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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:46:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why The Google Keyword Tool Is Useless For SEO, Even With Exact Numbers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59089</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59089</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:46:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59089</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An in-depth explanation of exactly why the Google External Keyword Tool should not be relied upon for SEO keyword research, even though it now shows precise numbers.<br/><br/>71 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Updates List Of Third-Party Ad Providers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52028</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:39:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you're an AdSense publisher, and you're not using the free widget, it's time to update your privacy policies again. :)<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If Googleplex Employees Dona4t Understand The Webmaster Guidelines, How Can They Expect Webmasters To Adhere To Them?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49004</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49004</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 06:44:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49004</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some confusion over an interpretation of one of Google Webmaster Guidelines.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Googlebot Creates Pages Instead of Simply Indexing Them: New FORM Crawling Algo Goes Bad]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48249</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48249</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 06:15:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48249</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last month Google revealed a new crawling method that they were testing out, whereby they were filling out forms on sites that they came across, in order to help facilitate the discovery of new pages. Now there appears to be some unintended side effects from this.<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Value of Ideas]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43764</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43764</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:07:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Tips &amp; Tools</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43764</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do you honestly suffer from a shortage of good ideas in your life?<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guest blogging - A real life case study]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41161</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41161</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:42:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41161</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the article: &quot;Guest blogging rules. No shit Sherlocka4 I hear you saying. There are literally tonnes of articles out there already promoting the benefits of guest blogging... Yet despite all the guest blogging banter, I am yet to come across a case that provides tangible results. So on that notea4&quot;<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Network Solutions: Not Just Thieves and Hijackers, Now Using Tactics That Can Get Your Site Banned From Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39529</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39529</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:06:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39529</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NetSol has apparently started engaging in a practice that Google deemed ban-able 2 years ago: subdomain spamming. The twist? They're not subdomain spamming with their sites... they're doing it with *yours*.<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Birthplace Of Google Gets Hacked: Blog On Stanford.edu Hit By Latest Wordpress Exploit]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36430</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36430</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:53:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36430</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kind of surprised that Stanford.edu wasn't better protected myself... this is a blog off of the main www domain that got hit.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Wordpress 2.3.3 Exploit/Vulnerability - Adds Spam Directory /wp-content/1/]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36285</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36285</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:53:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36285</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Different from the hidden links injection reported earlier this month, this one involves the attacker creating a new physical directory in your Wordpress installation, and populating it with HTML files that then use Javascript to redirect visitors to phishing and other sites. Over 21,000 pages on sites that have been hacked have been indexed by Google in the past week (according to their date based advanced search).<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Banned From Sphinn? No Worries, Your Vote Counts Either Way]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30419</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30419</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:03:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30419</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently you don't actually have to be a member in good standing to help a story go hot on Sphinn these days.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Reconsideration Request Language Modified Again]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30228</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30228</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:40:31 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30228</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The changes to the language in the Google Reconsideration Request that were discussed on SEO Scoop back on December 3rd and on Smackdown again on the 18th, have finally gone through.Kudos Matt Cutts! :)<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts: Industry Leaders Are Incapable Of Performing Editorial Discretion]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25157</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25157</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:03:48 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25157</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So, why is it exactly that Matt Cutts thinks that anonymous employees over at Yahoo have better decision making skills than the search engine industry leaders?<br/><br/>60 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey, Donnaa4 Your Lips Tired Yet From Puckering That Long?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25026</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25026</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:44:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Donna, I admire you. You sure do have some stamina, the way you've had them Louisiana lips of yours puckered so firmly to Google's evil ass this long.They're in the wrong to make you (or anyone else for that matter) jump through hoops like that.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wired Says Screw It To All Search Engines After SEL Inspired Spam Attack, Disallows EVERYTHING With Robots.txt]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23052</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23052</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:26:39 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23052</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That'll teach those spammers! :)<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No, Really... We Were Just -Kidding-!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22779</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22779</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:27:12 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22779</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Find a strong site that allows followed links, and decide to tell the world about it? Ok, that's fine.Later decide maybe that wasn't the smartest move to do so on an A-list blog? Well, ok, that's fine too.Try to cover your tracks later by saying you were just kidding...?Not so fine.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Some Days I Wish This Blog Were Private So I Could Share More]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20807</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20807</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:17:45 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20807</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Donna Fontenot reminisces on how she wishes sometimes she could actually share her best personal SEO secrets with everyone, without sharing them with *everyone*. :)Are you on the &quot;in&quot; list with Donna...?<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Says: Paid Ads *Are* A Type Of Search [PICS]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19281</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19281</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:48:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19281</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts defends why AdWords results should be viewed as an actual part of the search experience, and some screenshots showing counter examples. :)<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Cutts Comes Through! (Well, Mostlya4)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19249</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19249</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:01:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19249</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Changes promised by Google engineer Matt Cutts have been implemented... for the most part, anyways.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Did Matt Cutts Just Say It Is Illogical To Think Google Would Penalize Sites Just For Buying Links?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16776</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16776</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:43:05 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16776</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A huge statement was made recently by Matt Cutts about how just because a site buys links is no reason to think that the site shouldn't rank well.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Starts Covering Their Ass On Rogue Bot Intrusions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15255</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15255</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:12:09 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Microsoft Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15255</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like Microsoft decided to re-think their strategy of hiding the ownership of the IP blocks that they are sending all of the massive referrer spam from.<br/><br/>25 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Sphinn 404 That Shouldn't Be There]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11415</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11415</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:51:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11415</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I can't be the only one who tries to go beyond the first page, so I'm a little surprised this is still like that. It also happens in the navigation for the other 2 flavors of Upcoming (clarified in the comments):http://sphinn.com/upcoming/page/2/upcoming=newesthttp://sphinn.com/upcoming/page/2/upcoming=oldestShould be a relatively easy fix to either make it work, or comment out the navigation on those pages, I would think.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Front Page Spanning Over 50 Hours... Is The Sphinn Bar Too High?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8917</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8917</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:05:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8917</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe it's just me, but I think that perhaps when the speed of new submissions is at a certain rate that perhaps the amount of Sphinns needed for a story to go popular currently being used might be a little high. As I post this, the last 25 &quot;hot&quot; stories span over 50 hours of &quot;going hot&quot; (from &quot;Went Hot: October 7, 2007 - 7:30 am&quot; to &quot;Went Hot: October 9, 2007 - 10:43 am&quot;). I went 10 pages in, and before the stories seemed to be going hot at a slightly faster clip back then, with only a little over 24 hours being represented on a single page.Thoughts?<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New WYSIWYG comments editor in Sphinn! YAY ITALICS! :D]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6529</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6529</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:39:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6529</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Very kewl. Except the &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; tag doesn't render yet, and all links in older comments were stripped out, and no way to turn it off... BUT... we can actually bold stuff now! :DThanks Danny &amp;amp; team! <br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why SEOmoz Needs A a4For Entertainment  Purposes Onlya4 Disclaimer]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6384</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6384</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:00:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6384</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I know, I know... but regardless of whether you are a mozzlett (or not), all I ask is that you read this with an open mind, and just *look* at the facts presented. I promise, a PHD in Historical Rand is not required for this one. :)<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Psycho By Any Other Name...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5809</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5809</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:23:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5809</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First Impressions Can Be Deceiving... a new meaning to an old phrase.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinn contact system broken?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5793</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5793</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:03:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5793</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two out of two times now I have had problems trying to send messages using the Sphinn AJAX contact form (both in IE and FF, same error). What's worse is that the error message gives no indication if a message actually got through or not, so not sure if multiple attempts are needed or are spamming the person in question. All it says is:there was an error. error number 1Also, after bombing out there is no close button, you have to refresh the whole page in order to clear it.Anyone else having any luck using the system? The first time I eventually gave up trying to send the full message, and just sent my email address until it gave a success message. :)PS Danny, if you see this drop me an email if you get a chance please. :D<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Matt Cutts penalized...?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3921</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3921</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:38:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3921</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I did a Blog Search today, expecting to see Matt's blog come up in the results. When it didn't, I dug a little deeper. I had to get pretty specific in order to narrow down the results enough to see this, but as it turns out Matt appears to be getting buried under the &quot;Similar Results&quot; filter:http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&amp;tab=wb&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Google+dance+googleplex+%E2%80%9CMeet+the+Engineers%E2%80%9D(click the &quot;repeat the search with the omitted results included&quot; link to see his site come up)To the best of my knowledge, that shouldn't be happening with a site as strong as his.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Are Digg Employees Stalking Mea4?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3035</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3035</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:12:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3035</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No, seriously... was it something I *said*?<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rand Fishkin & The Troll Defense]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2193</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:32:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I know I will take some heat for this one, especially as many will view this as some sort of personal attack against the SEO Community's Golden Boy. I feel, however, that since many people won't even recognize a spin job when they see one, that someone really did need to do a piece on this.<br/><br/>83 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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