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<title>Sphinn / g1smd / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:04:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[That's Three Articles on Google Knol Now - No More Please.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60899</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60899</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:04:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60899</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Looks like this is going to be another one of those that goes on and on...<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It was bound to happen sooner or later :  avg-watch.org]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55538</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55538</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:04:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55538</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AVG recently activated their Linkscanner product. It scans all the results on a search page and downloads all of the pages.  This has led to a skewing of web analytics data on many websites (recording the link scan as a visit even though no human viewed the page), as well as DDOS like effects for sites that appear in many popular searches (the Linkscanner downloads all 10/25/50/100 results on the page, even if the visitor never intends to visit the site).There is much outrage.  The leading articles are at TheRegister and WebmasterWorld, but there must already be many others.The Linkscanner is easy to game. It has many features which give away its usage, not least the odd UA string. Linkscanner is easily fooled by sending it &quot;nice&quot; content, while delivering something else once the user clicks the link in the SERPs.It was bound to happen:  http://avg-watch.org/  has appeared, and AVG now has a lot more reputation management to perform ,as well as fixing their broken product...<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DMOZ Turns Ten - 10 years of ODP.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51443</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51443</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:34:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>AOL</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51443</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Love it or hate it, the ODP has been online for Ten years, and has continued to grow for all of that time.The directory still gets an insane amount of submissions, editor applications and data usage. Its overall reach is unparalleled.Ten years online:  1998-06-05  --  2008-06-05<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Processing Power has Doubled in Size in Two Years - Updated Datacentre Lists.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50553</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50553</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:04:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50553</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google is opening more and more datacentres around the world, and I have now updated the lists published almost two years ago with all the new entries found.There are quite a few surprises, not least the new IP ranges recently opened up to new development. There are quite a few of those, with room for many more.The new sites represent more than USD 3 Billion invested in the last two years. Things aren't slowing down either, with several more already under construction.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Searchengineforums - Ten Years Online!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44685</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44685</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:43:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44685</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heh!    SearchEngineForums, a part of the old JimWorld empire celebrates Ten Years Online this month.Let's hear your stories of life on the early web. SEF - Helping to make the Web since 1998.  :-)W00T!!!<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Adwords Phishing Attempts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36850</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36850</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:52:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36850</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Don't get caught out by a fake email asking for your personal details.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does WordPress scale? Are there scaling issues? What are they?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36078</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36078</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:44:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36078</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Can wordpress be used for really large sites?  What are the main issues to overcome? Where's the limit for when you realise that it wasn't, after all, the best solution for the problem.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Have you got Phorm? Your ISP spying on Your web traffic.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34994</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34994</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:08:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34994</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One major sh*tstorm coming to an ISP near you, soon...<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Only Voting for Already-Hot Stories...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28276</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28276</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:55:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28276</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My interest was piqued today, when I spotted one user voting for some 20+ topics in under two minutes.Looking at the user's voting history, said user has voted for more than a thousand stories since being a member, all of which were already hot when voted for (as far as I can tell).That's a novel way of looking like a contributor, without putting any effort in at all.  Said user has voted for 50% of all the topics that have ever been hot, 100% of all topics that have been hot since their join date, and 0% of topics in the upcoming list. Oh, and 0 comments either.There are several other members in this category. It's not a one off. What do others here think of that?<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[There's no Apostrophe in the Plural of SEO or URL!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26974</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26974</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:54:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26974</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the Punctuation Police...Mostly incorrect usage:http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+SEO's [1500]http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+URL's [720]Mostly correct usage:http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+SEOs [4000]http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+URLs [1500]While on the topic, also noted:Wrong words:http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+%22alt+tag%22 [21]http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+%22alt+tags%22 [35] Correct words:http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+%22alt+attribute%22 [26]http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:sphinn.com+%22alt+attributes%22 [35]When I see sloppy spelling and presentation it detracts from the message that is trying to be conveyed.I trust the source, and the message, far less when I see this sort of thing.Sure, none of us has perfect spelling, and no-one uses the spell checker every time, but that amount of basic errors does not speak well.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SearchGuild -- Gone!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24960</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24960</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:49:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24960</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The SearchGuild website is up for auction.What's the story?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Directory Owners Forum Closed]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23145</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23145</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:50:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23145</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Go pimp your worthless Directory **** elsewhere. I have permanently closed this site as the majority of directory owners/operators are crooks looking to make a fast buck. I have chosen not to sell this site nor participate in any directory related bull **** any further. Go argue who has what PR, who has the better script, etc. on one of the other directory forum sites...all of which share the same ignorant group of members. Have a wonderful day and may my friend Google bless your worthless directories with a PR0.Heh.  Now tell us how you really feel. :-)<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No More WWW]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21837</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21837</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:33:07 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21837</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some people are dropping the www from their site URLs.Is this a good idea?Some people think that it is, but several others present reasons why it is not.I prefer the www included, and the non-www as a redirect.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One Site - 7 Billion Pages Indexed in Google.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18884</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18884</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:01:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18884</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone care to explain how one website seemingly has seven billion pages indexed in Google?http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;q=site:radiux.comIs this a page count estimate that's just b0rked, or is there something else going on?<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[[Humour] Matt Cutts, Links, and a Case With Half a Million Dollars...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18453</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18453</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:24:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18453</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heh. Funny spoof video (about paid links of a different kind) from reachd.com. Filmed at a recent search conference, featuring Matt Cutts and a case full of money...I see Brian White and a few other well-known faces (perhaps Lyndon?) in the background too.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Canadian ISP Modifies Google Home Page.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18251</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18251</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:04:31 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18251</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lauren Weinstein alerted readers that Canadian ISP Rogers was modifying the Google home page for some of its users.Matt Cutts says &quot;this is pretty uncool&quot; (Note that this is his personal opinion).Noted that this is just a bandwidth warning today, but tomorrow it could be any content at all: perhaps even adverts for rival organisations.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[[Humour] Clear product descriptions are a key element...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17796</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17796</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:54:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17796</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Be sure to have clear product descriptions. Ensure the reader knows exactly what your product does, and how well it does it...If you have that content translated into another language, do make sure that you get it proof-read by a native speaker of that language. Example: http://www.shexpand.com/chanping-22.htm<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo to offer structured search for easier Web navigation.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16001</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16001</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:32:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16001</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Users of Yahoo Search may soon be able to do a structured search around select terms, rather than navigate through a large number of search results. The company plans to offer a new structured search to make the Web easier to navigate.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Googlebot User Agent Can Trip a Bug in ASP.NET 2.0]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13141</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13141</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:40:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13141</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Clarification; it is the Mozilla/5.0 part of the UA string that ASP takes an intense dislike to.If you use IIS and/or .ASP NET 2.0 it might be worth checking your logs, as well as running a few site: searches in Google and see what you get.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Advancement sued by State of Washington.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13109</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13109</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:03:50 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13109</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Washington State Attorney General's Office is back in court, trying again to get a company that sells search engine ranking services to change its business practices, after complaints were filed by more than 100 companies. The Attorney General's office has sued Internet Advancement, a Kirkland, Wash., search engine marketing services company, claiming that the company has misrepresented its services, failed to honor guarantees and refund customers, and made unauthorized charges to customers' credit cards.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RTS Lecture:  The 'Me' in Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12590</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12590</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:31:13 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12590</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Showing now on UK TV Channel BBC2.Discusses the potential threat to television from Social Media.Tells TV channels to embrace the new media or be buried by it.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Domain Renewal Accounting Loophole Exposed in Verisign Registry]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7655</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7655</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:00:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7655</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Be careful when transferring your domains to a new registrar, that you aren't paying too much...<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuill New Google Killer?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4744</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4744</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:26:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4744</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Startup rumours turn into live pre-site offering... http://cuill.com/There is a brief writeup also at:  http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/04/cuill-super-stealth-search-engine-google-has-definitely-noticed/<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Directory Updated: 2007-08-18]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3250</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3250</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:24:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3250</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On 2007-08-18, the Google Directory was updated with new information taken from the most recent ODP RDF dump. This update includes all directory edits through 2007-08-07.The previous Google Directory update was so long ago, that it is almost forgotten. That update on 2006-02-19 included all ODP edits through 2006-01-29 at that time.The Google Directory has slowly become more and more outdated since then. Now it is again updated.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Safari 3.0.3 Now Available (for XP, Vista, Mac).]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2617</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2617</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:37:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Tips &amp; Tools</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2617</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I like this browser. I mostly use it to test browser compatibility, but I also use it as my &quot;moderator&quot; browser on forums where I have both a normal username and a separate moderator function. I use the Apple browser in moderator mode and that reminds me not to post anything!Initially with version 3.0.0 there were many bug reports, but I have had no real issues with this browser. There was an update to 3.0.1 within days, and then to 3.0.2 after a week or so. The next version has been almost two months in the making, and just installed itself via Apple Update (along with the new 7.2 version of QuickTime).<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fresh Dates ... Just Hours Ago!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2415</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2415</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:31:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2415</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fresh tags disappeared for several days nearer the beginning of the month.They reappeared just a day or two ago. The Fresh date has usually been about 1 to 3 days old.Today fresh tags have changed their format.I now see things like &quot;7 hours ago&quot; instead of just a raw date.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Now Using CAPTCHA on Queries it Thinks are Automated...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1628</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1628</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:20:50 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1628</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google has been stopping some searches (especially site: searches) going beyond the first few pages for a while now. Recently the problem seemed to get a whole lot worse. Often you would be accused of having a virus on your machine, or making automated enquiries. This happened to me again today. However, I immediately re-issued the query, got the same error message again, but now I was also invited: ...&quot;To continue searching, please type the characters you see below:&quot;  ... followed by a box to type in the characters seen in the associated graphic.Having typed them in, I then got my search results.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US Law Firm Cleared of robots.txt DMCA Hacking Charge]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1559</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1559</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:28:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The strange &quot;hacking&quot; case involving robots.txt, DMCA, The WayBack Machine and a specious lawsuit that could have had wide reaching implications had it succeeded...<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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