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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Monday vs. Cyber Monday: When Did Holiday Shopping Really Peak?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/95575</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/95575</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/95575</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but few have heard about &quot;Green Monday,&quot; which is designated as the second Monday of December. Green Monday may be relatively obscure because it was named by eBay in a marketing campaign for late-season holiday shopping; however, the idea behind it is important because it supposedly marks online shoppers' the last chance to order items without having to pay for expedited shipping (which usually means the end of free shipping offers). This year, December began on a Monday, which caused debate over the real date of Green Monday. By definition Green Monday was December 8, however, some anticipated December 15 to be a busier day because it better represented the true last chance to save on shipping.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick Guide: Double The Value of Your Premium Parked Domain]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/94298</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/94298</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:36:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/94298</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you're like most internet marketers chances are you're sitting on a few domains that are sitting on parking services. Why not put a little bit of time into developeing those domains and have them start turning a profit.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Turn Wifi Entry Screens Into Cash]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92526</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92526</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:21:07 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92526</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's not about bringing more customers to the table. Sometimes it's about getting those customers to actually spend money. That's what CoffeeCompany, Holland's largest chain of coffee joints learned. They had free wifi to attract patrons - which it did - but they just hung out all day, mooched wifi and didn't spend money on coffee.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conversation vs. Online Sales]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92524</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92524</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:17:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92524</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you call it interaction, conversation, exchange or sharing, they all focus on the one same goal: self-promotion. Though self-promotion is more of a marketing action, what you are doing is buying time and attention while exchanging them for desired (or sometimes undesired) information.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Magazine Layout for Blogs: Inspiration and Caveats]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92522</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92522</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:03:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92522</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Not all blogs are created equal, and not all blogs are great candidates for a magazine layout style. In fact, a vast majority of blogs, particularly personal blogs, and those that aren't updated frequently, are best served by the traditional, 2 or 3-column scroll down approach. When considering a new layout approach for your blog, your content should really drive the form (layout methodology) you choose.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shopping and Current E-commerce Trends]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92520</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92520</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:57:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92520</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A look at e-commerce trends and how social and applications are effecting online shopping.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paid Search: How Branded Terms Play a Key Role]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92352</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92352</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:50:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92352</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For this analysis, we looked at paid referrals from the Top 5 search engines (according to Compete's Search Market Share) to 4 well-known brands. We chose these brands somewhat arbitrarily: they don't compete against each other, but we can gain some interesting insights into PPC by comparing them.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marissa Mayer At Le Web]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92338</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92338</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:20:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92338</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mayer announced that their Chrome browser would shortly be leaving beta and that Google Search Wiki would soon have a toggle button to allow people to turn it off. She also gave some very simple employee hiring advice.Video of the Interview<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Advertising Rates Plummet ... and Might Never Return]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/89683</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/89683</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:21:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Display Advertising</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/89683</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Among the many dislocations of the current economy is the slowing of the growth in spending on Web advertising. While traffic is good and plenty of ads are being served up, the price of generic, run-of-the-site ads is falling.PubMatic, which tracks online ad rates, reports that the price of a banner ad on an entertainment Web site fell from 57 cents per thousand viewers at the start of the year to 33 cents by October. That's 42% in two quarters. Some categories fared better than others, but none showed an increase.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Find Similar Images Using Live Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/89193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/89193</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:29:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/89193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's image search engine added another feature that uses image analysis: for each result, you can find similar images. The related images have nothing to do with the original query, so Live Search shows images that include similar patterns.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Target Audiences for Online Games Advertising]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/88775</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/88775</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:38:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/88775</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some Interesting data about online gamers:69% say they can't live without the Internet, versus just 31% for television40% use the Internet for more than 22 hours a week36% say they can't live without the Internet for socializing33% say they can't live without online entertainment63% have a smart phone and one in four use their mobile device to connect to the Web<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Facebook Got on Santa's Naughty List]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/73121</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/73121</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:41:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/73121</guid>
<description><![CDATA[unfortunately for Santa, 5,000 friends is all anyone gets on Facebook. To add anyone new, the man who says his real legal name is Santa Claus must remove someone on his list.That upsets the man who runs the Santa Claus Foundation, which he describes as an advocacy group for children.&quot;It's hard for me to believe that Facebook would want to disappoint that many folks who might enjoy being Santa's friends,&quot; Claus said in an e-mail. &quot;I'm not selling anything; so, I don't understand the problem.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Update On TechCrunch Reader Chrome Usage: Trending Up To 8.12%]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72978</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72978</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:33:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72978</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A couple of days after launching on September 2, 6.23% of visitors to TechCrunch were using Chrome. Today usage is up to 8.12% over the period since launch. And a bonus chart - I hadn't noticed that iPhone users made up over 1% of total TechCrunch traffic as well.While techcrunch is heavily biased towards early adopters and power users, the important point to no is browser compatibility should be something on everyone's checklist.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Example of How to get KW Rich Links With Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64367</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64367</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:26:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64367</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Most business owners and website publisher still look at social media with short term goals. They are willing to invest the time and energy but are still looking for direct sales. As a result the editorial tone of the piece takes a different angle, is less useful, and ultimately generates less links.Here's an example of an exceptional piece that is well written, and resource rich without being salesy. Do you think it will generate more links with the KWD's &quot;business cards&quot; than one concerned with selling?<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing by Color: Dona4t Try To Sell Blue Potatoes]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63904</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63904</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:46:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Display Advertising</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63904</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For example, what colors do you associate with a spooky night? Most likely, you'll choose black, shades of gray and maybe a little silver or even orange. Haunted evenings generally don't come in vivid blues and fresh greens, after all.Did blue potato sales skyrocket? No. Did people rush to the stores for blue potatoes? Nope. Did the blue potato become a household staple? Nope. If it weren't for their novelty factor and a few cooks with exploratory minds, these potatoes would never have sold at all.The reason is that people don't associate the color blue with potatoes.Do you want your business to become a blue potato?<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hollywood's Behind the Internet Times]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60934</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60934</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:04:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60934</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;How do we bridge this gap? The question isn't how you meet us, it is how do we meet you? In a world operated by handshakes and meetings in private rooms where everyone has an agent, it's next to impossible for a startup without Nike cred to meet a mega star.&quot;Bottom line: Hollywood wants and needs to get into the Internet groove. I predict more celebrity elbow rubbing at tech conferences and more merging of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. I call this the next phase of entertainment, straight to your fingertips and right off the Internet.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[London Hotels Invading Privacy and Using Google to Build Customer Profiles]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59084</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59084</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:29:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59084</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What is check-in like? &quot;Mr. Johnson, welcome back to the hotel! Congratulations on your recent transition to a new job! I'm also glad to see your female companion today is more attractive than your last en-suite partner! You may be pleased to know that we have some new big-bottom adult-film selections, which you enjoyed at such length on your last visit! Enjoy your stay!&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Review of  Voice Search Services Tellme and oneSearch]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49071</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49071</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:17:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49071</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While both services figure to improve in short time, they work well together for the moment. Given the way software is developing these days, it's not unreasonable to think that oneSearch will adopt some of Tellme's location services, while Tellme might take on further Web searching capabilities. But until then, they're two BlackBerry applications that are tough to live without.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google kills Anti Scientology "Anonymous" AdSense Account]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46421</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46421</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:57:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46421</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to Google: &quot;While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers&quot; Kinda Funny when google chooses the ads to be sold.Google has also killed several anti Scientology youtube channels but leaves the Scientology channel intacthttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/02/youtube_scientology_channel/<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guerrilla Google Video]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43793</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43793</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43793</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google set up an empty frame as an advertisement for Google Video in Germany<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New York Closes the "Amazon Loophole" on Taxes]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40308</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40308</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:07:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40308</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New York has become the first (so far as I know) state to try to close the &quot;Amazon Loophole&quot; in its sales tax collections. With the passage of a new state budget, they're requiring out-of-state interstate retailers who do $10,000 or more of business per year with New York residents to collect and remit sales tax on those purchases.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Australian Director Maintains Sock Puppet Identities]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40226</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40226</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:07:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40226</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to Australian Securities and Investments Commission documents, Tucker maintains six different versions of himself, complete with varying birthdate, for his various corporate investments:<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nickycake Post]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28210</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28210</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:57:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Moderator</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28210</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I dunno everytime I see posts like this I feel usedhttp://sphinn.com/story/28065<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Docs Goes After Microsoft Access]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27302</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27302</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:30:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27302</guid>
<description><![CDATA[But really we aren't competing with microsoft office, really. Pay no attention to the fact we're duplicating every product in the suite.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans Targets Google on Privacy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18455</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18455</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:53:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18455</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A top Republican in the House of Representatives is demanding that Google answer a barrage of questions about privacy, some of which are related to the company's proposed purchase of the DoubleClick advertising firm.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Acquires Zingku]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7405</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7405</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:10:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7405</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google aquires mobile service Zingku here's a idea of what they doOur service is designed from the mobile phone, outward, allowing you to create and exchange things of interest ranging from invitations to &quot;mobile flyers&quot; with friends in a trusted manner. On the mobile phone, Zingku uses standard text messaging and picture messaging features that come with every phone. On the web, our service uses your standard web browser and instant messenger. There is nothing to install.It would be nice if Google marries  it with dodgeball and does something that would challenge twitter. Either that or just buy twitter already. Yahoo hello you guys paying attention?<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Google Buying Sirius Radio]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7030</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7030</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:50:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7030</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The MotleyFool is running a story with the rumor of Google buying sirius radio<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US Cities' Wi-Fi Dreams Fading Fast]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6581</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6581</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:37:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6581</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ambitious plans for big Wi-Fi networks to provide free or low-cost wireless Internet access are being abandoned or scaled back by US cities as the economics of the deals turn out to be more challenging than expected.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Did Digg Drop Microsoft Ads]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5764</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5764</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:08:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5764</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Digg announced they were using microsoft to serve ads back in Julyhttp://sphinn.com/story/1428However this weekend I started noticing &quot;ads by Google&quot;, so anybody got an inside scoop?<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fresh Beets and A&P Supermarket - How to Bring Unwanted Attention to a Problem]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4579</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4579</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4579</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In an age of social media and user generated content, sending in the lawyers first isn't always the smartest thing to do, in fact sometimes it blows up in your face, bringing more attention to a bad situation.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Could Firefox be the key Getting More Market Share]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2686</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2686</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:01:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2686</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney asks a good question, what would happen if firefox partnered with Yahoo instead of Google<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's all about me, me me]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/86</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/86</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:48:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/86</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'd like to see how a discussion differs from a submitted story, and what better subject than me me me<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube - Numa Numa]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/82</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/82</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:42:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/82</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Numa numa who doesn't love it? I really wanted to see what happens when I submit a story.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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