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<title>Sphinn / marketposition / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:36:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3 SEO Insights Listening To NPR This Morning - MarketPosition]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/94846</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/94846</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:36:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/94846</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Listening to NPR this morning, they were highlighting a site called sametime715.com. The was hosted by Yahoo and had problems with the influx of NPR visitors. In my post, 3 ideas that sprang from the experience.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advice on "Cool Names". Reminds me of SEO Novices...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/94759</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/94759</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:02:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/94759</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saw this over at Reddit, a screen cap of a Yahoo Answers post where some one is looking for a &quot;cool&quot; Bebo profile name. On one hand, it's not such as far cry from people asking what they should name their domain, or blog, or company, etc. On the other hand, not everyone thinks &quot;Internet&quot; or how SEO/SEMs/etc. think.How would you have answered this guy?(Reddit thread over at http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7mhs7/i_picked_up_the_paper_this_morning_and_this_was/ )<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Rap Battle Google Vs MSN Vs Yahoo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/93514</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/93514</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:26:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/93514</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Found this &quot;rap battle&quot; between Google and MSN and Yahoo today. So bad, it is good.Funny highlight:MSN: &quot;You have more users but they'll soon be leaving ya, cause your search results say 'search wikipedia'.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe Web Analytics Tool: Zoetrope. Will It Respect Google TOS or Your Site?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/91332</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/91332</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:19:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/91332</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I just saw this video:http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=183and read their blurb about Adobe's Zoetrope. It looks really, really cool. But I wonder how it will work in some ways. Will it respect nofollow? Robots.txt? What about sites like Google that ask that you not use automated tools to query their site, let alone re-display their search results?This looks like a potential game changer in many ways. While it not only makes it easy to see old pages, what about subscription based sites where you pay to get access to their old archives?What concerns and hopes do you have for this tool?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Rolls Out New Video, Image Search Features; Tests Banner Ads in SERPs?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76430</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76430</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:47:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76430</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt,This can't be right.&quot;There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site. Ever.&quot; - 12/22/2005 06:25:00 PMPosted by Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products &amp; User Experiencehttp://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/about-aol-announcement.html<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Britain Clears The Way For Google Street Views; Google Argues No]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62992</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62992</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:44:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62992</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saw this today... seems kind relevant to the privacy debate:http://valleywag.com/5031796/privacy-advocates-nearly-publish-guide-to-carjacking-google-executivehttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/google_cnet/<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Is Google Any Different? Google To Develop ISP Throttling Detector]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53243</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53243</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:21:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53243</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;We're trying to develop tools...that allow people to detect what's happening with their broadband connections, so they can let [ISPs] know that they're not happy with what they're getting -- that they think certain services are being tampered with,&quot; Googler Richard Whitt.How is Google any different? They already throttle people who visit their site and &quot;consume computing resources&quot;.http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/11/google-blocks-y.htmlhttp://valleywag.com/377592/google-cracks-down-on-pesky-humanshttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=35769#quality<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Name Squatting 2.0]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39487</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39487</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:13:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39487</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was thinking the other day about people who domain squat. No two ways about it, there are speculators who sit on domains that have no current business value and those who do it to harm brands, individuals, extort, etc. With all of the Web 2.0 sites out there, it is easier then ever to start connecting with your site visitors but does the ease of use also mean that you have a whole new round of headaches trying to police fake accounts from people who might pose as your, your company, etc.??<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Court: Use Of Trademark In AdWords Copy Is An Infringement]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36416</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36416</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:31:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36416</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barry Schwartz provides a highlight to Eric Goldman's comments on a case where one Adwords advertiser sued another over a trademarked term and won. How long does it take to get an Adwords trademark complaint closed or resolved? From the post:&quot;What is incredibly interesting to me, outside of the legal ramifications of this case, is the business decision that went into this lawsuit. Goldman estimates that Storus could have spent $1,374 to &quot;divert&quot; the clicks to their own site but instead spent a lot more money going to court to sue Aroa over this claim. In fact, Goldman estimates that the keywords probably cost 1% of what the case cost.It is also important to note that the practice of using a competitor's trademark in ad copy is already prohibited by most US based search ad companies, including Google.&quot;My own comment... If it takes Google 2+ months to get a trademark complaint resolved, perhaps the lawsuit was less expensive overall. Your take?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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