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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:43:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Client Site Missing from Google When They Search Internally??]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8878</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8878</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:43:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8878</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Trying to get some feedback and/or ideas...a client site I work on has a strange issue: when they perform a search inside their building on Google for their domain name, their site is missing from the search results. When I try it (different location, IP, of course) at my office, they show up #1. For some reason, it appears the problem is internal for the client. They operate a retail site that mainly sells business forms, checks, invoices, etc. Any feedback from Sphinners?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey Google Calendar Team - Where Is My Task List??]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1938</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1938</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:24:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1938</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I use Google Calendar as my yearly planner in tandem with my Gmail account. But the one thing I'm missing is an integrated task list that I can check off as I complete tasks. I use a task list gadget with my desktop reader, but I need something tied to my G Calendar.Is there such a thing? If not, maybe the Calendar Googlers could add that in.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Browser Based Readers Are Killing Off Desktop Readers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1747</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1747</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:31:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1747</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I still use my Google Desktop reader at work, but I also like Google Reader a whole bunch. What do Sphinners think?<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hitachi's Visual Search Finds Similar Images from Millions of Targets in 1 Second -- Tech-On!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1601</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1601</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:08:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1601</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wow. This is interesting - it would be great to see the major engines deploy something like this to properly id video (or maybe even flash someday!?) From the article:&quot;The technology assesses the similarity of images based on image characteristics presented as high-dimensional numeric information. The information is acquired by automatically detecting information regarding the images, such as color distribution and shapes. The technology can be applied to video search as well.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Managers Rolling in the Dough!!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1586</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1586</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:19:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1586</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Question for Sphinners: what are pay standards for a search marketing manager with 3-5 years experience and better than average knowledge of SEM/SEO practices??I can't find any data online - what do people make in annual salary??<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiYou Beats Spock to Launch]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1389</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1389</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:58:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1389</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new people-focused content site called WikiYou launches this morning out of beta.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First Google Video Ad Metrics]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1388</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1388</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:56:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1388</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has some early numbers from one advertiser who is testing out the new video ads.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Accuses Facebook Founder of Stealing Idea for Web Site]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1314</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1314</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:17:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1314</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The founders of Connect-U said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea while they were all students at Harvard.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Monday: Today's Google Free Alternative]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1132</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1132</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:18:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1132</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Live Search Monday today...<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Usability Testing - Top 5 Customer Comments]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1015</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1015</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:12:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1015</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm planning on running a usability survey on one of my client's sites, and I would like some feedback from the Sphinn community.What do you think are the top 5 customer complaints/comments/compliments???<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More Than Meets The Eye: It's All Relative]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/570</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/570</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:21:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/570</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wonder if there's a connection between Zillow's Vanessa Fox and Transformer's Megan Fox...?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[So My Site's Conversion Rate is...Good? Or is it Bad??]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/547</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/547</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:05:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/547</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I work almost exclusively in e-commerce SEM/SEO, and currently manage a handful of retail website SEM campaigns. Putting aside the many subjective factors that go into calculating a decent sale conversion rate per site visitor - can anyone comment on what industry &quot;standards&quot; or benchmarks are a good target? I've read 4-6% isn't bad. Any thoughts??<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking To Completely Dedicate Myself To SEM!!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/546</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/546</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:59:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Jobs Wanted</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/546</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To anyone looking for a dedicated, experienced in-house search marketing professional: I'm looking for an opportunity to dedicate myself completely to search. I've had many successes over the years and am currently employed as a SEM, managing 7  e-commerce websites. I've been working in SEM for several years and am absolutely enthralled with search marketing! Feel free to send me anything you've got...johnthielmann at hotmail dot com. Thank you!!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pub Con vs. SES Chicago]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/165</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/165</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:26:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/165</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hi Everybody! This Sphinn thing is sweet. Anyway, here's my situation:My employer will not fund a trip to Pub Con this December, so I will be attending SES Chicago (I hail from Milwaukee). We all know that these two events are running at the same time, so...what are the consequences? I know the sponsors/speakers/attendees will be split and it seems a good   majority are favoring Pub Con. Are we going to get a &quot;Lite&quot; SES Chicago??<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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