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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:14:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Lets Business Owners Take Control Of Plus Box--NOT]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38434</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:14:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38434</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This April Fools Post by Mike Blumenthal was picked up by SEL on April 2nd....and they thought it was real   Would that it were so.  This is one of the more frustrating aspects   associated with Google Maps.  There is no simple method to correct this problem...and it goes on and on and on......<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Change Your Address In The Google Plusbox In 5 Simple Steps]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36667</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36667</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:07:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
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<description><![CDATA[An excellent article, Mike, and excellent suggestions.  It is an unfortunate byproduct of universal search and multiple algo's that the effort by Google to provide &quot;better information&quot; is at times providing &quot;inferior and erroneous&quot; information.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now taking nominations: The 2007 Top 10 List of the Bizarre, Funny and/or otherwise Irrelevant blog entries  in the Search World]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19742</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19742</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:07:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19742</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is your opportunity to contribute.  You submit the blog entries for the past year that tickled your fancy, left you totally confused, or you thought were just pure nuts.  Last we heard the judges have not agreed to be totally objective.  LOL<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monetizing SEO/ the Moz method - A Question and Answer forum discussion on the progress of MOZ]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16178</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16178</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:22:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16178</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEOMOZ revealed aspects of its success to date in building a paid membership base in a blog post on November 16.  Here are some comments about that process, questions from forum members and responses from Rand Fishkin.<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Local Mapspam now appearing near you]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4560</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4560</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:35:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4560</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Blumenthal describes how Yahoo! Local allows MapSpam, that violates TOS, is lucrative, easy to do, possibly violates the spirit of laws in 22 states, and doesn't seem to have a method to prevent it's widespread use.  This is just the latest of several articles in this blog that reveals increasing instances of spamming the Local versions of the SE's, and just how easy and lucrative it can be<br/><br/>26 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Should Google Do About Mapspam?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3627</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3627</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:53:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3627</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This article and the analysis it provides through some links goes into great depth about Google Maps, its power, its vulnerabilities, and how it might evolve.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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