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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:53:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Does Sphinn Think About SEO Tools & Software?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76709</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76709</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:53:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76709</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, good (and I emphasize &quot;good&quot; here) SEO software helps to automate repetitive tasks and is beneficial for the community in spreading SEO awareness and teaching best practices.  Here's what some of the top SEO's and members of Sphinn have to say about SEO tools and software<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What SEO Software Means For the SEO Community]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76485</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76485</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:30:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76485</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well the fact of the matter is that &quot;do-it-all&quot; SEO software and SEO consultants can easily exist in harmony. Automated tools can make SEO's more efficient but nothing can ever compare to the customized work of a highly-qualified SEO professional.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Really is Link bait, Social bait and Viral Content?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72751</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72751</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:01:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72751</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you have been involved with online marketing, web publishing or blogging for a while, I am sure that you have come across the terms linkbait, socialbait and viral content at least once.  Despite the widespread in their usage, however, we still don't have a clear grasp on their meanings.  What is a linkbait? What is a socialbait? What is viral content? Are they all the same? What characteristics they share? What differences they have? Are they good? Bad? For whom?<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Optimize for Google Chrome]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71495</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71495</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:17:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71495</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If the predictions that soon Google Chrome will be bigger than FireFox turn true, SEOs should seriously think about making websites as Chrome-friendly as they can.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuil Launches -- Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61876</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61876</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:23:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61876</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Can any start-up search engine &quot;be the next Google?&quot; Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced &quot;cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to be a comprehensive index of the web, a unique display presentation and emerges at a time when people might be ready to embrace a quality &quot;underdog&quot; service.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Search Engine Cuil Launches But Something is Amiss]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61961</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61961</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:20:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61961</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Menlo Park based Cuil has officially launched with quite a sizable index of 120 billion web pages, making them arguably a comprehensive search engine on the web. Cuil not only claims that they have found a way to massively reduce the costs involved in indexing the web and how they handle search queries (Google spends a billion dollars a year to run the back end infrastructure of it's search business), they also make the boastful claims to have better search results than Google and others based on how they index websites.<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Google-Digg Prophesy - 5 Ways a Deal will Change the Internet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61169</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61169</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:20:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61169</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Could this be it? If you're on top of the tech news, you know that Digg has been on sale for over 6 months now - actively looking for buyers to take on the social media monster.In the latest round of rumors, Google is set to buy up Digg for $200 million. Will it actually happen this time? I'm no Nostradamus, but I vote yes.Before the summer months are up, Google will have bought up Digg and added it to its online empire of web properties.<br/><br/>58 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Establish a Stronghold on Your Personal Brand Using Profile Names]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57817</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57817</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:48:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57817</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I want to share 6 tips that can help you to establish a stronghold on your personal brand. Your account name accounts for more than you think.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the Social Media World NEEDS to Understand SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57830</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57830</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:05:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57830</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As I find myself drifting further and further from my search engine optimization roots to focus more time and effort on exploring the worlds of social media, blogging and viral marketing, I'm sometimes astonished at the misunderstandings between these two worlds. Search engine marketers look to social media as a vast expanse of link opportunities, almost completely missing the true potential of social media. On the other hand, social media types tend to look at SEO as some type of dirty game of tricks and scams that would tarnish the pure image they hope to build in their social media utopia.<br/><br/>51 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56675</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56675</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:32:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56675</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is greatly ironic that algorithms, the quintessential example of all that is not human, would be so fundamental to social media. Last week I wrote a post about how Google gathers user data. This week I continue by exposing how popular social media websites use algorithms to utilize user data.<br/><br/>57 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Land an SEO Dream Job Via LinkedIn]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54835</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54835</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:29:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54835</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As an SEO recruiter with many years of experience, I simply have to ask: if you have not jumped on the LinkedIn bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for?<br/><br/>72 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 5 Business Models of SEO - Pros & Cons, Discover the One For You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54726</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54726</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:13:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54726</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEO is a relatively new industry that has taken off with growing Internet usage and the surging popularity of search engines like Google and Yahoo. Businesses are realizing the potential of online search as a means for effective lead generation, and this has a created a huge demand for increased organic search rankings and thus search engine marketing services.So how can a good SEO profit from all of this? What are our options? I see the following 5 business models for SEO<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Translated: 8 SEO Tips I Heard Him Tell Eric Enge]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53485</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53485</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:55:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53485</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the last big Matt Cutts interview, Eric Enge managed to get Matt Cutts to say PageRank Sculpting (or siloing, for you Bruce Clay fans) was okay to do on your site and that noindex pages still have PageRank attributed to them.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Lost Art of Proxy Scanning]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52544</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52544</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52544</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I know you advanced guys are cringing right now. But bear with me. Ok. So true (non cgi/php) proxies come in a few varieties. HTTP(connect to port 80), HTTPS(connect to ports 80,443,sometimes others) and SOCKS4/SOCKS5(can connect to any port, but have unique rules).<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Turn the Coveted SEM Triple Play - The Little Known Integrated Approach to Success]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52362</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52362</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:48:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52362</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Internet marketing, and more specifically search marketing, can be broken down into 3 major components: search engine optimization (SEO), paid search (PPC), and social media optimization (SMO). The problem that I see in the search industry is that many of the most influential players focus on only one of these components and shut themselves off from the others.  The truth is that as the Internet matures, it will become increasingly important to integrate all three components into a marketing campaign in order to see success online.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pros and Cons of Working from Home on the Internet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50968</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50968</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:17:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50968</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Almost two years passed since I quit my job inside a multinational company to work from home on the Internet. For me it was pretty a straight forward move. One year inside a corporation was enough to clarify what I wanted to do professionally, and working for someone else was definitely not part of it.<br/><br/>69 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Fail at Social Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47407</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47407</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:48:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47407</guid>
<description><![CDATA[People are saying effective participation in sites such as StumbleUpon, Facebook and del.icio.us can lead to increased traffic, more customers and a stronger online reputation for you.But what if you don't want these things? Here are a few tips guaranteed to help you alienate potential customers, damage your online reputation and annoy community members at any site you join.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Effective Internal Linking Strategies That Prevent Duplicate Content Nonsense]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47141</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47141</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:33:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47141</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The funny thing about duplicate content is that you don't really have to have it for it to appear as if you do have it. But whether you have duplicate content on your site or not, to the search engines appearances are everything . The engines are pretty much just mindless bots that can't reason. They only see what is, or appears to be there and then do what the programmers have determined through the algorithm.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whata4s the ROI on SEO? (Hint: SEO Experts Are Underpaid, Opportunity Abounds !)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47025</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47025</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:57:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was asked what the ROI on SEO is a few times at a recent business event, and decided that it was about time someone spoke up for us organic search marketing experts. The sad truth is that we SEO Experts are grossly underpaid! Let's look at some stats (or damned lies, if you prefer).<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Embarrassment of Dead Link Riches]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45944</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45944</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45944</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes link building is more difficult and painful than a root canal, and sometimes it's so easy it happens in spite of us. It can be especially frustrating when you are trying to build links for a site that is perfectly deserving of the links you are requesting, yet your link requests are not answered, or even acknowledged.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Most Powerful SEO Tactic: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45025</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45025</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:51:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The most important thing you can do when talking to an SEO client (be it your boss in your company, or a different company you consult for) is to learn how to explain SEO in the simplest terms possible.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do You Report Your Competitors?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44571</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44571</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:34:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44571</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By profession we, SEOs, always have to compete. That's an integral part of our daily routine: we come to work and check how our sites are doing compared to our SERPs competitors. Then we scratch our heads thinking how we can outrank them. And at the same time we need to constantly look out for those new guys that might be aiming at outranking us.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's Hip To Be Link Square]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44590</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44590</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:29:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44590</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We recently had a great turn out at our quarterly lunch meeting of the Virginia SEO MeetUp. The afternoon flew by as the group talked and shared ideas on everything connected to SEO. There were lots of questions on things like which conference should they budget to attend and what new tools were out there. It seems all the talk of recession has a lot of SEO/SEM shops budgeting for only one show this year and only investing in tools with a clear ROI. That conversation alone was noteworthy but overall the one topic that sparked the most debate centered around link building and which tactics were working.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond PageRank; peeling SEO onions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42240</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42240</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:35:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42240</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ok, so you say you know what PageRank is and how it applies to search optimization, but do you really? One thing is for certaina4. A great many SEO's, site owners and webmasters don't seem to truly grasp the concepta4so lets take a look shall we?Hi there kiddies, Dave here (aka theGypsy) as the fine folks at Search Engine People have kindly asked to pinch hit this week, hopefully I can keep you edu-tained ;0)<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12 Steps to Complete Search Engine Domination - From Zero to Hero in Just 6 Months]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41992</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41992</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:24:46 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41992</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take to rank #1 in Google for a set of competitive keywords? In this article, I'll lay out the exact methodology you can use to dominate many niches in the search engine rankings. SEO is a billion dollar industry and many online businesses live and die by organic search. It's time you claim your piece of the pie.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You Following Google's Marketing Strategy?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41380</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41380</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:10:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41380</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's position on top of the web allows them to monitor any area of growth, and give themselves the first slot for any area they want to compete in. If they are uncertain of their competitive positioning they can list a couple other competitors alongside until their internal stats show their product is superior. Free exposure and free benchmarking are great advantages.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Link Targeted Content That Works: Step 1 of 3 - Researching for Inspiration & Brainstorming for Ideas]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41006</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41006</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:54:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41006</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There's no doubt that creating a valuable piece of content is a great way -and maybe even the best way- to attract links. However, when I mention link baiting (or link targeted content), I often get reactions like a4it sounds nice, but link baiting probably isn't the way to go for me', or that a4building content to attract links doesn't work in my industry'. Bullocks. In a three step guide (of which this is part one) I'll try to show you how everyone can come up with great ideas, can turn the idea into a piece of killer content and can make that piece attract great links.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO is Not Free Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41191</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41191</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:21:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41191</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the first jobs I have to do as a consultant going into an SEO engagement is to debunk the myth that SEO is &quot;free&quot;. SEO has never been, nor will it ever be, free traffic. It takes work, and that comes at a cost.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Paid Links from the US Olympic Team]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41080</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41080</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:09:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41080</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So hey Google care to explain why this isn't a paid link page? Any reason you haven't dinged the page rank of this known link seller or cut off their ability to pass page rank or anchor text? Now I'm not daft enough to believe that any of those companies gave money with the primary goal of getting a link, but at the end of the day no matter how altruistic their goals may have been, this implementation clearly doesn't match with google recommended implementations.The selective an uneven application of justice and rule enforcement is one of my major problems with the big G.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your Site's Manifest Linking Destiny]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40756</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40756</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:21:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40756</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges link builders face is pursuing links that will differentiate one site from competing sites in a way that still produces a natural ILP (inbound link profile). Backlink forensics is a method I use to see who already links to who, and part of that process, perhaps the most important part, determining why.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Be a Copywriting Genius: The Brilliantly Sneaky Trick You Must Learn]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40725</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40725</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:47:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40725</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are your readers doing what you want them to do? Are they clicking through to your links, ordering your eBook or signing up for your opt-in? If not, you need to learn a master craftsman's copywriting secret.This technique acts like a remote control to get your readers to take action. Press this &quot;magic button&quot; and you'll see your results improve dramatically.<br/><br/>51 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ultimate (Free) Landing Page Resource]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40333</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40333</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:25:55 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40333</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A landing page is any page on a website where traffic is sent specifically to prompt a certain action or result. Think of a golf coursea4 a landing page is the putting green that you drive the ball (prospect) to. Once on the green, the goal is to get the ball into the hole. Likewise, the goal of the copy and design of a landing page is to get the prospect to take your desired action.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Ways That Bloggers are Like Rappers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39606</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39606</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:53:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39606</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pretty humorous comparison between bloggers and rappers.  Funny but true.  Haha.<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Questions I Asked Aaron Wall Over Dinner - Disover the SEO Secrets He Doesna4t Share on His Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39185</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39185</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:26:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39185</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of attending Elite Retreat last week and somehow found myself seated between Andy Liu and Aaron Wall at the dinner table. Both are great classy guys and I definitely learned a lot from them. More to come on that later. For now, here's an interview I did with Aaron Wall of SEO Book. Tons of useful information in herea4 Thanks Aaron!<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ita4s Not Just Words: The Importance of Empowering Your Audience]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30458</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30458</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:44:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30458</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The best thing you can do is to empower your audience with the task of fulfilling a common dream, one that can and must be achieved through your blog, tool, service, product and brand. You must develop shared objectives and encourage your audience to achieve them with and through you.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What You Dona4t Publish, Defines Your Site]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29934</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29934</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:47:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29934</guid>
<description><![CDATA[And conversely so, this leads to an important point often neglected: What you do not publish on your site will define it. The absence of certain content positions your site against another competitor and allows it to develop an identity among others.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Directory Submissions Still Hold Any Value?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27359</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27359</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:23:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27359</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time directories provided value to webmasters who were either looking to get new sites indexed or increase their site's link popularity or both. Now I am seeing a trend where directories are not as helpful in these two areas as they once were. Add to that the rising costs of submission fees and it is easy to see why the small business owner should approach directory submissions very carefully.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[11 Experts on Link Development Speak Out]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26157</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26157</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26157</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, I asked a bunch of the link development pros to sit down and do an interview on the topic of developing links in regards to seo. What I ended up with as a result was a six thousand plus word tutorial on developing backlinks.<br/><br/>87 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Tools - Firefox Addons for Search Engine Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25786</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25786</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25786</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are many different tools out there for SEO's to use on a website. Each one has different features and benefits depending on how you use them. That's why TopRank provides SEO Tool Reviews from time to time. We showcase different tools that you may or may not know about. Some free, some paid, all good.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst Link Building Email Ia4ve Ever Received]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25532</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25532</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:04:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25532</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today I opened my email inbox to a subject line so bad, it added a nice slice of humor into my daily morning routine. I thought the text of the Tarzan-esque email is worth sharing not only for its absolute funniness, but also as an example of what not to do when sending emails promoting a service or asking for a link.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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