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<title>Sphinn / Wiep / Hot Today</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:27:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Ways to Build Links with Your Graphic Design Skills]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70047</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70047</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:27:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70047</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are you good at photography, &quot;photoshopping&quot; or graphic design? Then why don't you use these skills to build backlinks?<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interviewing a Potential Link Developer]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68947</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68947</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:09:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68947</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting question is what someone should look for in a potential link developer and how to go about finding them. Rae lists (and pretty much answers) several must-ask questions for link development job interviews.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Building for Business-to-business companies]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/66196</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/66196</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:16:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/66196</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Erik-Jan discusses B2B link building and concludes that different goals are required than in B2C link building. He also explains why B2B link building is easier AND more difficult than B2C link building.<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Questions to Ask a Candidate During A SEM Job Interview]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63369</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63369</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:03:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63369</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are planning on hiring a search consultant, here is a mini-glossary along with a checklist of Q&amp;A to help you separate the wheat from the chaff; or if you prefer, the can-do's from the no-clue's.<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Spammers: links from the Upcoming Section are being nofollowed. Please stop spamming now. Thank you.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60321</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60321</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:39:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60321</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know if this is here to stay, but I just noticed that all the external links from stories that haven't reached the front page yet are being nofollowed now. Great!Hopefully this puts an end to the invasion of spam. I almost got RSI from clicking that 'Report as Spam' button...<br/><br/>57 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Still Selling SEO Consulting Services?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57302</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57302</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:16:50 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57302</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I do not like doing much traditional SEO client work, and see the business model as having limited longterm value for most SEO consultants. The best consultants could usually make more promoting their own sites and brands than they would working for clients.&quot;<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Fatal URL Design Mistakes]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56732</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56732</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:11:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56732</guid>
<description><![CDATA[URL design? Is there any design involved at all in deciding how your Internet address and directory structure will look like? Yes, there is, or at least there should be! Nonetheless I see the same mistakes daily all over the place as if URLs wouldn't matter at all.<br/><br/>65 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Email Marketing Tip Sheet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55290</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55290</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:29:50 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55290</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A reference sheet for those doing email marketing campaigns. It's primarily aimed at newsletters, but can also be applied to sales messages, transactional emails, or even discussion lists.<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Your Headline Mojo Moving: 52 Idea Starters]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51875</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51875</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:37:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51875</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Headline Bonanza: a handy tip sheet of 52 ways to kick start your own brilliant headline.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Beginner's Checklist For Search Conferences]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:09:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51909</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended my first search conference. I gleaned a lot of valuable info and met many interesting people. Throughout the conference I compiled a mental checklist for my next conference. My hope is that my experience and the corresponding checklist will become a learning resource for all of you.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Shrinking Window of Opportunity for Independent Webmasters - Get In Before Ita4s Too Late]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:43:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46315</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As the web matures and Google improves its search results with the most relevant sites, it's going to become increasingly difficult for small publishers to get ahead. Get going before it's too late.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO: Don't Hire a Butcher to do a Baker's Job]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45926</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Our industry is hot. Red hot. As such, just about every idiot who has ever coded a page of HTML will tell you that they &quot;do SEO.&quot;<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The SEO Guide to Information Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44578</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44578</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:26:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44578</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Audette explains the concepts of designing optimized site architectures for efficient spidering by search engines.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating a Natural Link Profile for Your Site]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43192</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43192</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:18:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43192</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With paid links so high up on the radar at the Googleplex these days, it has become even more crucial that your website's link profile is as natural as possiblea4 even if the links themselves aren't 100% natural.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO: a service covering many specialities]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:50 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41717</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As this short guide should hopefully illustrate, SEO is not a &quot;one size fits all&quot; service - it is an umbrella terms for a range of usually very specialised approaches.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How The Times Misplaced 270,000 Links in 6 Lines of Code]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41959</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41959</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:08:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41959</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Critchlow mentions how implementing the twin brother of the 302 redirect, the robots.txt'ed out 301 redirect, resulted in 267,700 links that are not passing any value to the main Times website.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Milestones of a Front Page Digg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38270</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38270</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:51:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38270</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is not a how to spam article, this is an article that will hopefully help you better understand the life of your stories on Digg. If you better understand the stories and the process you can increase your chances for a front page Digg.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Tips on Social Media Advertising]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37234</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37234</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:21:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37234</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now that a savvy online marketer can build a profile, continuously grow a network and strategically contact said network with updates about the company and products themselves, it is time to bring in the advertising. This post lists 5 things to know about social media advertising.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dofollow Blog Commenting Netiquette vs a Barbecue Party]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37125</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37125</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:28:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37125</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tad made a list of simple rules of blog commenting netiquette, they might not apply everywhere but they will help you not be thrown out at SEO 2.0 and in other places probably too.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guide to Geo Targeting for SEO and Usability]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35074</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35074</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:16:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35074</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Managing an international website isn't as straightforward as running a site focussed on a single local market. There are several issues that need to be handled very precisely in order to maximise your traffic while maintaining a user friendly design.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Results of Google Experimentation - Only the First Anchor Text Counts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34958</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34958</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:41:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34958</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Let's say that on your homepage, you have two links to your blog. The first link is in the navigation, the second link is in the body. That second link's anchor text is NOT going to help the blog page rank for the anchor text used, because Google doesn't appear to count the anchor text from multiple links to a target from a single URL.<br/><br/>70 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Principles of Advanced Search Engine Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34267</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34267</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34267</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An advanced SEO is more interested in mastering the trends and less concerned with studying the day-to-day tasks associated with optimization. You know how to write good content, you know how to get links. Advanced SEO is not about link building and analytics, it's about resource building and metrics.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Mass: How to determine how much effort it takes to rank for any particular keyword phrase]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34341</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34341</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:31:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34341</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I like to refer to the combinations of positive and negative link value factors of a page as its Link Mass. The link mass of a page is the sum of the importance (or real PageRank) contributions from incoming links, minus the reductions in the reputation score for the reasons explained above.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten Tactics That Could Save Your Online Reputation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34009</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34009</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34009</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Beal guest posts at Mashable, where he outlines ten tactics that could prevent your company suffering its own online reputation meltdown.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Link Building: Budget Stretcher for Online Retail and E-Commerce Sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33101</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33101</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:11:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33101</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're selling clothing, car parts, luggage, or even cameras, your approach to link development matters most. Let's face it: most e-commerce sites primarily consist of a shopping cart on steroids.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who are the Linkerati?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33247</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33247</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:31:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33247</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To me the linkerati are the connectors, they are ones who have ultimately created the web. Creating connections to related and sometimes unrelated pieces of information dotted around the web. And thus, they are all powerful and very popular. If you can persuade the linkerati in your sector, you will own that sector.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Importance of Page Layout in SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32122</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32122</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:49:32 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32122</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you build web pages, and you want an idea of how a search engine might be looking at and weighing the content of your pages, you may want to check out this post....<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Removing Negative Online Publicity: How Difficult Is It?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31871</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31871</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:18:18 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31871</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's important to act quickly - the moment an online reputation issue is first detected. The longer you leave an undesirable search result to sit in the open, unchallenged, the more likely it will get &quot;cemented&quot; into place with links. Brett analyzes 12 types of pages that can contain negative buzz.<br/><br/>59 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Company Internet Marketing: Why Being Small Can Be Better]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31887</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31887</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:38:37 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31887</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Although big companies usually have big budgets, a broad range of knowledge, huge networks, lots of content and also a brand advantage, smaller companies and even individuals have shown that these benefits are not always the key to success. Besides the fact that large companies not always know how to use these benefits in their advantage, there are also a few places where small businesses tend to win most of the battles.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Writing a Report that Makes Your Client Scream, 'I GET IT!']]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31893</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31893</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:49:24 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31893</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Listen up, folks: there is a reason your clients hired you for this job - it's because they aren't experts or don't have time to become one. So when you report to them weekly, monthly, or both, keep that in mind. To be blunt, you need to dumb it down.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Media FAQ: How Do I Measure ROI?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31182</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31182</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:04:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31182</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While we often sing the goodness of social media tools, (and challenges) a web strategist will have to return to the workplace, and demonstrate to their management the value of any program -especially if it's new.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Selecting Your SEO Competition : Thinking Young]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31165</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31165</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:46:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31165</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finding your direct competitors is one thing but deciding whose strategies to research and learn from is yet another topic often overlooked and misunderstood. There are two important factors you should bare in mind while analyzing someone else's strategies.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Do The (Good) SEOs Cost So %&*# Much?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31189</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31189</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:59:42 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31189</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great post by Diane Aull. &quot;I was talking recently with a friend who's been trying to hire an SEO to work on her company's website. She was surprised to find out how much it could cost to hire a good SEO (by &quot;good&quot; I mean those people I was willing to recommend to her because I know they do a good job).&quot;<br/><br/>76 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Photos to Build Inbound Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28575</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28575</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:45:13 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28575</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of great photographers are scared to put their photos online because it's so easy for other people to steal their work. I totally understand that. I'm hardly a great photographer, and I don't want people stealing my photos, either! But I do want them to use my photos...<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 Ways to Stand Out As a Conference Speaker]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28136</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28136</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:56:42 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28136</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;With several competing sessions, it got me thinking about the necessity of standing out as a speaker to get the most value out of participating at these events. So I thought this time I would share a few tips on what I have found works when it comes to standing out as a speaker at a tradeshow, conference or other industry event.&quot;<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Write Terrible Meta Tags]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28080</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28080</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:20:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28080</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Don't worry, there are some excellent tips on how to write great ones as well ;)<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improve Social Media Profile Rankings with Internal Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28028</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:23 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brett explains why participation is key if you want your social media websites' profile pages to show up in the SERPs for reputation management purposes.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Successful Elements For Social Media Success]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27883</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27883</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:17:50 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27883</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The web is competitive. You need an edge. Social media marketing is becoming an essential tool to optimizing an online presence and creating strong connections with your audience. It is undeniable.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Evaporating Yellow Line between SEO & Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27494</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:34:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While ad nauseam Dofollow bookmark-site Link building can be useful, the &quot;new&quot; SEO is all about making friends and participating in niche' communities.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Successfully Moderate a Conference Panel, A Comprehensive Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26631</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26631</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:00:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The value of some conference panels can be really poor, and this is mostly due to the lack of moderation. Jeremiah Owyang made a great guide to successfully moderate a conference panel.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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