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<title>Sphinn / maxthomas / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:11:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Follow List Of Lists]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59412</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59412</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:11:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59412</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great list of dofollow sites and blogs. Helpful for link building.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google a410 Pack Mapa4 Got You Down? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Local Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57270</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57270</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:35:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57270</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google continues to force more and more search categories to local search results. I realize a4forcing' may seem a bit strong, but Google's recent addition of the a4Looking for local results' prompt has the net effect of pushing geographic searches to the top of the results page vis a vis the a410 Pack Map' and A thru J listings. While this is groundbreaking for local companies trying to get to the top of Page 1 on Google, it poses an interesting challenge for companies that rely on national search results.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Traffic from Organic Search better than PPC Traffic?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55731</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55731</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:25:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55731</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Organic search traffic looks at more pages than cpc traffic, stays on the site almost 3 times as long and has a lower bounce rate than cpc traffic. Direct-to-site traffic views the highest number of pages, spends (by far) the longest time on the site and has the lowest bounce rate.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yes! Google does think your tags and diggs matter!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53535</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53535</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:15:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53535</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the rise of social media, we are also learning that Google values the diggs, tags or votes a site receives on social media sites. Aside from just the inbound links, traffic spikes and &quot;netizen&quot; awareness that social media sites can generate, they also have a direct impact on Google rankings.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimizing Keywords to Target Customers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53251</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53251</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:27:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53251</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm a lover of tracking - especially when it comes to SEO. Yes, we track changes in search engine (SE) rankings, inbound links, etc. but we also like to track referring search engine traffic and how a site is found. Why? Because this tells us if we're increasing the number of searchers who visit a site for the first time - vs. visitors who already know the site (typically repeat customers).<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nofollow tags, Google Local Search and Geo Sitemaps - eVisibility Rocks!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53250</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53250</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:25:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53250</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Once again, the dynamic due of Miguel Salcido (aka a4searchjunkie a4 on twitter) and Steven Peron (aka a4imnotadoctor a4 on twitter) impressed with empirical studies that demonstrated some key findings in regard to the use of nofollow tags, Google local search and Google geo sitemaps. Miguel and Steven promised to post their findings on the eVisibility blog, following are some highlights:<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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