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<title>Sphinn / Wingnut / All</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:28:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Must Read WordPress SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52017</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52017</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:28:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52017</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joost de Valk gives us his final guide to WordPress SEO.<br/><br/>97 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Builders Guide to Historical Ranking Factors]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43295</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43295</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:48:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43295</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When in comes to doing SEO for Google, one thing is certain; you'd better know about backlinks. Given the fact that the core algorithm is based largely on ranking and detecting spam via links, it is certainly an area to be familiar with.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Its Spring, How Clean Is Your Blog?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43113</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43113</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:18:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43113</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is your blog loading fast enough? Are your widgets useful? It's spring and time to take a good hard look at the usability of your blog.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tier 2 Search Engines help maximize your PPC performance]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40792</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40792</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:06:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40792</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tier 2 search engines often go ignored since they hold very little of the search volume, however, they can be a boon to your business if used correctly.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Google's App Engine Makes Me Nervous]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39450</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39450</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:03:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39450</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the page: Google has already demonstrated an immense desire to invest in startups with unique ideas and the right code to implement them. By storing your code with Google, what is to stop them from just peeking in? By using the AppEngine, you basically give Google a back door into your startup.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PPC Rocks! ...but it shouldn't be your only strategy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38814</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38814</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:09:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38814</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While PPC is a great way to bring traffic to your sites it won't be worth the money if your design and SEO aren't up to snuff.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO and Google - Arms Race]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38652</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38652</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:25:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38652</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEO wouldn't be the same without social media and Google wouldn't be the same without SEO...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't burn yourself out - Take a break!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37867</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37867</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:51:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37867</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I recently started a Search Marketing company and am really feeling the stress of working constantly.  An important lesson - be sure you make some time to relax so you don't lose the will to go on.<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Do Basic Website SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36494</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36494</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:01:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36494</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Found this overview for Basic SEO - Great for anyone just starting out... and might not be a terrible thing to show clients<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Giving free SEO advice to the Homeless]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34036</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34036</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:20:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34036</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone needs SEO even if they don't know it.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Images... Won't someone please think of the children!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31393</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31393</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:00:36 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31393</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was trying to find a image to use on a blog post today - at work - I was kind of shocked to find LOTS of porn for such a seemingly harmless query.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A noble quest for #1 Ranking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30864</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30864</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:11:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30864</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Probably the most funny goal I have seen in a link-baiting post.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uncovering of a Social Media D-bag]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29900</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29900</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:56:25 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29900</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lijit Wijit can help discover people trying to smear your good name - but mostly this is just funny.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A non-famous SEO's take on the "Famous SEO's" discussion.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29594</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29594</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:09:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29594</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee Odden started a great discussion about SEO fame that was continued today by Rand Fishkin... Here is how a non-famous SEO feels about the topic.<br/><br/>63 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 Tips for Planning a Social Media Marketing Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28565</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28565</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:40:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28565</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Esteban gives a very good checklist of how to go about starting your social media marketing campaigns.<br/><br/>51 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All is fair in love and PPC]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27930</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27930</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:39:38 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27930</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A discussion I was having with a fellow search engine marketer the other day turned into an argument on the ethics of PPC and SEO.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo gotta let me know... should MS stay or should I go?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27515</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27515</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:23:24 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27515</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo to determine fate of the company today.  I know we are tired of hearing about it - But this is pretty huge search news...<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If Banner Ads Were Forced To Be Truthful...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27401</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27401</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:16:06 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27401</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is one of the more funny things I have seen in a while and had to share it with everyone - already ended photoshop contest for &quot;truthful&quot; banner ads<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The frog the scorpion and the alligator: A Parable]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26831</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26831</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:02:59 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26831</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A rather funny look at MSN/Yahoo situation.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't miss the point with your company blog.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26206</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26206</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:48:41 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26206</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More and more companies are hopping on the blogging bandwagon and most of them are totally missing the point.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 ways a social media noob can front page anything.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26198</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26198</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:59:46 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26198</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In my experience making friends with the right people can be just as powerful as becoming a superstar yourself.<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The importance of MyBlogLog when surfing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25560</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25560</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:48:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25560</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is well known to most bloggers but something that really hit home this weekend for me.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Russians Invest $30 Million in Social Networking Site Badoo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24252</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24252</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:21:47 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24252</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Social networking is big business in Russia -or- In Mother Russia, social media uses you!<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fighting Scrapers With Your Left Jab]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23969</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23969</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:34:52 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23969</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Solid Tips on dealing with/beating scrapers<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Use Social Media to Fuel your Job Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23868</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23868</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:19:47 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23868</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great post about how LinkedIn and Twitter can help you find a job<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your great idea means nothing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23292</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23292</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:02:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23292</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Half advice about making money online half motivational about getting off your butt and doing it.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20822</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20822</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:12:16 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20822</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay Per Play - The Pyramid Scheme you have been waiting for]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20816</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20816</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:28:24 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Contextual Ads</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20816</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heard about PPP ads?  Five second audio ads that give you money for your traffic - no clicks needed... Then you get to refer your friends and make 5% of ad spend on their site and 5% ad spend on sites they refer.  How annoying.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping it up over the Holdays in 4 easy steps]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20062</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20062</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:53:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20062</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's hard to keep up with all of the blog posts out there when you're spending quality time with family and friends over Christmas.  Here are a few tactics I use to keep up with everything.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg hires bank, hoping to sell for $300 million or more]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19286</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19286</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:08:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19286</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you have some deep pockets and want to buy a slightly used social bookmarking site - Digg is up for sale.<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AskEraser bringing privacy back to search.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18601</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18601</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:58:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18601</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Little by little our online anonymity - our privacy - is being sucked away and we let it happen. We let them take all that we have and we don't say a word about it.  Ask.com looks to change that and give us back control of what is ours - our search history.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Penthouse invests $500 million in Social Networking Sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18384</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18384</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18384</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;..the chief executive of the Penthouse Media Group remains so bullish on the sex-related entertainment industry that he is investing $500 million in a group of social networking sites.&quot;<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco's Social Networking Strategy Comes Into Focus]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18382</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18382</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:06:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18382</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;When users are commenting on rich media, like videos, visits increase three to five fold, which translates to three to five times as many advertising opportunities&quot;<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lost in Translation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17789</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17789</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:38:23 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17789</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lots of your readers don't speak English as their primary language. Solution: translation plug-ins<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[There's a downside to being Popular]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17580</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17580</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:02:41 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17580</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Being one of the cool kids is great, but it changes everything about how you run your blog.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Social Media Rap]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17118</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:06:49 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Too many people use social media as nothing more than shameless self promotion - but it is so much more.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All I know about blogging I learned from Stand-Up]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16928</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16928</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:27:30 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16928</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Being a great blogger is all about two things - timing and delivery.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lemonade Stand is much like running a PPC campaign]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16528</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16528</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:23:45 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16528</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone remembers their first Apple II and the glory that was Lemonade Stand... Turns out it was just the first step to becoming a great PPC master.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best answer to a question - EVER]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16125</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16125</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:35:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16125</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ask a silly question get a silly answer.  Tim Nash takes the win with this one.  Hilarious.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 basic steps to make your site more SEO friendly]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13765</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13765</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:48:56 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13765</guid>
<description><![CDATA[People ask me all the time how they can make their sites more SEO friendly... This is a list of 7 basic steps anyone can take to help target their keywords.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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