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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:30:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Code of Ethics - The Effort!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69377</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69377</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:30:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69377</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEOs unite! The SEO Code of Ethics Effort is underway!Do you provide SEO services and serve clients or represent a company that does Search Engine Optimization and/or Social Marketing? Are you interested in being part of an effort to discuss best practices and ways to implement a voluntary SEO Code of Ethics?SEO Code of Ethics Google Discussion GroupJoin the SEO Code of Ethics GroupIf so, join our SEO Code of Ethics Google Discussion Group.The effort needs participation and GENUINE collaboration of many members of the SEO and Social Marketing Industry.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Small Resources For Traffic!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68645</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68645</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:06:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68645</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Martinez: There are hundreds of search resources across the Web that may drive traffic to your sites. Those search resources usually fit into one of these categories:   1. Algorithmic search engines using their own software   2. Algorithmic search engines using someone else's software   3. Meta search engines   4. Web directoriesAsk, Google, Live, and Yahoo! are the major algorithmic search engines using their own software.Yahoo! operates some search engines under old brands it acquired (the most notable being Altavista) but there are a fair number of ISP Web sites (like Comcast and Verizon) that use major search engines' resources. Also, some search resources like AOL use other search engines' resources.The best known meta search engines are probably Mamma, Dogpile, and Webcrawler.Web directories may number in the thousands but most of them are specialty or niche directories. Of course, everyone knows about DMOZ, JoeAnt, and a few others like them.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Suggest starts rolling out.... At a loss for words?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68113</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68113</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:30:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68113</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Today we're excited because Google Suggest will be &quot;graduating&quot; from Labs and available by default on the Google.com homepage. Over the next week, we'll be rolling this out so that more and more of you will start seeing a list of query suggestions when you start typing into the search box.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Should a SEO Company Declare Its "SEO Code of Ethics"?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67915</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67915</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:55:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67915</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Its no secrete that the reputation of the SEO industry isn't as many of us wish it to be. The term &quot;snake-oil salesman&quot; has been used few times to describe our industry, unfortunately.It might be therefore we see some responsible SEO companies found themselves in a position where posting a declaration of a &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot; on their sites has been a necessity rather than a luxury. The more the clients and employers (in case In-House SEOes) become SEO-educated the more they would demand of the SEOes to declare, follow and be responsible of a set of &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot; which insures the quality, and safety (not to be penalized by search engines) of the SEO works conducted on their sites.Unfortunately, I have noticed that there is no consensus yet within the industry upon what such &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot; to cover and contains.However, there has been few SEO companies which have created their own &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot;. For example:http://www.bruceclay.com/web_ethics.htmhttp://www.searchandsocial.com/seo-ethics.htmlI guess several SEO companies would be pleased to declare and post a &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot; once there is a standard version on which the majority of the SEO industry has already agreed upon.There is no need at present to mandate or police such  &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot;, IMO. What we need is to agree upon and create such &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot; and leave it up to each SEO company to decide for itself whether to declare and post such &quot;SEO Code of Ethics&quot;.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Three tips for a4company blogginga4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67819</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67819</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:18:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67819</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: This is my personal blog. I don't run my draft posts by Google's PR or legal team, other than maybe 2-3 times when I thought a post might have legal implications. But I have learned a few hard-won lessons. So, when someone recently asked me for tips about talking to the public, I couldn't resist. Whether you blog for the company officially or unofficially, here are my top three rules of thumb:<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Blogs Complement SEO Efforts - Summary of Lee Odden Talk at SES]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67470</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67470</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:03:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67470</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;SEO and blogs equal success&quot; Lee Odden told the packed audience at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose Wednesday. &quot;Blogs with great content, that are optimized and promoted, create overwhelming competitive advantages.&quot;<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Black Hat vs. White Hat Search Engine Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67157</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67157</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67157</guid>
<description><![CDATA[People love controversy, and that was clearly in evidence at this SES session covering the most controversial of SEO debates, White Hat versus Black Hat. Moderator Matthew Baily of SiteLogic and his crew of experts from both sides spoke to a standing-room only crowd. Panelists included:    * Greg Boser of 3 Dog Media    * Todd Friesen, Director of SEO at Range Online    * Bruce Clay, President of Bruce Clay, Inc.    * David Naylor, SEO of Bronco    * Jill Whalen, CEO of High RankingsThe speakers were, for the most part, vague about what color their hats were, but each expert drew upon their own professional experience, techniques and observations when responding to questions posed by Matthew and the audience.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kate Dickman, The Victim of Porn Infected Google Serps!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66407</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66407</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:04:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66407</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kate Dickman: Well today I noticed a new site ranking for my name.  The page description made absolutely no sense but I was curious to see what it was. ..... Here you have a strange unidentifiable site that shows up in the results only to lead you to a bad site that starts psychotically &quot;scanning&quot; your computer and pulling up porn images that SUPPOSEDLY are on your PC and starts flashing images of them (something I really don't need to see) as well as prompting a download of some file.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Increase ROI from Marketing Conference Tips!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66186</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66186</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:19:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66186</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee Odden: With Search Engine Strategies San Jose just around the corner, I thought it timely and appropriate to share insights on how you can get the most out of marketing conferences.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Photo Editing Tools for Social Media & Ecommerce]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66090</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66090</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:43:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66090</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dana Lookadoo: Is a picture worth a thousand words? Maybe. Here is overview of a few photo editing tools you may consider. Determine your goals, first.What type of photos do you need to create and edit?    * Avatars for a your Social Media profiles?    * Photos for Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, FaceBook, and other online sharing?    * Images for your website and ecommerce store?How much do you want to spend? Most of us would say &quot;nothing.&quot; Creating quality photos doesn't require a huge capital investment. It does take a little time and creativity.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Googling Eric Schmidt]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65758</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65758</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:18:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65758</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared on Cramer's live midday show, Mad Money at the Half, on Wednesday, giving viewers an insider's take on everything from the future of advertising and the global economy to YouTube and mobile computing.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where is Georgia on Google Maps?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65437</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65437</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:23:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65437</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The recent conflict in Georgia has raised some questions about how Google Maps has handled mapping in that part of the world. The most obvious question is, why doesn't Google Maps show any cities or roads for Georgia, or its neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Teaching Advanced Link Building and Why Pagerank Will Never Die]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65352</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65352</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:52:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65352</guid>
<description><![CDATA[GrayWolf: Ask any advanced SEO to describe what they want in a link and you're likely to get something like this a4    &quot;A keyword rich link from a well linked/important/popular page on a trusted and authoritative website, that is preferably topically relevant to your site&quot;The problem is that a definition like that has so many loosely defined concepts it's borderline irrelevant to someone who doesn't have some level of experience. The most ambiguously defined part of that statement is &quot;trusted and authoritative website&quot;, because there's no real publicly available/agreed upon metric for trust and authority.<br/><br/>62 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google AdWords Account Hacked: False Ads & False Charges]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65161</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65161</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:44:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65161</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Google Groups member recounts one of the worst Google AdWords experiences: finding out that there were fraudulent charges on his card due to a new campaign that was created and incurred over $2000 in false clicks.........However, AdWordsPro assures those who have been impacted that they won't be charged for the fraudulent charges.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Use short videos to capture and engage new customers!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65096</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65096</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:27:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65096</guid>
<description><![CDATA[GrayWolf: Use short videos to capture and engage new customers. Use longer more in-depth videos for people who have some idea of who you are and what they are getting when they click play. Again I wouldn't take that as my blessing to go of producing 90 minute videos of you rambling on about nonsense. Edit out the unnecessary stuff, and the fluff. Remember 10 minutes of good stuff is always better than 10 minutes of good stuff and 30 minutes of nonsense.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peace Ya4all]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63662</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63662</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:24:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63662</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DazzlinDonna: As you know, I got a little fed up a couple of weeks ago with all the B.S. going on in our industry lately, and I decided to step back for a while and not participate. I've done that (and will continue to do so), but that whole crazy debacle got me thinking about peace. In fact, at some point, I plurked that we should bring back the peace sign, and that got me thinking about it even more. See, I think perhaps our society has lost its way just a tad bit. Although I don't think we can relive the 60's, perhaps we CAN bring back bits and pieces of it, so I thought a4what the hecka4 I might as well give it a try.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blogher, Pro-Woman or Anti-Man?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63614</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63614</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63614</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I get that Blogher is about supporting female bloggers but creating a double standard of not even allowing male speakers at their conferences goes a little too far. Now I'm not against women supporting other women but shouldn't the focus be people supporting people. We should be striving to fade the line drawn between the sexes not making it bolder.&quot;<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google VP Marissa Mayer Appears on Fox Business Network]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62861</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62861</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:07:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62861</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This morning Google VP Marissa Mayer appeared on the Fox Business Network. She talked about what's next at search, privacy, working at Google (including 20% time), being a woman in tech, and how mobile is the next hot thing.Check out the video to see the interview.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Google Doc Templates For Search Marketers!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62749</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62749</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:32:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62749</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nick Wilsdon : Earlier this month, Google gave their users access to a free library of document templates. I found time last night to dig around and discovered some useful ones for search marketers. To save you some time, here are direct links to the ones I downloaded.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wordpress - Clean Up Your Backend!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62159</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62159</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:40:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62159</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;There are lots of posts dedicated to showing you wordpress plugins that enhance your post functionality and add features but not many that focus on helping you clean and maintain a secure and orderly backend. I'll include a few you may have seen before but also a few new ones to help keep things running smoothly.(cue dramatic voice over guy)In a world where blogging has become mainstream now more than ever these are the two plugins you need a4 if you download only two plugins all year make sure it's these two a4OK maybe that was a bit overly dramatic but really these two EVERYONE should be using....&quot;<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuil Cana4t Find Its Own Page!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61962</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61962</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:08:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61962</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;If you thought it strange that Google would all of a sudden start talking about the size of its search index again, today we know why.Cuil.com.The stealthy start-up search engine launched last night with both arms swinging, and Google in its sights. Cuil's &quot;about us&quot; page makes the bold claim:    Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else-three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.But, that's not the only attack Cuil is making. The new search engine claims to be better than Google et al in a number of ways,....&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uh, Google, I think you might need an SEO consultant for Knol...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61704</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61704</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:24:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61704</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;So I heard you just launched your user-generated content site, knol.  The first thing I did was type &quot;google knol&quot; into the search bar in my browser.  I first checked out the organic results, but I didn't see you there.  &quot;Hhhmmmm&quot;, I said to myself, &quot;this is strange&quot;.  So then I looked at the sponsored (PPC) results.  &quot;Ah, there you area4 what a perfect opportunity, maybe they need (me) an SEO consultant!&quot;, I then said to myself.  Ok, so here's my pitcha4&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Should Sphinn Admin And Moderators Be Able To Desphinn?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61126</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61126</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:56:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61126</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As you know Sphinn Admin and Moderators have privileges that Sphinn members don't have. For example Sphinn Admin can remove/delete or edit our submissions. Don't know whether moderators have the same power, but i know for sure they can edit our submissions.On the other hand, we as members can Sphinn, Desphinn or report spam. For psychological reasons, which might be well observed by Admins and moderators of forums and social media, the Desphinn or similar actions of Admin and moderators carry much power and more influence (especially on new members) than the Desphinn actions of members.I.e the Desphinn action of Admin and moderators might be equal in its effect to 5-10 Desphinns of members. Such Desphinn might stop members, especially new ones, of Sphinning the desphunn submissions.Therefore I wish to ask; in the name of fairness shouldn't Sphinn Admin and moderators decline voluntarily of Desphinning?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Unsubscribing To SEOmoz !!!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61053</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61053</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61053</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts has posted on Twitter today(http://twitter.com/mattcutts/statuses/866824220):&quot;Unsubscribing to seomoz for a bit. Read http://bit.ly/3ABPRk right after http://bit.ly/2ZbJjy . &quot;Tree hugger SEO publicly bitching&quot;? Sheesh.&quot;The two articles Matt is referring to are:- I Refuse To Participate In The Vicious Nastiness Going On In Our Industryhttp://www.seo-scoop.com/2008/07/21/refuse-to-participate-in-vicious-industry/- Tiers of Transparency: The Ethical Brand Ambassadorhttp://www.seomoz.org/blog/tiers-of-transparency-the-ethical-brand-ambassador<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Have You Lost  All/Most Of Your  Twitter Followers?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60957</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60957</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60957</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some Twitters have reported today they have noticed that Twitter has unfollowed all or most of their followers!For example Andy Beal has lost 1800 followers :-)http://twitter.com/andybeal/statuses/866569011And look and see what other Twitters are reporting about the subject:http://search.twitter.com/search?q=twitter+followers<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Throws Open Rival for Wikipedia a4 Anon Authors Discouraged]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60943</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60943</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:03:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60943</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Many people, however, will find it puzzling that Google thinks it necessary to create a new platform for people to share information. Why bother, when Wikipedia will give you answers whether you're wondering about George M. Dallas (James Polk's vice-president) or the 13th Floor Elevators (an Austin psychedelic rock band formed in late 1965)?One person asking that question is Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who learned about Knol a few months ago, when Google posted a blog teaser about the project.&quot;What is the added value?&quot; Wales asks. &quot;People already can put up web pages somewhere on the internet, put some ads on it if they want to get revenue or not put ads if they don't want the revenue.&quot;Wales clearly thinks that his brainchild will satisfy most searchers. &quot;If I type in Thomas Jefferson, there's a pretty good chance that the Wikipedia entry is more or less exactly what I'm looking for,&quot; he says.Google says it isn't trying to compete with Wikipedia, but providing an alternative.&quot;I'm not suggesting one is better than the other, but different,&quot; says Manber.And what would the difference be? &quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google launches gallery of 300 document templates!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60886</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60886</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:22:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60886</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;More than 300 are found at Google.com in the Google Docs Template Gallery, launched this past week and covering everything from project management schedules and travel expense reports to gas mileage calculators. The templates are accessible from any computer and require no fee or special software, just a Google password.Among the most-used templates so far are those for resumes, cover letters, a 2008 monthly calendar, a service invoice and budget planners, according to Google.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Reports Dave Naylor For Spamming Twitter!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60752</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60752</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60752</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts posted on Twitter a message (http://twitter.com/mattcutts/statuses/865610396) to Evan Williams (Co-founder and CPO of Twitter): &quot;@ev, dropped you an email about http://bit.ly/2vmSAz&quot;The said link redirects to Dave Nylor post on his site (http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/twitter-backlink-tip.html):&quot;If you checkout my twitter page davenaylor you can see 2 links 1 is nofollowed that's standard but I dropped a &quot;http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk&quot; into my Bio :)..please don't get on my case about the need to follow more people, I know I knowDaveN&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the BlogHer Conference Guilty of Sex Discrimination?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60299</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60299</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:36:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60299</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Though I don't always agree with what GrayWolf writes, I find Michael very entertaining most of the time. Therefor this Sphinn :-)&quot;To those organizers I challenge them to look in the mirror and realize that you've now become the same evil and sexist pigs you started out with the goal of overcoming.So whats my gripe, that Blogher limits their conference speakers to only women. Don't believe me go to any of the past speaker lists (link, link, link, link) and try to find a speaker who is a man, do an on page search for &quot;his&quot;, &quot;him&quot;, or &quot; he&quot;, now try searching for &quot;her&quot; her's&quot; or &quot;she&quot;, and you'll see what I mean. It's not that I don't think that women aren't qualified to speak, nothing could be farther from the truth, but I do ask the following question, if you want to provide the best conference are only women qualified to speak.Now Blogher doesn't completely discourage against men attending, here's a flickr set of the BlogHer men attendees, including people like Robert Scoble. However if you are a man and you want to attend BlogHer, you're treated like second class citizen, only to be seen and not heard.&quot;<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: Generic Toolbar Indexing Debunk!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60057</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60057</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:12:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60057</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Sometimes people think that the Google Toolbar led to Google indexing a page. Here's a recent such story, for example, which speculates how urls with the substring &quot;mms2legacy&quot; got indexed. Here's where I started to disagree:-------------------------------------------------The reason for this [supposedly unlisted urls getting crawled --Matt], explained Ken Simpson, CEO of anti-spam company MailChannels, is that one's Google Toolbar may be configured to pass URLs that one visits to Google for indexing. &quot;If you run Google Toolbar, it knows pages you visit,&quot; he said. -------------------------------------------------Sorry, but if Ken Simpson is implying that the Google Toolbar led to these urls being crawled, then he's mistaken.&quot;<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vanessa Fox: Search-Friendly Flash?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59211</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59211</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:18:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59211</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;A couple of weeks ago, Adobe announced that it was working with Google and Yahoo! on making Flash content easier to index in search engines. Google said it was using the search-engine specific Flash player that Adobe had made available (Yahoo!'s integration is still in the works). While I think it's great and absolutely vital that search engines continue to evolve beyond strictly text (to ensure they are providing the best possible experience for their users), I don't think this announcement means that all the Flash content on the web will now suddenly start ranking in search results and I don't think that Flash developers can stop thinking about search engine optimization.&quot;<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: Generic Malware Debunking!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58900</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58900</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:54:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58900</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Yup, I'm about to do another blog post where someone says that a website is clean but it doesn't look like it to us..... I never like it when people accuse Google of flagging a site as malware just because we don't like it for some reason.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: How many Googlers should pay attention to or be dedicated to community relations?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57438</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57438</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:32:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57438</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt posted today on his blog the following question:&quot;What are the metrics that argue for having someone engage with a community, listen to feedback, and push for changes? Any smart person intuitively knows that good community relations are a solid idea, but how do you prove that? In a company of size X, how many people should pay attention to or be dedicated to community relations? I'd be interested if other people have thought about the business case for goodwill, or know of resources that discuss this.&quot;I allowed myself to translate &quot;company of size X&quot; to Google ;)<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shift in Google Attitude Towards SEOs!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57219</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57219</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:10:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57219</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Recently you might have noticed what could be considered a shift in the right direction in Google attitude towards SEOs ;-)Webmaster Trends Analysts (John, Jonathan, Susan) wrote on 30th June 2008 on Google Webmaster Central blog:&quot;You may have noticed that we recently rewrote our article on What is an SEO? Does Google recommend them? Previously, the article had focused on warning people about common SEO scams to look out for, but didn't mention many of the valuable services that a helpful SEO can provide.The article now notes some of the benefits of search engine optimization, and provides some guidance to site owners who are considering hiring an SEO.&quot;Within the article in question, Google listed few points to be considered before clients hire a SEO: If you're thinking about hiring an SEO, the earlier the better. A great time to hire is when you're considering a site redesign, or planning to launch a new site. That way, you and your SEO can ensure that your site is designed to be search engine-friendly from the bottom up. However, a good SEO can also help improve an existing site.Some useful questions to ask an SEO include:    * Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories?    * Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines?    * Do you offer any online marketing services to complement your organic search business?    * What kind of results do you expect to see, and in what timeframe?    * What's your experience in my industry?    * How long have you been in business?While SEOs can provide clients with valuable services, some unethical SEOs have given the industry a black eye through their overly aggressive marketing efforts and their attempts to manipulate search engine results in unfair ways. Practices that violate our guidelines may result in your site being removed from the Google index.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Lisa Barone!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55861</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55861</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:30:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55861</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;In addition to being smart, gorgeous, ridiculously talented, and pig kissing yummy, Lisa Barone is also one year older.&quot;Happy Birthday!<br/><br/>57 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts:  What are the links that will stand the test of time?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55120</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55120</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55120</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts has illustrated in his latest post &quot;Review: Kitt-In Box&quot; (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/review-kitt-in-box/), what he meant by &quot;links that will stand the test of time&quot;.  And he mentioned in a comment on the same post (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/review-kitt-in-box/#comment-129224):&quot; I only review stuff that I genuinely want to, and accept no payment. Just to be clear.&quot;Matt mentioned the term &quot;links that will stand the test of time&quot;&quot;  in a latest interview with Eric Enge (http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-matt-cutts-061608.shtml).  Matt defined the said links as:&quot;Those links are typically given voluntarily. It is an editorial link bysomeone, and it's someone that's informed. They are not misinformed,they are not tricked; there is no bait and switch involved. It'sbecause somebody thinks that something is so cool, so useful, or sohelpful that they want to make little sign posts so that other peopleon the web can find that out.&quot;That means, when Matt gave a backlink to the vendor of Kitt-In Box (http://www.therefinedfeline.com/kitinbox-cat-perch.htm), he did that:- Voluntarily.- Matt was Informed (not misinformed. not tricked).- There was no bait and switch involved.- Matt see the Kitt-In Box so cool, so useful, or sohelpful. - Matt wanted to make little sign posts so that other peopleon the web can find that out.And now we know &quot;What are the links that will stand the test of time?&quot;.Thanks, Matt.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Porn Continues to Invade Google Web Search Through Universal Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54830</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54830</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:14:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54830</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barry Schwartz continue to report porn on Google over Search Engine Roundtable, at Search Engine Land, via email to Googlers, via Twitter and Plurk and so on. But it seems that this is a battle Google is not winning.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: Good directions drive traffic to your website - USATODAY.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54514</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54514</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:58:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54514</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Certainly, achieving visibility in Google's search rankings can be a mystery. To help solve the riddle, USA TODAY sat down with Google's Matt Cutts, an engineer and active blogger, who has five easy tips on how to &quot;optimize&quot; your site so Google (GOOG) and the rest of the world can find it.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: Don't lie in a reconsideration request!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53451</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53451</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:52:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53451</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts has issued a warning on twitter  to those who lie in their reconsideration requests to Google:&quot;Don't lie in a reconsideration request. Just don't go there at all. Makes Matt *angry*! Matt smash spam!&quot;https://twitter.com/mattcuttsHere are three good resources for those who wish to file a reconsideration request with Google:Filing a reinclusion requesthttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/reinclusion-request-howto/Video: Reinclusion requestshttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/video-reinclusion-requests/How do I request reconsideration of my site?http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35843<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Father's Day '08 Logos from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Dogpile & Search Community]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53078</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53078</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:46:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53078</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Happy Father's Day fathers! SERoundtable have a special video edition for you, where you can win schwag from Google, Yahoo, Live Search and others. Only dad's can win today's schwag!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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