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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Develop a Profitable Keyword Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/86434</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/86434</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/86434</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;This 'single keyword' approach is often useful but it misses the big picture: To be profitable, most websites will need to be successful for hundreds of thousands of keywords.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Squeezing Juice from New Wordtracker Tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/85822</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/85822</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/85822</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wordtracker has a cool new tool out, here's how to apply some interesting keyword strategies.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten Mistakes Asda make Online]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72967</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72967</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:01:47 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72967</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Analysis of the Supermarkets' online marketing efforts.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is this Really Where the Professionals Hang Out?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71015</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71015</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:23:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71015</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;What happened to being objective, being able to look at a situation and potentially judge it for the actions undertaken without calling the person performing those actions horrible names or likening them to Nazis or KKK members?&quot;<br/><br/>66 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seth Godin Gets in Wrong, GASP!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64824</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64824</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64824</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;No, Seth, it doesn't take 10 years to become a success.&quot;I follow Seth, I have his books, but I don't agree with everything &quot;anyone&quot; says, SEOblackhat.com echoes my thought.<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Julie Joyce Vomits on Banal SEO Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62708</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62708</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:47:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62708</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I'm not bored with what I DO every day, actually, nor am I bored with the industry in general. I am simply bored with writing about it, because the online space is becoming incredibly cluttered with people who seem to know absolutely nothing about anything; they just want to create disturbance.&quot;<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slagbait - The Future for SEO Blogging?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61089</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61089</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:50:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61089</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I like seomoz, I like and respect the people over there, but when they attack people I respect and like, I dunno...<br/><br/>64 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Usability & Holistic SEO Persuasive Web Design]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43634</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43634</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:09:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43634</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;If a web site falls in the search engine forest, would anyone hear it? If the web site belonged to Victoria's Secret, it wouldn't be missed by a shopper like my young adult daughter. She doesn't need search engines to find Victoria's Secret products.&quot;<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The  Website Analysis System called Crazy Egg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43565</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43565</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:38:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43565</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The distilled chaps take a look at the Crazy Egg, web analytics system and conclude it's pretty hot stuff.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[28 Tips To Make You a StumbleUpon Superstar]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42693</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42693</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42693</guid>
<description><![CDATA[StumbleUpon can be a great asset for your online marketing strategy. Here are 28 tips to take you to SU heaven.<br/><br/>68 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Money.co.uk Smashes Domain Record]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41950</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41950</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:30:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41950</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Looks like the domaining market is still hot to trot.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saddle Up Boys and Girls, Sphinn Needs a Posse]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28571</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28571</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:50:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28571</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So the Desphinn is now operational, although the comment box needs fixing.Interesting, at first I though, nah, never gonna use it. Why do I need some seo nutter coming after me for desphinning his &quot;Rand Was Satan's' Dad&quot; post. But on the other hand, why not. What do I care?In my opinion there is so much crap that gets Sphunn here, you may agree, you may not, but at least lets have a discourse. A desphinn is part of that discourse.Now I am not going to desphinn someone eagerly trying to climb the Sphinn mountain. I am more liable to vote down those who know better. My first proper desphinn was one of Marty's submits. I thought the post way to flimsy to satisfy the appetite of those seeking juicy online marketing morsels, and so I desphunn it.I have desphunn once, and yes, I will desphunn again.So come on, don't be shy, vote down that piece of crap that you have been dying to do all this time. And if people get umpty, tough. This is big boys rules now.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diggers are Revolting]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24825</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24825</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:28:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24825</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Diggers are revolting and it looks like the inhabitants of the ivory tower at digg have talked to the great unwashed to cut a deal. Not sure yet if it's the deal wanted, or if it's just talk. But here is the conversation from around town.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WSJ Forgets to Hire a Social Media Expert (me)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23183</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23183</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:36:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23183</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why do these well funded commercial enterprises get the social media space so wrong? There any number of freelance, social media consultants out there for hire. In fact, the average Sphinner could probably advise these Blue Chip companies better than the Ivy League kumquats they currently listen to.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brushing Off Blogrush]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21784</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21784</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:14:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21784</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It surprises me that some serious marketers still use Blogrush. People are buying the sizzle, but the sausage is going where the sun don't shine.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 revenue considerations transforms your puny website into a Godzilla money making machine]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17322</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17322</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:38:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17322</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting look into something which has been done to death. Mark presents new ways of looking at monetization.<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMX London 2007 initial thoughts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14564</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14564</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:41:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14564</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First thoughts from SMX London 2007<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linkbait - Why the Fuss? What Has Changed?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14511</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14511</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:24:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14511</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from the page &quot;Is linkbait being devalued? Is it going the way of the reciprocal link?&quot;<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hardcore Paper on Social Networking Sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12290</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12290</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:38:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12290</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why can't every article on social networking be like this, sigh! If you like your online reading to consist of no more than a 300 word blog capsule post, this is not for you. A nice overview on the history and definition of social networks.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Using Twitter for Online Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11996</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11996</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:48:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11996</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from the page, &quot;Twitter is now being recognised as a valuable marketing tool and I'll explain why.....&quot;<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List on Statsaholic.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11984</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11984</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:28:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11984</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know what it is about stats and charts, but I always attracted like a Magpie to a shiny ring. The list is live rather than historical, so more useful than most, that's if you are going to believe Alexa.No sign of Sphinn though.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to take a Domain from being worth $6 to $17,500 in 2 Months]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11980</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11980</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11980</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from the page &quot;My marketing knowledge was expensive to acquire, but everything else was good enough to compete for cheap or free (at least in that market at this moment in time).&quot;Aaron Wall is so good, he manages to extract maximum information from the least amount of words. It takes a lot of time and money to get where Aaron Wall is, most do not have the motivation or ability to sacrifice that which is needed.An inspiring story of one domains' rise to value.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Reasons Why I Hate Shout Outs on Digg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11724</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11724</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:20:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11724</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seems like not everyone likes digg's attempt to be like Propeller.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Opinion on the Google Page Rank Massacre]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10943</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10943</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:13:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10943</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I will feel left out if I don't blog about this.<br/><br/>75 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google. Who's looking at you?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10542</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10542</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:12:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10542</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from the page &quot;It wants to know everything about you. It wants to be your best friend - or your Big Brother. Are your secrets safe with Google?&quot;<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where's the Beef?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10062</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10062</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:45:47 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10062</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Networking is a crucial part of success in social bookmarking sites. However, networking does not mean simply banging out a bunch of requests for people to vote on your story.Networking means developing trusted relationships with people who can add value to each other. If you think it's just about getting your stories voting on you are missing out.Grubbing for votes ultimately means you are weak, it means that your personal brand is not powerful to carry a story to the front page. It also means that anyone who votes on a poor story tarnishes their own brand and demeans themselves in the eyes of their peers.People know what you vote on here, if you vote on crap you will be known as a crap merchant. Not bothered about that, fine, no problem. But if you want to build a trusted brand which may be involved in future joint ventures, then you better make sure your actions reflect the image you want to portray.Now I am not against a bit of vote grubbing, I have even done it myself a few times. But I can count the times on one hand. I reached the top of Sphinn simply by submitting quality stories, because I want to be known as someone who is associated with quality and it seems to be working.My advice, if someone will not vote for your story unless you ask them, then maybe there is something wrong with your submission.This is a rant inpsired by some crappy shite that has made it to the front page recently. I would like to keep Sphinn a place of quality.Thank you for your time.<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top 77 Mistakes New Bloggers Make]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9549</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9549</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:48:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9549</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice list of all those things you do that screw up your blogging. Don't think this about marketing? Blogging is one of the best marketing tools you can use online when done correctly.<br/><br/>59 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to become disgustingly rich in SEO, by Neil Patel]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8169</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8169</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:55:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8169</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from the page, &quot;By doing this to all the big fish you are trying to reach, you will gain some decent accounts. Keep in mind that this won't work if you just talk out of your ass, if you actually know what you are doing you will be able to raise some very good points and challenges from the right perspective.  Quality trash talking is what's necessary here.&quot;<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A tale of Paid Link pain and woe]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6899</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6899</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:56:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6899</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Airey noticed a dramatic drop in his Google rankings. As far as I could tell the only naughty thing he was doing was selling four links on his site with dofollow. It is not definitive that the paid links were the culprit, but if anyone has a better theory I would love to hear. Does anyone here manage to sell paid links on their site without a penalty? But for how long?<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Joel Comm Is The Next Internet Failure]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6803</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6803</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:08:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6803</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I watched the first episode of Internet Marketing and I felt a little embarrassed. It was all so gushy-grouphuggy-we're all great kinda mush. Maybe I barfed cos I'm a Brit and we don't do the group hug thing. I was nauseated by the elevator music used to try and drown out the screams of &amp;quot;get me out of here&amp;quot; from the contestants. The only thing I remember learning in the first show is the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. wtf. I think it's an example of people who are good at spin, but short on substance. Spin is vital in marketing, but it's not everything. Anyway, rant over and check out the article.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One more Blog Rush post to make you puke]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6535</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6535</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:15:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6535</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wasn't going to post this but when I saw Jill's post http://sphinn.com/story/6522, I just couldn't help myself. ;)<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forget Traditional SEO! Why Good Link Bait is Worth $50K]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6208</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6208</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:56:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6208</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the page, &quot;Traditional SEO is dead.  Gone are the days when we can get to the top by studying keyword densities and trading links.  Gone are the days when optimization involves pious devotion to the H1 tag.  I'm not saying these things are, or will ever be irrelevant, and I'm certainly not saying site architecture is not important; but I posit that SEO will eventually evolve into a branch of conventional marketing.&quot;<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is reddit banning sites for no good reason?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5143</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5143</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:59:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5143</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If Reddit gets even a whiff of SEO it will ban you faster than  a fat model on the catwalk.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Amazing success of Jim Westergren and what he did next.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4983</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4983</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:14:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4983</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What do you do when your seo efforts start to pull in $30k a month? Read what Jim Westergren did.As a writer I understand his motivations. Great tale though.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Reader adds search!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4768</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4768</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:22:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4768</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are like me and have 100's of blogs in your Google Reader you will know how useful a search facility would be. Google has now added a search facility, another reason not to go back to Bloglines.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Choking a Rhino one conversion at a time]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4280</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4280</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:03:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4280</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the site &quot;How much time, money, and resources do you spend optimizing your conversion rate?If you're like many of us, the answer to this question would choke a rhino.Tally up the megabytes of spreadsheets e-mailed to execs, the time exhausted gazing at analytics dashboards, and the invoice stacks courtesy of technology vendors. Then, count up the efforts poured into your PPC (define) campaigns, SEO (define), and A/B and multivariate testing.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to be a Social Superstar without leaving your keyboard]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3718</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3718</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:11:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3718</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent video regarding the best way to use social sites such as Stumbleupon, delicious, etc, from Jane Copland of SEOmoz. Jane really knows her stuff.If you really want to get stuck into social media I suggest watching this three times and taking notes. Also SEOmoz are bringing out a social media guide for their premium section.<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 list of why you should not stop posting top ten lists.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3483</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3483</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:56:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3483</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When I want analysis or a good, in depth argument of a particular point I don't want to read a top ten list. But there are times I am in the mood for them. It's a very convenient form of disseminating information in an easy to read format and should not be discounted because some people misuse them.What works, works. And top ten lists work.<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You need to monitor adwords and not let Google screw you]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3370</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3370</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:43:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3370</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Google AdWords algorithms are now too complicated for anyone's good. They're overriding the specific intentions of the advertisers - and most advertisers haven't even realized that yet.<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Your Website Really Need Linkbait Articles?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3046</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3046</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:32:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3046</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the article, &quot;Quality content, such as a tutorial, that pulls X visitors per day over a year might actually pull more traffic than an average linkbait promoted on Digg.&quot; Which is true, linkbait is not the only tool in the toolbox. Linkbait is actually not a good label as it covers many shades and various forms of content creation and it's dispersal. But we are stuck with it, so until an alternative description comes along for what I do, I'm a linkbaiter and I would never advocate that's all you should do.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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