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<title>Sphinn / Ruud / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:41:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Next Social Networks Will Be Powered By WordPress and Movable Type]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66278</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66278</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:41:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66278</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bringing the ease of blogs and blogging to social networks.&quot;With Six Apart's recent release of Movable Type 4.2, that revolution has begun. The new release provides DIY tools for building your own social networking platform.web pundits have been saying that social networking would gain in popularity to such an extent that it would become a feature, not a destination in and of itself. These latest designs from MT and WordPress seem to prove that point.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guardian on Google, 10 years in: big, friendly giant or a greedy Goliath?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66271</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66271</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:31:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;It is conceivable that future historians will regard the first day of Google Inc on 7 September 1998, and not 11 September 2001, as the true dawn of the 21st century.I don't think it's possible to exaggerate the significance of this thing.In 50 or 100 years' time, when the real histories get written of the internet, it will start with those two boys at Stanford&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Politics of Digg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66266</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66266</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:03:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66266</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;In the past week I've conducted phone and email interviews with over 50 of Digg's top users in an attempt to piece together the cohesive links and strategies that make them so successful. It was during these discussions that I discovered that these Diggers are much more than a team of link pushers and self-marketers; many of their conversations have later developed into real-world friendships.&quot;<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Headline Writing for Google, Social Media and Profit]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65697</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65697</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:15:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65697</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good, long write-up on effective headlines. What makes a good one and how to get to it.Or: how do you go from &quot;Cheap Condoms, Expensive Condoms&quot; to &quot;World's Most Expensive Places to Have Sex&quot;<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Users: Give Me Organic Results -- But First Page Only]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41068</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41068</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:21:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41068</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Online search has become so efficient that most Internet users are now impatient with anything less than great results.&quot;With more searchers clicking first page results and less searchers reporting to be willing to go past page three results, organic SEO, reports eMarketer, is looking at some pretty interesting spend.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Google Sets Works]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36866</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36866</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:48:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36866</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the post: &quot;The simple explanation of how the program works is that Google attempts to identify lists on the web as it crawls pages&quot;<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing Loyalty While Growing Your Audience]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34176</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34176</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:41:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The truth is that, while it isn't easy, it is possible to have both loyalty, engagement and a big audience.This delicate balance hinges on perception.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Donorgate: money buys manual edit by Jimmy Wales]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34147</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34147</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34147</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After receiving questions from the press, Jeff Merkey, formerly at Novell, has made a statement that Jimmy Wales offered to clean up Jeff's entry and place him under his 'special protection'. Protected entries can only be edited by Wikipedia administrators.All this in exchange for $5000/yr. Once Jeff terminated his payment he was banned from Wikipedia.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32898</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32898</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:30:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32898</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two-fold problem: misusing money from the foundation and editing an entry in a possible conflict of interest scenario.As Wikimedia Foundation chair woman Florence Devouard chastises Wales in a personal email; &quot;I find (it) tiring to see how you are constantly trying to rewrite the past. Get a grip!&quot;The story comes just weeks after The Register published (tinyurl.com/34ye4h) another incident of conflict of interest editing where Jossi Fresco, administrator, heading the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard, &quot;guards&quot; the &quot;Lord of the Universe&quot; entry pertaining to the leader of the cult he's a member of.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hiding Content Temporarily Is OKAY, Google Says]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30124</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30124</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:17:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30124</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;If your text is temporarily &quot;hidden&quot; as part of your site's UI but is still intended for the user to see at some point, you probably don't need to worry about Google mistakenly viewing it as deceptive.&quot;<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Penalized in Google: Official notification methods]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28360</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28360</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:17:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28360</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;There are million of various theories out there about how to find out if your site is penalized by Google. I thought I'd recap what Google officially says, and by officially I mean on their domain and bearing their brand.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Removes Download Option From Webmaster Tools]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27506</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27506</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:47:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27506</guid>
<description><![CDATA[''If you login to Google Webmaster Tools and go to your &quot;links&quot; and then &quot;external links&quot; section, you may notice Google removed the &quot;Download This Table&quot; link from the bottom. What remains is the &quot;Download all external links.&quot;''<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ia4ve Just Written A Novel - Summarizing A Concept]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27503</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27503</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:39:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27503</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How the process of getting a book summary applies to getting client information to work with.&quot;From just these few questions, I've gotten a feel for the specialty, area of service and the unique value proposition of this client's business. From such things are keyword research and compelling, relevant copy born.&quot;<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Mindsets to Reshape Your Networking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27150</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27150</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:42:07 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The mindset of my generation (18-34) is a cynical one -- a mindset that desires authenticity and is skeptical of randomly nice people (after all, how many times has a &quot;nice person&quot; turned out to be selling insurance, CUTCO knives, or a spot in their MLM downline?). So the idea of people befriending you with an agenda other than friendship is a bit disconcerting. So what's a potential entrepreneur to do? Obviously, you need the connections, but at the same time, you can't stand the &quot;game.&quot; Well, here are five mindsets to take with you next time you shudder at the thought of networking.&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WordPress: Add a Second Widget-Ready Sidebar]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26460</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26460</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:44:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26460</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great step-by-step overview of adding a 2nd widget ready sidebar to WordPress<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[There Are No Secrets On The Web]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26361</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26361</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:16:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26361</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everything can be found. *Everything*.The good thing? &quot;...if you're wiling and able to be yourself in front of everybody and own what you say and do - then you're going to stand out from your competition.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seth Godin *Almost* Gets Link Bait]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26186</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26186</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:11:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26186</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seth: &quot;Here's what you do:Put a picture on your website. Something novel but still recognizable.Or something really useful.Then, put lots of links to various websites within the image.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rating Burner: Ranking Blogs by RSS Subscriber Stats]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26185</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26185</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:06:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26185</guid>
<description><![CDATA[350+ blogs so far. Includes an ad-price info delivery idea (see: ads).<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your Mother's Facebook: Youngsters not happy oldies going online]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26125</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26125</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:07:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26125</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cool social media hotspots become deadbeat boring adult meetups. Where's a teen to hide?From the article: &quot;And his 72-year-old grandmother sends him online instant messages every day so they can better stay in touch while he is at university.&quot;Marketing note: typically something you can play on &amp; create and write for.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beauty Bloggers No Bottomfeeders]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26054</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26054</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:27:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26054</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As more and more women turn to beauty blogs, the cosmetics industry is taking beauty bloggers serious.This is what we call the Inverse Target Strategy:&quot;&quot;It would be foolish to ignore them,&quot; said Ms. Brod, who recently hired an employee whose job is to get bloggers to write about clients.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Readers owe you nothing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26048</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26048</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:14:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26048</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's focused around newspapers and newspaper websites -- but there's pretty solid stuff here.&quot;Readers owe you nothing. They have no responsibility as citizens to read your reporting, and no responsibility as consumers to look at your ads.&quot;&quot;...when your design crosses the line and forces readers to look at ads they don't want, you encourage those readers to look elsewhere...&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribe Management]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25904</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25904</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:31:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25904</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;...what people really want is the ability to connect to each other, not to companies. So the permission is used to build a tribe, to build people who want to hear from the company because it helps them connect, it helps them find each other, it gives them a story to tell and something to talk about.&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MySpace Platform Goes Live February 5]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25903</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25903</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:27:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25903</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oh joy. I can barely contain my excitement. :D<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slashdot Founder Questions Crowds Wisdom]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25780</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25780</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:48:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25780</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Things that make you go &quot;hmmm&quot;&quot;...you are seeing 1 or 2 percent of a community shaping where the whole community is going. A small dedicated group of people can manipulate these sites very easily....&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can a Sandwich Be Slandered?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25773</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25773</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:23:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25773</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Subway sues regarding &quot;false claims&quot; in user-generated content.Can it?&quot;...the video contest raises a novel legal question: Quiznos did not make the insulting submissions, so should it be held liable for user-generated content created at its behest?&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[13 Questions to Ask Before Publishing a Post On Your Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25760</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25760</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:21:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25760</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;1. What was the main point of this post? have I made it clearly?2. What do I want readers of this post to do? have I led them to this action?&quot;... and 11 more things you should ask yourself<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Confident Writing: How to Write a Blog with 5 Straight As]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25756</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25756</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:12:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25756</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I've included more coaching questions than I normally do in a post - they're designed to encourage reflection, to help you work out your own writing solutions rather than just taking a spoonful of advice from me. &quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Case Study: How Sony Leveraged The a4Vampirea4 Facebook App]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25749</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25749</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:46:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25749</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Facebook as a ready-made marketing program. ... Sony was happy, it exceeded expectations, and users of the application weren't over branded.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Official Google Maps API Blog: use this Microsoft tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25657</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25657</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:23:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25657</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What to do if you want to add a special map without using KML files and what not?Google says; use Microsoft's free MapCruncher for Virtual Earth.They include an example.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You might be in the social media fishbowl ifa4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25550</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25550</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:56:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25550</guid>
<description><![CDATA['If you named your cat &quot;Long Tail,...'<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Buy or Sell a Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25512</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25512</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:43:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25512</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good round-up post linking out to tons of info.From the page: &quot;...experiential information by those who have &quot;been there, done that&quot; to help you understand the marketability of your blog and how to buy and sell blogs.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You Ready for Your Ad CPM Rate to Drop 30% in 2008?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25446</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25446</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:16:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Contextual Ads</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25446</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;What is the solution for publishers? How do prevent yourself from being absorbed by the commons? Develop meaningful relationships, be remarkable, and sell direct.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Non-Tech Speak: What Facebooka4s Developer Announcement means]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25440</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25440</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:54:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25440</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeremiah Owyang explains Facebook's Friday developer announcement in plain English: Facebook apps can be embedded anywhere on the web now.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buying Social Votes Misses The Point]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25452</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25452</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:45:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25452</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Offering to buy a vote is flat-out dumb, besides being wrong. It shows that the person requesting it doesn't understand how this world works. These news stories are being promoted because that's what that community would most like to see. Your job is to see how your story might fit into that paper, just like it would be for traditional print media.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seth Godin on the Social Media Crapshoot]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25448</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25448</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:30:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25448</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Describing &quot;the&quot; average American consumer and how it relates to social media Seth states: &quot;I think that are plenty of tips you can follow to optimize your offering for this fickle mass group. But it's still a crap shoot.&quot;He finishes of with a question you should reflect on.My onw observation: targeting social media is seen as slimy or simple because only *that* content is *spotable*...<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientology Writes; Gawker Rises]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25453</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25453</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:51:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25453</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Much respect for Nick Denton for staring this cult down.&quot;At Scientology's request, YouTube and other sites took down the copyrighted video, but Gawker refused, instead posting and mocking the reproachful letter sent by a Los Angeles lawyer representing the church.&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Great "Writing" Blog: Write to Done]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25443</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25443</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:08:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25443</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you like Copyblogger you'll love Write To Done<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Share (Almost) Any Blog Post in Google Reader]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25435</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25435</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:43:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25435</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice bookmarklet that let's you put *any* blog post into Google Reader's Shared Items -- even if you don't subscribe to the feed the post came from.&quot;Note that you'll be able to share pages only from sites that have feeds and only if you go to the blog post, not to the blog's homepage&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimizing performance for WordPress]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25449</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25449</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:36:53 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25449</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;...a few other steps you can take to improve it's performance.&quot;Lot of these posts lately. What's up, people feeling the strain?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to give FREE value & urgency]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25445</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25445</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:12:52 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25445</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Free is nothing, free has no value -- unless you create urgency.Great write-up on creating value with 'free'&quot;Free needs to have opt-in.Free needs to have rules.Free needs to have barriers.Free needs to have urgency.Free needs to have value.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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