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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:57:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MyVoucherCodes Affiliate Website Sold For 7 Million?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92622</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92622</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:57:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92622</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like the controversial affiliate website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk has been sold for 7m ahead of the introduction of the IAB code of conduct for voucher code sites.A coincidence?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Deloitte Christmas Retail Survey - What Affiliates Need To Know]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/87972</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/87972</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:04:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/87972</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's load of juicy information in the survey. Affiliates should take note.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why SEO'ers Shouldn't Feel Threatened By The Google SEO Starter Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/85708</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/85708</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:11:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/85708</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Its a good start, but it'll never be a substitute for well thought out SEO strategies with clever and imaginative implementation.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Loving The New Amazon Window Shop - but ...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81999</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81999</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:24:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81999</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Amazon's New Window Shop (beta) may look cool, but it misses a trick or two!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't Believe The Hype - All That Glitters May Not Be Gold]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81889</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81889</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81889</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With blogs being a great way to hype what you do, surely you should be looking at financials to establish who to trust?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Affiliates And Their Rose-Tinted Glasses]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76150</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76150</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:02:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just because affiliates are driving sales, it doesn't necessarily mean its good for the retailer.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Typical Bloody Google!!! Chrome is Not For SEO'ers!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70889</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70889</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:50:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70889</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are they stupid? Make your new browser work with your current toolbar before you launch it!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What's Google Fruits? When Looking For Boys T Shirts?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63042</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63042</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:32:50 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63042</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know what Google Fruits is?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RBI Considering CPM Model For Journalists]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45780</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45780</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45780</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's not as great as it first sounds when you think about that word that's important to Google: Quality!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Look To The Long Tail For Affiliate Gold]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45301</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45301</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:56:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45301</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you manage to mix SEO as second nature, good quality content and a respect for your visitor then you'll find affiliate (or any sort of monetization) gold.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 10 Affects Of Google's Trademark Policy Changes For Affiliates]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39138</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39138</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:19:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39138</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's going to be fun in affiliate land! I can see the closed-group brand name bidders spitting blod now!<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Japanese Have More Trust When It Comes To Marketing A Website - Brand Abuse]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38127</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38127</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:41:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38127</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I can't see this happening in the UK or USA!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[24% Can't Find Google - You're Having A Laugh]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37064</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37064</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:25:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37064</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm sorry, Jakob Nielson, I just don't believe your recent study which &quot;showed&quot; that 24% of people in your sample couldn't find and conduct a search on Google.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[0 To 4,000 Visits A Day In Ten Weeks Using Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35479</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35479</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:53:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35479</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Showing how just getting the basics right can get you 4,000 visits a day in just ten weeks.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Doesn't Know It's A Leap Year]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31557</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31557</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:35:33 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31557</guid>
<description><![CDATA[But my Microsoft machine does! Could the Google analytics team take a look at adding a Feb 29th please? I hope the Adwords team has!<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get A High Quality Score And Pay Nothing!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30943</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30943</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:25:56 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30943</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are more advantages to getting a higher quality score than you perhaps thought. But you may not have realised that affiliates are just like Google, as well.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google AdWords Demographic Bidding  - Dissapointing!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24827</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24827</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:29:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24827</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I would have liked them to put live something that really pushed their abilities. But I'm affraid it had to be limited to placate the Privacy-hawks out there!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keyword Stuffing With Div Style Visibility Hidden Still Works]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24382</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24382</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:43:33 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24382</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wish it didn't - wouldn't it be nice having a clean Google. Where the cream does rise to the crop and spam doesn't even get indexed. Google Utopia.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Has Google Ever Done For Us? (Affiliates)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23168</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23168</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:36:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23168</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's like the Monty Python's sketch &quot;What have the Romans ever done for us?&quot; Affiliates don't see that Google has done much for them - well they've done an awful lot!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What I Learned From 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21321</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21321</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:52:19 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21321</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A watershed year perhaps, getting back to the grindstone and reaping the rewards.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Vis: Full Fat But PPC Free!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21160</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21160</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:26:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21160</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How building sites that users like can mean that you won't have to spend a fortune (or anything) on PPC.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Google's Hottest Feed To Spam or Create Better Content?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19088</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19088</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:20:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19088</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's new hottest trends data can be used two ways - how will you use it?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Google AdSense Features: Scrolling & Show More]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18325</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18325</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:56:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18325</guid>
<description><![CDATA[They've sneaked this one in have they? Well I like them. Any opportunity for the user to see more relevant adverts within the same space can only be good!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Economics of 0% Commissions, Brand Bidding And The Long Tail]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15218</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15218</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:26:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15218</guid>
<description><![CDATA[0% Commissions prove that using a closed-group of affiliates to conduct your brand name bidding campaign harms the vast majority of affiliates that effectively have the larger share of voice.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interactive Map of UK Affiliate Networks]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14820</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14820</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:11:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14820</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It just proves that UK affiliate marketing is focused on London. Can we have more up here please?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PPC Tip Of The Week: Analyse Your Keywords Before Removing Them]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14302</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14302</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:13:06 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14302</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Keywords may be close to converting. Just load up Google Analytics and get down and dirty with the stats as some simple tweaks in your site may help them convert in the future.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DMOZ Found To Be "Selling" Links?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11808</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11808</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:45:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11808</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's some weired TBPR stuff going on with DMOZ. Is it a mistake or are they lessening their view of the importance of DMOZ for useful resources?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Official" Having Too Many Affiliate Links Will Reduce Your Adwords Quality Score]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11101</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11101</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:23:46 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11101</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So it looks like having too many affiliate links on a landing page could not only affect it's seo, but also it's AdWords Quality Score. Interesting Stuff.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Look At Brand Name Bidding: Is There Corruption?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10295</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10295</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:50:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10295</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some are saying that there's corruption in the affiliate marketing industry based on the creation of closed brand bidding groups and the selection of affiliates allowed in those groups. Interesting evidence appears to support this view, but how widespread is it?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My New PPC Miss-Spellings Tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10028</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:20:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I've added a misspellings tool and would welcome some constructive feedback.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinn & Blogger Dictionary So Out Of Date]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10003</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10003</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:35:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10003</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come on Danny. You're a great bloke. You do criticise other site's inability to do the simple things right and are quick to pick up on obvious floors in things (like my inability to edit posts) but can you please sort out your spell-checker?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Adwords Are So Boring: Give Users Something Different]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9982</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9982</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:08:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9982</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Adwords is still full of rubbish and not helping users get to relevant, unique content quickly. They really need to take another look at quality and Adwords.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Websearch: Filter By Freshness]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9319</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9319</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:30:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9319</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is it new? I can't remember seeing it before (but saying that, I don't search in Canada much).<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quigo Beats Google, MSN and Yahoo! To Time Inc's Online Ad Space]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9303</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9303</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:46:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9303</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is this the begining of the end of large site owners' love affair with Adsense?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Earth To Embed YouTube Videos - Opportunities Ahoy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9136</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9136</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:53:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9136</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Embedding YouTube videos into Google Earth will offer the savvy internet marketer with another opportunity to promote their client's brands.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Shopping - The Next Big Thing But How Should Google React?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9106</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9106</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:03:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9106</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's going to be huge. But how do retailers, affiliates and the secarch engines react?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Analytics Please Give Me For Christmas]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9051</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9051</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:49:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9051</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Analytics fits the purpose. It's got some features that most don't use. But it could offer so much more!<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[37 Billion Google Searches - So What?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8985</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8985</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:56:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8985</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google may be getting 37 Billion searches a month, but it's the specifics and demographic fit that you've got to consider.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meet The Network: dgm]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8905</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8905</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:05:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8905</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As part of the continued &quot;Meet The Network&quot; series, dgm are the next victims to bare all!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google To Monitise YouTube via Adsense Your Site]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8826</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8826</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:53:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8826</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting move to recoup some of the cash they shelled out. But just how annoying will it be?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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