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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:05:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reason # 4: Falling Victim to Analysis Paralysis]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/77853</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/77853</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:05:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/77853</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rae writes her 4th post in the series of why you fail at Affiliate Marketing. &quot;Whenever I get an email from a newer affiliate asking for advice on a site, it usually contains a 14 paragraph, in depth explanation of what they were thinking of doing and why no matter what route they take, it might be the wrong route because [insert reason generated after hours of contemplation here].&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guaranteed Rankings: Methodology of a Shady Business Tactic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76701</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76701</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76701</guid>
<description><![CDATA[MikeTek writes &quot;We should all know by now that rankings in and of themselves don't have any inherent value.  It's rather a well-worn topic - one Rand covered effectively in his post on why reputable SEO's don't guarantee search engine rankings. The thing is, SEO firms are still out there advertising &quot;guaranteed rankings&quot; or touting the exponential increase in &quot;page one rankings&quot; they've built for their clients.  There's a knowledge gap, and a big one at that, between the average small business owner and SEO firms.  What sounds better? &quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google2001 search for finding domains]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76695</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76695</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:33:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76695</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rob over at Seocracy.com continues to amaze me with his outside of the box thinking. Here he shares a great tip on how to use Google2001 to find powerful domains to buy up.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My thoughts on Twitter being a useful tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/74505</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/74505</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:05:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/74505</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tony Adam writes &quot;When I started on the path of using Twitter, it was fairly easy getting used to keep in touch with people, albeit, a bit like a stalkers dream! (not that i am a stalker! I swear!). I was led into it by a former collegue at PayPal, Mark Trammell. I kept hearing him talk about it, and me being the early adopter I am, I figured I'd give it a whirl! (no pun intended). Signed up, added about 20-30 people and I was tweeting! (Probably more than some people would have liked!)&quot;<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Talking About Twitter, Google, and Matt Cutts With Loren Feldman of 1938 Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/73667</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/73667</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:05:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/73667</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Graywolf presents video interview number two with Loren Feldman, where we talk about twitter, Google, and Matt Cutts a4 last 15 seconds are NSFW for you office people a4<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Efficiently Outsource SEO Campaigns]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/73136</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/73136</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:01:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/73136</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dev Basu writes &quot;Outsourcing SEO is an integral component of building scale in your processes. Of course, I know what you're thinking - won't SEO's from India, Russia, [Insert Country Here] harm my overall SEO campaign or create more inefficiencies than I currently have?The answer could be YES or NO, entirely depending on the decisions you make regarding the following questions:&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Links of Local Interest, Vol. Two]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72091</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72091</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:21:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72091</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Want to know whats happening in the world of Local SEO; but been too busy to stay up to date, don't worry David Mihm has done all the hard work and compiled a nice list of local seo reading from the last month.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Some Yellow Pages Usage Data: Print v. IYP]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72032</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72032</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:11:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72032</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andrew Shotland is sharing some great stuff about Print Yellow Pages vs Internet Yellow Pages from the Yellow Pages webinar. He is going to keep updating as he continues to get new info, some real gems in here. check it out.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reputation Management: You're Doing It Wrong]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71365</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71365</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71365</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone writes &quot;The people behind high fructose corn syrup want you to know that despite what you've heard, they're not really the devil, nor do they sacrifice babies. As long as you consume the stuff in moderation, you probably won't die, become really fat or sprout an extra head. Or at least that's what they say. I'm not totally convinced yet.You may have noticed that there were some odd ads taking over your television this weekend. Ads featuring robot-like &quot;people&quot; eerily stating that high fructose corn syrup isn't bad. It's made from corn and okay in moderation. And it doesn't mean you're a bad parent just because you give your kid some random pink stuff. Suddenly it's like the Cult of Fructose radiating out of your television set.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Examples of What Makes Good Content]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70893</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70893</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:01:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70893</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone writes &quot;Jane Copland has a bitter post over at SEOmoz arguing that too many bloggers and speakers advise &quot;creating good content&quot; without going into the specifics. Jane calls it a new form of snake oil salesmen, and while I can share her distaste for those who blog without knowing what they're talking about, I find the whole post somewhat unfair.&quot;<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How SEO Can Benefit Your Business... Without all the BS]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69759</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69759</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:17:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69759</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Laura Callow writes &quot;I actually tried to find some info on this topic as a research basis for this post. Nearly every article or post I found was more an explanation of what SEO is than a definite explanation of how it can be of benefit. (Please note this is not a PPC post.)Therefore, this post will explain how SEO can benefit a business without a long spiel of what SEO is and how it works. &quot;<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Has Local Search 2.0 Arrived?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68608</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68608</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68608</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Mihm writes &quot;Danny Sullivan's &quot;keynote&quot; at the recent SEOmoz Expert Seminar highlighted the evolution of search, which he's also blogged about before at Search Engine Land.Basically, Danny's thesis is that search engines have undergone three quantum leaps in functionality and refinement since the days of Excite, AltaVista, and the other early players in the mid-90's. Here's my quick synopsis of what I understood from Danny at the seminar:Search 1.0: On-Page Factors-Meta Tags &amp; Direct SubmissionsSearch 2.0: Off-Page Factors-PageRank Formula / Link DataSearch 3.0: Universal &amp; Blended Vertical SearchSearch 4.0: Personalized Search based on User Data&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital PR - Online Public Relations, Social Media and SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68607</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68607</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:19:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68607</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee Oden writes &quot;What exactly, does Web 2.0, social media and even SEO have to do with public relations? Everything!You'd be hard pressed to find any modern public relations agency practice that isn't researching or already implementing a digital PR strategy including search engine optimization, blogging/blogger relations and social media. The winds of change are here and many Public Relations practitioners are scrambling to adjust to the opportunities presented by shifts in both consumer and journalist behavior online.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Manage an Online Reputation Crisis in 7 Steps]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68294</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68294</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:45:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68294</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Beal writes &quot;In case you've not yet bought a copy of Radically Transparent, or perhaps you just need a reputation management refresher, you can check out an interview I did recently with MarketingSherpa.Consider it a mini-guide to managing an online reputation crisis. In it, I discuss the following seven steps in detail:&quot;<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Twitter Is the Only Thing in the World That Can Save the World from the Top 10 Causes of Destroyed Worlds]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68028</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:17:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Carter writes &quot;Not everybody knows about Twitter, and not everyone who knows about Twitter &quot;gets it.&quot; Even fewer people who &quot;get it&quot; realize Twitter is saving the world. But it's obvious - and I'm going to tell you why.#1 The biggest danger to the world right now is terrorism.Just ask George Bush, or any famous writer of spy novels. Contrary to popular opinion, the origin of terrorism is not poverty or Islam or even Britney Spears- no, the primary cause of world terror is lack of socially enabled instant messaging. And that's what Twitter is.You might say, &quot;but Brian, that's a circular argument!&quot; And you'd be right. But let me tell you why it's the lack of socially enabled instant messaging that causes international terror, multi-generational wars and recurring canker sores.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Your Whole Business to Build Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67588</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67588</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:33:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67588</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Will Critchlow writes &quot;In my opinion anyone working in marketing should be reading Seth Godin's blog. Seth is a new marketing expert and his brainstorms and thoughts regularly give me new ideas. I am in the middle of reading one of his books - Meatball Sundae - its contents won't surprise anyone who reads Seth's blog; it's premise is that mass market products are &quot;meatballs&quot; and the new marketing (in which he includes SEO) are &quot;sundae toppings&quot;.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My SES San Jose Presentation: Twitter for Marketers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67406</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67406</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:14:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67406</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Beal's writes &quot;I don't normally share my presentations online, but I thought some of you might want to take a look at the presentation I gave recently at SES San Jose.It's an intro on using Twitter as a marketer and covers the basics and a few advanced tips. There's no audio, so some of the information (and gags) are missing, but hopefully it's still useful.&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Got Digg Captchaa4 Dona4t Worry]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64208</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64208</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:03:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64208</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brent Csutoras writes &quot;Yesterday I noticed, as I am sure a number of people noticed, that Digg was requiring me to enter a captcha to comment or shout on the site.Now before you get upset or mad about seeing a captcha on your Digg comments or shouts, remember that captcha is not new to Digg and if they had wanted to inforce a captcha on the entire site then they could have done so from day one.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[According to Study, Half of U.S. Adults Use Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63900</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63900</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:26:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63900</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Half of U.S. adults use social media. That is, they do according to the latest findings from Universal McCann's &quot;Media in Mind&quot; study, an ongoing research effort that analyzes how consumers relate to media and products in their daily life. However, it's worth noting that in this particular study &quot;social media&quot; includes text messaging. Combined with blogging and social networking, these three technologies are used by 50% of U.S. adults for communication purposes.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Media at Work for a Small Business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63898</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63898</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:20:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63898</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are so many different ways to use social media in this newly connected internet world, and as a social media agency it's our job to make sure all of our clients understand how to best utilize the space.  Yesterday, I stumbled upon a fantastic guest post on Social Desire by Mark Hayward.  Mark and his wife Terrie own the Palmetto Guesthouse, a small bed and breakfast in Culebra, Puerto Rico.  His post-What the hell can social media do for me?-begins with a conversation he had with another small business owner.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surprising Branding Benefits of Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63765</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63765</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:45:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63765</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the great benefits of search engine marketing is that it's more measurable than most other forms of advertising and marketing.  Search marketers are able to see exactly how many conversions (online leads or sales) they've driven, along with revenue generated and ROI.  It's every marketer's dream!But are we missing half the picture by focusing on conversions?  Just because we can easily measure conversions, does that cause us to focus solely on this single metric and ignore other, harder-to-track benefits of search engine marketing?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Trick to Making Large Scale SEO Work: five tips on empowering large company SEO projects]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63738</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63738</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:12:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63738</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lee Odden writes &quot;Large-scale search engine optimization projects are often perceived as the golden egg for many SEO agencies, with their big budgets and shiny, well-known brand names. Unfortunately, search engine marketers may quickly realize that the golden egg came from a large, slow moving tortoise.&quot;<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vote Count Controversy: Yahoo Shareholder Wants Recount]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63713</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63713</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:51:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63713</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At last Friday's annual Yahoo shareholder meeting, the Yahoo slate of directors was re-elected, with CEO Jerry Yang and Chariman Roy Bostock receiving 15 percent and 20 percent &quot;no&quot; votes. AllThingsD points out these numbers are actually better than last year, in the absence of the MicroHoo controversy and proxy contest. Yahoo Director Robert A. Kotick, who was re-elected, is resigning to make way for Carl Icahn.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Introducing The Conversation Prism]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63707</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63707</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:10:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63707</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Solis writes &quot;Last year, Robert Scoble and Darren Barefoot debuted the Social Media Starfish to visualize and document the rapidly evolving landscape for social tools, services, and networks.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SES Awards Finalists Announced]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63702</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63702</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:13:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63702</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Strategies today named 43 search engine marketers as finalists for the SEM conference's first annual SES Awards.The 16 winners will be announced throughout SES San Jose during Orion and keynote panels, which are being held August 18-21 at the San Jose Convention Center.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Destination Search Engine Marketing Is So Essential]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63700</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63700</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:09:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63700</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stoney D Writes &quot;As I conclude this series on Destination Search Engine Marketing its important to answer the question &quot;why?&quot; Why go through the hassle of of building a Destination Website? Obviously, there are thousands of successful online businesses that don't operate anything that could be considered a &quot;Destination&quot;. If they are successful, should you really go through the extra effort yourself?&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Warning: Hackers Using Sexy Girls to Infect Twitter Users]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63684</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63684</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:14:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63684</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Beal writes &quot;Some people get on my case because I don't follow everyone on Twitter, who follows me. Well, for one thing, I'd never keep up with 3000+ Tweeple, but I also live by my mantra of building meaningful relationships with social media-I don't care about any popularity contest.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Buck Stops Here]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61824</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61824</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:28:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61824</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rand Fishkin writes &quot;This past week has been a particularly frustrating one for me, and I felt compelled to share more about the behind-the-scenes operations here at SEOmoz, particularly as it pertains to the blog and recent controversy surrounding Marty's YOUmoz post. I'm choosing to share this information via YOUmoz, rather than the main blog, for the simple reason that our blog readers have expressed the strong desire to receive as little &quot;noise&quot; and as much &quot;valuable SEO content&quot; as possible in that feed.&quot;<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Knol Profile SEO and Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61536</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61536</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61536</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Tighe writes &quot;Like much of the speculation about Knol flying around the SEO community in the last few days, the question on everyone mind is, &quot;How sticky are Knol articles within the organic Google listings.&quot; Before I jump into my main article about your Knol profile, I do want to point one thing out: I noticed that Danny Sulivan created an article about &quot;Firefox plugins for SEO and SEM&quot;. If you follow this link to the Google SERPs, you'll notice just how good his article is doing.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Contests generate traffic, but will your business win?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61259</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61259</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61259</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick writes &quot;Contests, especially user-generated ones, have the ability to drive significant traffic and links to a site. For example, there are many sites like Contest Hound and Contest Blogger, that share information about various available contests. Many participants connect with contest for the following reasons:    * Win a prize (monetary or material)    * Recognition    * Connect with the brand&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Turn Google Knols into an MFA Scraper]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60996</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60996</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:41:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60996</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Gray takes a purely hypothetical look importing wikipedia content into Knol and making it one huge scraper site, i <br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Todd a4Stuntdubla4 Malicoat Interview  [Video]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60372</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:50:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60372</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Schmitz interviews The Todd &quot;Stuntdubl&quot; Malicoat about how he entered the worlds of SEO and linkbaiting and gets Todd's advice for people who want to make a name for themselves in search marketing. This is a terrific interview with more than 13 minutes of personal insight, professional history, reminiscing and insightful Internet marketing tips.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your Opportunity to Guest Blog Has Never Been Better]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58341</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:16:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58341</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Many established and well respected blogs within the online marketing community have recently started to make their audiences available to a variety of new voices. The opportunity for new bloggers to communicate their ideas on internet marketing, email marketing, search engine optimization, paid search, affiliate marketing, and social media marketing have never been greater.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If a Ranking Falls on the First Page, But There is Nobody Around to See it, Does it Still Make Any Difference?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57945</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:09:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57945</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stoney D writes &quot;I think I stress too much about our clients' performance of their optimization campaigns. Or perhaps I just create too much work for myself. See, all these years I've been working 10-12 hour days to help my clients increase their exposure in the search engines for some pretty important phrases. But just recently I found out that I've been targeting all the wrong keywords!&quot;<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Search Marketing Tools Worth a Look - Refined Ads, WordButler & Advanced Web Ranking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57782</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:59:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57782</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rand Fishkin writes &quot;Over the last couple weeks, I've seen some very cool new (and older, but &quot;new to me&quot;) tools in the search marketing field that I think are worthy of testing to see if they make a good fit for your organization. I know I don't cover 3rd party tools as much as I should, so to make up, I've got 3 in a row.The first, Refined Ads from Thomas Bindl's Refined Labs is a game-changer in the PPC management space. The goals behind the project were to save PPC marketers time and energy through a more intuitive, more robust interface that took the pain out of the often tedious PPC management process. &quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Your Website FUBAR in the OTHER browser]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57677</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:08:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57677</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stoney D Writes &quot;When making changes to my website I always take the time to view them live on the web before closing up my editing software and patting myself on the back in self-satisfaction of a job well done. Even with minor changes, I like to view them one last time to make sure my changes didn't cause any shifts in on-page display, or I didn't inadvertently create an error somewhere that inadvertently jacked everything up (believe me, it's happened more times than I can count!) But regardless of how careful I am to double check my work, there is one thing I almost always overlook; verifying that my site looks good in the &quot;other&quot; browser&quot;<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Damage Control Ballet - Deconstructing a Reputation Event]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57512</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:18:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57512</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Clark writes &quot;I took note earlier of CEO David Friend and Customer Service Manager Len Pallazola of Mozy as they did some pretty fancy damage control on a negative blog post about Carbonite on Vinnie Carpenter's blog.As you can see, these guys handled the situation - and took control of the room, leaving anyone willing to read more than the first few posts with a very positive sense that Carbonite has its act together. Mozy, on the other hand, did not participate in the discussion.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Ice cream with every Cheap Payday Loan]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57509</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57509</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:11:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57509</guid>
<description><![CDATA[lnydoman writes &quot;It took me a few moments to work out that &quot;Ice cream&quot; is two words and not one, as in &quot;icecream&quot;, or even &quot;iscream&quot;. Hey come on, it's 2.30 in the AM here.No, I do not have a payday loan blog, and no I do not sell links to any such sites. This is an seo experiment and the payday keyword is one I like to play with as it's so competitive and it's something I have no interest in ever getting into.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do SEOa4s Really Need Clients?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55617</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55617</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:20:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55617</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do SEO's Really Need Clients? One question that has provoked a valid argument in my mind based on a question an acquaintance asked me a few days ago is, do SEO's really need clients?<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With great social media power should come great responsibility]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55511</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55511</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:23:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55511</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Dykeman writes &quot;I'm going to stick my nose into the Feldman/Israel situation. Sort of. Actually, I'm going to suggest a better use of everyone's time. It would be for a charitable cause and it would promote social media to boot. Everyone wins.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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