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<title>Sphinn / chriswinfield / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: More shoppers consulting social networks before gift-buying]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18782</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18782</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18782</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;People looking for ideas are inundated with [advertising] messages,&quot; said AMA CMO Nancy Costopulos. &quot;They're looking for alternatives and opinions for shopping.&quot;<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon Redirects Typo Traffic to its Own Search Service]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12512</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12512</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:29:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12512</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sure, they can't beat Google, but they can game the system in their favor. Thus far, domain squatters have benefitted from mistyped web addresses, and seems like large ISPs are waking up to &quot;money making opportunity.&quot;<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketers Explore New Virtual Worlds Beyond 'Second Life']]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10620</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10620</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:31:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10620</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While Second Life gets a lot of media attention, virtual worlds like IAC/InterActive-owned Zwinktopia and Ganz USA's Webkinz are attracting more users. Marketers are increasingly looking to establish footholds on these and other Web-based virtual worlds.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube Spam Panic Emerging; Why Don't All Networks Have Spam Control?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8408</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8408</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:22:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8408</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why the new world of social networking and social media hasn't taken the most basic steps to stop spam and pre-empt this criticism I don't know. Perhaps like MySpace's page-load intensive but awful site design, YouTube doesn't stop spam because it serves their interests in driving traffic and selling ads.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SES Interviews: Neil Patel & Cameron Olthuis on the State of Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5446</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5446</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:21:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5446</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Neil and Cam share their thoughts on the state of the social media optimization industry, spam and the right pricing for the SMO professionals.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hypocrisy of Google Pay Per Action Ads]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5253</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5253</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jim Boykin is fooled by a Google PPA ad.  Hmmm.... Maybe maybe some of their recommendations contradict some of the recommended advertising techniques that Google tells SEO's to do in their linking practices.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google AdWords Broad Match = Potential Typosquatting Lawsuits for Advertisers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4947</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4947</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:20:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4947</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron Wall sheds light on Avi Wilensky's recent legal issues regarding his use of broad match on Google 'partner' sites...<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ita4s Not About Me, Ita4s Really About You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4607</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4607</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:20:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4607</guid>
<description><![CDATA[FTA: 'The people that share and share well are the people that are successful - and by successful, I mean drive traffic and visitors to the content that they touch, while contributing to the community.'<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Social Networking Just Friendship by Numbers?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3873</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3873</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:57:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3873</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is this friendship? Or is it playing a game called Friendship, using someone else's words, by someone else's rules? As I remember it, friendship was never that easy....<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cafe Owner: No Yelpers Allowed!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3061</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3061</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:57:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3061</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One not-so-smart cafe owner in San Francisco has hung a sign saying: &quot;No Yelpers!!&quot; Why? Apparently the cafe owner wants to discourage any (more) customers from writing bad reviews of his businesses on the site. I'm pretty sure that's not the way to do it.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newsweek Asks: Facebook Grows Up but Can it Stay Relevant?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2775</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2775</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2775</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At 19, Mark Zuckerberg came up with a new way for college kids to connect-and started an online revolution. Now 23, he's trying to build out his business without losing its cool....<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Genius of the Google Borg Continues]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2638</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2638</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:36:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2638</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like Google will be rolling out an increase in Gmail and shared storage today. If they go with pricing of $1 per year, and require Google Pay to do it: it's absolutely genius....<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oops: Google Marks its Own Blog as Spam, Then Deletes It]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2478</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2478</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:29:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2478</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Company says normal policy procedure -- not external hack -- resulted in Custom Search Blog temporarily hosting nonsensical message..<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forbes buys social bookmarking site Clipmarks]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2348</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2348</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:46:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2348</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Clipmarks seems to have found the same answer as Delicious: get bought - most likely for a small sum - by someone who needs what you made....<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slashdot Does a Digg: Launches a4Slashdot Firehosea4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:50:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So does this now make Slashdot just another one of the countless &quot;Digg clones&quot;?<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Please don't steal this Web content]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2020</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2020</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:27:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2020</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lorelle VanFossen is passionate. An author, travel writer and nature photographer, she also has a popular blog. Her pet peeve is online plagiarism, which she encounters nearly every day. (also look for a guest appearance from a certain Wolf in here)...<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg & Reddit: It's Not Wrong to Create and Submit Your Own Content...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:37:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In Fact, it's Necessary....<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Being Paid to Contribute to Netscape - 1 Year Later]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1925</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1925</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:48:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1925</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thoughts from a former top Digger who made the switch to become a paid Netscape navigator - 1 year in.  Does he feel like a sell-out or proud of what he helped create?<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Directories Worthwhile?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1830</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1830</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1830</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Da Vanzo thinks so but makes an important distinction: 'the important thing with directories, like with any marketing strategy, is to measure return. And that will be different for every site.Where do you weigh in?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Yahoo! Properties]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1825</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1825</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:54:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1825</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A subjective look at 10 Yahoo! properties (News, Messenger, Answers, etc) that are among the leaders in their particular market segment, or are particularly innovative.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do they have a shot? 'Wikia Details Plans for Rival to Google']]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1685</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1685</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:38:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1685</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;If we can get good quality search results, I think it will really change the balance of power from the search companies back to the publishers,&quot; said Jimbo Wales. &quot;I could be wrong about this, but it seems like a likely outcome.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What's the most private search engine of them all?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1495</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1495</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:53:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1495</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you're looking to keep big companies out of your business, here's a handy run-down....<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digga4s New Ad Provider? Microsoft]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:55:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Out with the Google in with the M$.  Kevin Rose just made a pre-announcement that they signed a deal with Microsoft and they will be serving ads on Digg from now on (in a similar deal to Microsoft/Facebook)...<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1287</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1287</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:37:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1287</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A review of these 9 &quot;white-label&quot; social networking platforms: Ning, KickApps, CrowdVine, GoingOn, CollectiveX, Me.com, PeopleAggregator, Haystack, and ONEsite.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Memo to Google:  Buy Yahoo!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1263</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1263</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:39:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1263</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why should Google buy Yahoo? With the exception of search, Yahoo's strengths map to Google's weaknesses, almost precisely.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This is why you should NEVER source Wikipedia]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1153</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1153</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:13:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1153</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The monkeys are running the zoo. While Wikipedia might be an OK starting point for some things, it certainly should never be cited as a primary source or one of significant authority.<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buy Viagra from Reddit]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:40:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Things that make you go hmmmm: #2 result on Google for 'buy Viagra' is a profile page for a Reddit user....<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Google Gone Wild' policy jolts investors again]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1013</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1013</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:26:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1013</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A surprise jump in hiring and operating expenses shook investor confidence in Google Inc. for the second time in its three years as a public company, sending its shares down 6 percent on Friday.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to offer ad-based Wi-Fi]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/818</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/818</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:21:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/818</guid>
<description><![CDATA[They are teaming up with JiWire and will offer a 30-second commercial before people can access the network for free.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Got Bugs? Tell Matt about it]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/804</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/804</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:42:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/804</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Just to be clear, pruning will be ruthless for this post: I only want to see specific queries that seem to show bugs, and the more concisely you can explain something, the better. I'll probably keep just the first example of what looks like a bug. I've got a meeting at noon tomorrow to talk about search bugs, so I'll probably lock the comments after that.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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