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<title>Sphinn / imnotadoctor / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy Tips For Better Searching - Video]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/79256</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/79256</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/79256</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Does a great job explaining how to use some of the most simple &quot;power&quot; commands at searchers' disposal - the minus sign and quotation marks. Be sure to check it out!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Time To Bust Out Your Best SEO Halloween Costumes!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/77663</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/77663</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:20:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/77663</guid>
<description><![CDATA[eVisibility is excited to announce the first annual &quot;SEO Halloween Costumes Contest&quot;!1st Prize - $200 Apple Store Gift Certificate2nd Prize - $100 Apple Store Gift Certificate3rd Prize - eVisibility Robots.txt Shirt<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight Fire With Fire - Track Official Google Responses]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59937</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59937</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:45:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59937</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Track official Google responses by using their own tool against them. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.All you have to do is use Google Alerts and setup a Group alert for various Google employee handles.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Own More Real Estate In The Serps With Your Local Business Ads]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43262</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43262</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43262</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great post reminding marketers if you're running a paid search campaign to command more real estate on Google since it is a precious (and valuable!) commodity.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[People Do Not Get Social Bookmarking; They Just Dona4t! (Rant inspired by SEOmoz's Rebecca)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39908</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39908</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:10:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39908</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A funny and informative Rant, inspired by SEOmoz's Rebbeca, about how People do not get Social Bookmarking.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are YOU getting the NEW Google Map Plus Box results? We are!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38343</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38343</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:30:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38343</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I noticed that Google is putting plus map boxes on search engine result listing that have address information on that page. (screenshots) Do you have them?<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Even the Devil Needs a Little Online Reputation Management]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33941</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33941</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:51:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33941</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A humorous cartoon about Online Reputation Management. Even the Devil needs some reputation management.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paid search does not need to be complicated!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27001</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27001</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:11:30 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27001</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paid search doesn't need to be complicated. As far as Google and Yahoo paid search account architecture is concerned, simplicity is king.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Price Per Click Advertising - What the hell is that?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26226</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26226</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:16:58 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26226</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you landed here by searching for &quot;Price Per Click Advertising&quot; you must be new to world of paid search. That's ok. I can help.This quick post was inspired by an email I got from one of my ridiculously good looking cousins (*cough Jon) asking me for help with &quot;Price Per Click Advertising&quot;.Here is the highlights of the replied to him:<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Less is Sometimes More With Press Release Distribution - Seriously!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26169</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26169</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:49:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26169</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since press releases have the potential to gain a lot of exposure in a short period of time, it is important that they are well-written and relevant. If you pick a topic regardless of whether it's interesting or newsworthy, it might actually take a turn on your business.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advertiser Competition Affects Quality Score Response to  Apollo SEM]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25983</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25983</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:34:47 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25983</guid>
<description><![CDATA[He makes many assumptions about quality score using his dynamically generated landing page theory. The problem is that he uses &quot;homestar poopsmith&quot; as the test keyword.Quite simply, this is far too obscure of a word to make any true assessment of the effectiveness of his dynamic landing page technique.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Google Valentine -- O Google I love you!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24682</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24682</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:20:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24682</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I know it is a bit early for a Valentine, but my buddy / homie (well I have never meet him in real life, but like his work) Ian has created a viral piece of marketing for one of his clients.Well I took it for a spin and professed my love for Google.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google, Your Quality Score is Flawed!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23511</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23511</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:55:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23511</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is the flaw in the current quality score model. Click-through rate is not the Holy Grail to the advertiser. After all, we are the ones paying the bills. We could care less if our click-through rate is terrible; we only care about the conversion rate.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ImNotADoctor Gets a New Avatar .. So Long Redcross .. Hello Skull and Crossbones]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23108</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23108</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:30 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23108</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend it dawned on me that I really need to update my social profile avatar.What do you all think?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ChaCha Trying to Game Digg?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22269</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22269</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:32 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22269</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I just got this email from ChaCha human powered search engine. Looks like they are trying to solicit Digg votes.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Things Yahoo Didna4t Give me for Christmas]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20541</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20541</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:48:47 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20541</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Yahoo,I really want to work with you but when you make it hard for me to efficiently and effectively provide top quality service to my clients, it makes me reluctant.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Jackass Movie To Be Offered Free Online]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18590</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18590</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:27:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18590</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The latest installment in the Jackass Movie franchise, &quot;Jackass 2.5a4is to be released exclusively first online and will be free to view. The move by Paramount pictures is being hailed as &quot;the first studio-backed feature film to have its premiere online.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Testing Sidebar Results]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18588</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18588</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:24:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18588</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today, Valleywag has news that Google is testing the display of videos and products in the sidebara4<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bye Bye Sub Domain from the SERPS - Hello Site Links. Let the invasion begin!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17725</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17725</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:10:22 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17725</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I think Google will be granting sites with multiple sub domain and folders site links in the search engine results page. They are already doing this, but I think the site links will become a common sight in the search engine results page.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Discusses Snippets  via Video]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15766</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15766</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:55:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15766</guid>
<description><![CDATA[His video, which was made in Google's Kirkland offices, delves into the anatomy of a snippet. Go Matt Go!<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paid Search and The Honest Date - What A Great Analogy!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14886</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14886</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:37:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14886</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paid search is a lot like dating. Think of each individual keyword as a type of girl.The steps taken to find the right girl are like finding the right keyword; it takes time. But here is some advice Uncle Alex:<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Targeting Your Press Release With Google Trends]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13752</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13752</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:31:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13752</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have figured out a simple yet cleaver strategy to make sure that your press releases are seen by cities and regions that are looking for your specific keywords.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shopping.com Does Not Want Your Money]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13556</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13556</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:29:23 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13556</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well I guess the eBay owned Shopping.com does not want your products or your money. It appears as though they are no longer accepting new merchants into their index.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[So this is how I can explain what I do ....SEO Engineers Keep Agency on Track]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13240</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13240</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:26:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13240</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great article describing what a SEO engineer does...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12 Basic On-Site SEO Tactics for Optimized Results]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13077</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13077</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:31:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13077</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are many tactics one can work with to optimize site pages for on-page SEO which may result in a higher rank for each of your site's web pages.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RAGE Panka4 WTF is up with Google PageRank, Paid Links, and Rankings?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12711</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12711</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:57:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12711</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is what the real deal is. Why would Google &quot;penalize&quot; sites by lowering their PR but not lower their rankings as well!?Stop obsessing over your PageRank and obsess over your site's usability and conversion instead.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engines Are Structured Thinkers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11196</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11196</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:45:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11196</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Search engines are hierarchical beasts. They see the internet as a series of structures, and while we can't say exactly what those structures are, there's a well-known method to the madness.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stump Ian: Ask your internet marketing questions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9717</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9717</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:06:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9717</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you stump me, I'll abstain from chocolate for a day...<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 E-mail Marketing Sins by The American Marketing Association]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9363</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9363</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:30:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9363</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even marketers suck at e-mail marketing. One of my staff just received this from the American Marketing Association:<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Dmoz went missing?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7172</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7172</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:24:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7172</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dmoz got caught chasing its own tail!<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Collection of some really funny and creative 404 Pages]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5502</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5502</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:44:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5502</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A must see if you need a quick laugh.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Post Your Web Jobs for FREE for the next 30 days over at Stuntdubl]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4616</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4616</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:56:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Jobs Offered</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4616</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meta Web Jobs is launching here on stuntdubl.com as a place to post all your web related job ads to find people who actually know what the hell they're doing.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Embeddable Maps - How will we ever escape the grasp of Googlea4s branding?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3433</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3433</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:42:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3433</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Way to go on appealing to emerging non tech savvy bloggers Google! Now anyone can have a killer Google Map with just a simple cut &amp; paste. How will we ever escape the grasp of Google's branding?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bruce Clay Inc. Sounds Off On Supplemental]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2028</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:48:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You've already heard Danny, Barry, and Google's take on the move, so I thought it might be fun to round up a collection of Bruce Clay's finest and see what they thought of the supplemental label's recent disappearance.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Crash 2007 - No More SEO needed! yah!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/920</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/920</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:16:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/920</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I found this video about the web crashing in 2007.Imagine it no email, no im, no mypsace, no facebook, no google, and NO more SEO!I would be out of a job!Jason Calacanis would be happy!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Internet Access Provider Disk Report From Danny Sullivan "Old School"]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/363</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/363</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:56:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/363</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Check out this old school reporting from Danny Sullivan about how many times he received access providers. This was back in day between August 1995 through April 1996. It is amazing how well Danny reported information back then before the whole blog world emerged!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cloaking Search Engines - Spam Email - Time for a contract hit.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/176</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/176</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:26:47 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Check out this email I got about Cloaking software. I was laughing my ass off.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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