.  Yes, Google Analytics for Blogger has officially entered private beta.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blogger Puts Posts On Schedule]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44201</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44201</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:18:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44201</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's Blogger service opened up a new feature, scheduled posting, to automatically put up an entry at a future time.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44120</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44120</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:38:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44120</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft decided to walk on the Yahoo! deal. After the sharp Yahoo! stock decline Monday, expect many shareholder lawsuits. The press release contained the following open letter to Jerry Yang.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Facebook Social PPC Belong at Search Marketing Conferences?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44083</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44083</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 11:01:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44083</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nobody speaks seriously about Facebook social PPC at search marketing industry conferences. I can't believe it. Shouldn't we be discussing multivariate landing page testing deeply segmented by users' interests and affinities as opposed to keywords?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sk-rt Sometimes You are Pathetic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43622</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43622</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43622</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hard to say which is more embarrassing or pathetic, the fact that their image hosting is over it's bandwidth or the cheezy dating adsense banner. Sk-rt you make it hard for me to take you seriously.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Terrific (and Unusual) Twitter Uses]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43487</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43487</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:50:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43487</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here we look at five uber-uses people have put twitter to.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Summize Conversational Twitter Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43484</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43484</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:47:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43484</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A search engine for conversations on twitter. Try it out!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[30+ Things That Should Be Changed for WordPress 2.6]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43168</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43168</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:30:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43168</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The following suggestions are in random order. Some things may be able to be accomplished by plugins, but I believe these things should be built in. This list was created on April 28, 2008. If you see something outdated, let me know in the comments.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fear Or Loathing: Take Your Pick]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43167</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43167</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:29:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43167</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In internet marketing, loathing beats fear any day. Loathing means you've evoked a passionate response. It also means someone out there loves you, too.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dosh Dosh Finally Gets a New Site Design]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42922</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42922</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:34:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42922</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, it's been long overdue but I finally changed the design for Dosh Dosh after more than a year. Come over and check it out!<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All Blogged Down]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42897</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42897</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:28:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42897</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A light hearted look at social media for your Sunday.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Measuring SEO Success: Solve Personalized Search Misperceptions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42896</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42896</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:27:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42896</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Site owners all do it. It's impossible to resist typing keywords into Google, searching to see where pages show up.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter: 8 Reasons Why It's The Blogger's New Sidekick]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42864</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42864</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:24:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42864</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Twitter was designed to be a mini-blogging service, but that is only the beginning; it has many more potential uses and benefits. Now is the time to consider joining the fray!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42589</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42589</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:46:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42589</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by the same manic-depressiveness that generated 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore. Here are 17 internet marketing things I will not write about:<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Google CIO from  Morgan Stanley : Benjamin Fried]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42588</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42588</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42588</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google has named a new chief information officer after the departure of Douglas Merrill to EMI Records earlier in the month. Benjamin Fried, who led the Morgan Stanlet Application Infrastructure group, will be taking the CIO position in May.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web 2.0 Expo - Facebook Marketing Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42587</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42587</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:43:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42587</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After the keynote frenzy this morning, the session that stood out for me was Facebook Marketing: Best Practices with Jeremiah Owyang from Forrester Research as moderator, Evan Mager from AKQA, Holly Liu from Watercooler, Brett Keintz of 750 Industries and Stanford GSB and Kevin Barenblat of Context Optional.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six Impossible Things You Can Do To Improve Your Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42437</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42437</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:53:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42437</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This week, I'm proposing to you, six impossible things that will make your blog more interesting, more appealing, or just that little important bit more popular.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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