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<title>Sphinn / nowsourcing / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:40:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why I Hate Social Bookmarklets & Proof They Dona4t Work]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68639</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68639</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:40:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68639</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kelvin Newman does a good job analyzing why just adding &quot;add this&quot; type buttons is a copy out in social media efforts.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Confessions and Reflections of a Former Digg Addict]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45249</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45249</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:20:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45249</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tamar weighs in with her opinion on the rise and fall of Digg.  Great read!<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Track Google via Twitter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43384</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43384</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:26:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43384</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great list of Twitter tools that you can track breaking news about Google.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Selling Social Media (Drug Dealer Style)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30692</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30692</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:36:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30692</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEOCO comes out with an interesting approach to selling social media - drug dealer style.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Build a Devoted Online Community, by Mixx.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29826</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29826</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:31:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29826</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt McGee brings us his story of the great customer service and positive experience he's had so far with up and coming social news site, Mixx.com.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Basic Rules of Social Media Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29548</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29548</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:33:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29548</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Esteban Panzera puts out a fine list of 10 basic rules on social media.  Brief but to the point.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rose Demonstrates that New Digg Algo is Fair and Balanced]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27931</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27931</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:41:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27931</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting observation of Kevin Rose's latest posts to Digg.   Looks like Mr. Rose finally isn't making front page, either.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Size does not matter (in the blogosphere)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27881</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27881</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:22:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27881</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Dykeman from Broadcasting Brain puts out an interesting post about how you can be effective in social media whether you're in a big city or a small town.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reference Guide to Directory Submissions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25363</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25363</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:54:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25363</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Eaves does a fine breakdown of the steps and recommendations to directory submissions, including a useful top 10 list of the best directories.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Drill Down - RevoltNation, Part 2: Jay and Kevin Respond]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25172</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25172</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:13:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25172</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's the episode when Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson come on to The Drill Down and finally interact with the Digg community.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg Revolt: The Drill Down Podcast Everyone is Talking about]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24980</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24980</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:32:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24980</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Drill Down that everyone has been talking about with the whole Digg revolt is now up.  Go have a listen if you missed it.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diggers Revolt and accidentaly Crash UStreamTV]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24866</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24866</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:34:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24866</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Fowler from Social Blend weighs in from the festivities of the early morning Digg revolt.From the article: &quot;Kevin and Jay had no idea that their users were feeling both betrayed and hurt by the recent happenings and heavy handedness at Digg.&quot;Um, perhaps they should subscribe to Google Alerts.  How could they not sense the Digg community frustration?<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Websites and Programs Do You Use to Get Things Done]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20964</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20964</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:17:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20964</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Gray shares with us his list of tools for Getting Things Done.  What I liked about the post was hearing about how he uses each of them.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Social for Marketing, Business, and Fun]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20946</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20946</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:27:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20946</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SocialNewsWatch serves up with a great review of the Social Media landscape and sites to watch for 2008.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Friends - A Guide to Productive Social Networking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20641</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20641</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:54:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20641</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good summary from SEM Hints about adding friends regularly to your networks of choice.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Blog Posts about Mixx for 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18929</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18929</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:32:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18929</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Hartzer assembles a fine list of his 10 favorite blog posts about Mixx.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Pushes Content with Automatic Wordpress Plugin]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18608</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18608</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:33:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18608</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting find from Mashable.  Wordpress plugin that offers up suggestions for relavent content in your blog post (ex: typing in Paris, France would have Yahoo suggest a map).<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linking, Spiders and Comment Love]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18605</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18605</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:25:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18605</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meg comes through with a good explanation of linking and how it is the currency on the web.  Also, great tips on how to be a link giving blogger.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Maps Adds 8 New Cities to StreetView]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18241</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18241</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:15:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18241</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Maps adds Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Fort Worth, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Providence to its StreetView roster.  Can't wait to see more wacky things that the Google crew caught on its jaunts around town!<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research Firm Says Yahoo, MSN, & Google Have Major Page-Caching Flaw]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17713</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17713</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17713</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Journal reports on a major flaw in the page-caching technologies of Google, Yahoo, &amp; Microsoft Live that allows the search engines to deliver malicious pages that have already been removed from the web.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lets compare apples to apples and leave the oranges out of this.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17562</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17562</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:40:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17562</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice post from the Mixxingbowl (unofficial Mixx fan site), refuting attacks that Mixx is a copy cat.  Hey Google, ever hear of Excite and Altavista?<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Las Vegas PubCon 2007: Day One Recap]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17252</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17252</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:36:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17252</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stephanie presents us with a concise Day 1 recap of PubCon, giving all of us that didn't attend yet even more reasons to be jealous :)<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dona4t Digg? Then Mixx, Instead]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17006</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17006</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:42:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17006</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt McGee has an interesting insight on the recent Digg vs. Mixx debate: if you're just starting out now, perhaps Digg isn't the place for you.  Mixx, on the other hand is just getting off the ground, so your efforts would be better spent there.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook May Revamp Beacon]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16330</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16330</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:05:41 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16330</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Businessweek's article on Facebook's engagement with Beacon.  From the article: issue is the Beacon program, which alerts members' Facebook &quot;friends&quot; to purchases and other activities on third-party Web sites.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Hackers Exploiting WordPress Themes?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15985</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15985</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:00:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15985</guid>
<description><![CDATA[GigaOm reports how some theme designers are screwing with people, illustrating an example of how a simple looking theme indeed has malicious code.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Stores Down on Cyber Monday]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15873</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15873</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:49:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15873</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unbelievable. According to reports, many Yahoo! store merchants were going strong with their &quot;cyber Monday&quot; sales and suddenly the Yahoo! Stores have gone down. Some merchants report that they have lost more than 4 hours' worth of online sales.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing Accidental Clicks on Google Adsense Units]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14306</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14306</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:43:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14306</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nicely summarized by Search Engine Journal on the recent Google AdSense changes that were reported in Google Blogscoped  and now confirmed in the Google Adsense Blog.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Revealed: the 16 different personality types of StumbleUpon users]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8119</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8119</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:26:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8119</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a different angle of looking at social media entirely - by personality type. In case you missed it, when you are filling out your profile in StumbleUpon, you can put what personality type you are.  I've compiled a list of interesting SU folks by personality type - check out the results.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6112</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6112</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:41:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6112</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good information on Reddiquette and the changes currently being rolled out to Reddit from beta straight from co-founder, Alexis Ohanian.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reddit Reveals New Features]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6019</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6019</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:39:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6019</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's official. Reddit has launched some much needed improvements from Beta.  The addition of several new subreddit communities may make some Reddit naysayers have a second look.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Caching 9-11: A Look Back at Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5250</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5250</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:19:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5250</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 6th anniversary of the September 11th attacks with this year being the first time the date falls out on a Tuesday since then. Here is a flashback to 9/11/01 on search.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Netscape is closing down social news.  Really this time.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4957</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4957</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:40:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4957</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Discussion of whether or not Netscape social news is done for good.  There's more to it than just the Netscape blog post: wow.com might become the new home, and layoffs are rumored ahead.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Wordpress: Superior Group Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4569</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4569</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:55:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4569</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why the new Wordpress is worth a look for any group blogger:  much needed improvements under the hood in workflow and post approval has been added.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Netscape Closing Down Social News Site? I think not.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2622</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2622</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:13:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2622</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My rebuttal to the earlier TechCrunch rumor that Netscape social news was going away due to the AOL portal announcements. The Netscape community has been increasing at a good rate recently, and many appreciate its variety of news articles.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wikipedia's Inroads to Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1393</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1393</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:36:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1393</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My review of Wikipedia and their recent list of corrections to Encyclopedia Britannica.  Wikipedia has The Wisdom of Crowds effect, and has a different spin on web 2.0.  It's not exactly a search engine, nor is it a social news / bookmarking site.Also discussed is how the improvement of a concept blows the competition out of the water (Microsoft Encarta crushed the hardcover Britannica, now Wikipedia schools Britannica online).<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Netscape is Better than Digg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/885</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/885</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:56:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/885</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My comparison of how Netscape stacks up against Digg.  Some good stats, page rank, and my personal views.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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