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<title>Sphinn / onreact / All</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
<description>Sphinn</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:01:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter Optimization: The 10 Most Common Reasons I Have to Un-Follow You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/95396</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/95396</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:01:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/95396</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When and why you lose your followers on Twitter and how to prevent that.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Cutting 1/3 of Workforce]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/87393</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/87393</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:29:25 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/87393</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CNET News: &quot;Google is in the process of paring back a contractor workforce that numbers about 10,000, the company confirmed Monday.&quot;<br/><br/>51 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Google Search-Based Keyword Tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/86260</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/86260</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:11:42 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/86260</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The Search-based Keyword Tool provides keyword ideas:    * Based on actual Google search queries    * Matched to specific pages of your website with your ad and search share    * New to your Adwords account (typically excluding keywords matching those already in your account)&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Ghoulish Collection of Links | This Month In SEO - 10/08]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/82561</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/82561</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:49:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/82561</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Best of October with blogging, social media, web tools, SEO etc. links.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Company, SEO and Search Engine Optimization Google Results Are a Disgrace]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/82134</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/82134</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:03:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/82134</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEOmoz is right, more than that: The key phrase SEO company is not the exception. Take a look at the more generic terms SEO and search engine optimization and you'll quickly realize that the Google results there are even less relevant.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Brands and Roadblocks to SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81476</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81476</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:53:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81476</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Big brands often can't compete with small businesses when it comes to SEO due to road blocks based on the sheer size and corporate structure. To avoid those you must understand why they appear in the first place.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Excellent Visualization of Social Media & SEO 2.0 on Video]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/80916</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/80916</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:55:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/80916</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is exactly how I envisioned SEO 2.0 in my blog but video is better than words.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ann Smarty: How Guest Blogging Backfires]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/79856</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/79856</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:18:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/79856</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ann Smarty, one of the best SEO bloggers around, writing for Search Engine Journal etc. reports how her frequent guest blogging backfired in several cases.<br/><br/>66 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Content is NOT King!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/78067</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/78067</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:55:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/78067</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Web is not a monarchy, read why.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Suggestions for a Beginning Blogger]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76847</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76847</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:27:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76847</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Veteran SEO blogger Bill Slawski of SEO by the SEA asks &quot;What suggestions would you offer a beginning blogger?&quot; and offers 10 of his own.<br/><br/>71 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Critical Steps for Every Marketing Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76385</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76385</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:37:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76385</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yeah, down to earth best practice approach to follow.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No Bullshit Social Media Marketing: Focus!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76362</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76362</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:39:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76362</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Mass submitting of poor quality content to all kinds of social media sites will not work. Social media is not the shortcut that many people want it to be&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google FriendRank, the PageRank for Web 2.0?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/75622</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/75622</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:36:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/75622</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This article at BusinessWeek introduces a new method of ranking by Google, the ranking of people and how influential they are. Will it be called FriendRank?<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[50$ Per Click: Mesothelioma vs DUI & the Top 100]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/73510</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/73510</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/73510</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meet Meso-the-Lioma, the US champion in cost per click: Approx 50$! There are several contenders from the DUI team though. Check out the top 100 of the national PPC league.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70311</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70311</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:38:47 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70311</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities - a flaw in Apple Safari (WebKit) and a Java bug discussed at this year's Black Hat conference - to trick users into launching executables direct from the new browser.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Traffic trends for Digg vs. nine other social news sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69786</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69786</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:06:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69786</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Social news traffic: Mixx is the fastest growing, Digg still the biggest, Sphinn is not bad at all for a niche community with targeted traffic.<br/><br/>52 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[0800 Numbers Do NOT Convert Study Finds Out]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69330</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69330</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:19:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69330</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Engine ready compared conversion rates of local numbers vs free 088 numbers. The surprise: Local numbers convert much better!<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 30 Easiest Ways to Get Links and Exposure]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69035</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69035</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:16:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69035</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are difficult ways to get links, like link exchange for instance and there are easy ones. Check out these 30 easiest methods to gain links.<br/><br/>82 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Twins: I want to be number one]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67589</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67589</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:34:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67589</guid>
<description><![CDATA[National Post story on ego-googling, Google identity crisis, SEO and online reputation management. One of the best press stories about the need for SEO I have read.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Majority of SEOs Wants to Buy Nofollow Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64122</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64122</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:26:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64122</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Poor Matt Cutts, SEOs adapt once again. A recent Search Engine Roundtable survey reveals: SEOs want to buy links even if they're nofollowed: 50% of respondents said they would.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[30 Quick and Clean One Minute SEO Tweaks for Higher Profits]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64121</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64121</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:19:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64121</guid>
<description><![CDATA[These 30 &quot;intermediate SEO&quot; tweaks take one minute each and can increase profits significantly. They're &quot;quick and clean&quot; on top of that, they're no &quot;SEO tricks&quot;.<br/><br/>65 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Steps for Creating a Social Media Marketing Roadmap]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64120</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64120</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:14:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64120</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent blueprint for a social media (marketing) campaign.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Insights for Search - New Killer Keyword Research Tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63851</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63851</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:32:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63851</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Forget Google Zeitgeist, Trends and Adwords Traffic Estimator as well as the Keyword-Tool. Google Insights for Search is the new killer keyword research tool we will work with daily and gladly.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Trust Made my Blog Triumph]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63467</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63467</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:36:31 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63467</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What is the single most important factor in the success of my blog? Why? How to make your blog trustworthy enough to get 1000 subscribers after one year of part time blogging.<br/><br/>52 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Can't Separate Social Media and SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60484</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60484</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:00:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60484</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Social media and SEO are now inextricably linked. You couldn't separate 'em if you tried.&quot; - Ian Lurie.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google accused of ad fraud over AdWords on parked domains]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59625</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59625</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:57:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59625</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google has been sued for wasting advertiser's money and selling ads on spam sites.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google 2.0 Goes Social: Is This The Future Of Search?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/59621</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/59621</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:40:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/59621</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This Video shows a new version of Google where everybody can edit, comment and vote for results.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 10 Worst Findability Crimes Committed by Web Designers & Developers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58138</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58138</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:36:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58138</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When web designers and/or developers build websites they often forget findability aka on-site SEO best practices. I'm sure you can relate with these 10 crimes against findability.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Rankings Highly Unstable]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57705</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57705</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:01:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57705</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google breakdance anybody?<br/><br/>52 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New WordPress SEO All-in-one Plugin Solution]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57360</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57360</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:20:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57360</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This WordPress SEO plugin solution is an all in one plugin that seemingly surpasses all other allround WordPress plugins.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Catch the brainwaves of Jeff Quipp]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56949</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56949</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:56:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56949</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeff of Search Engine People about himself, prophecy, social media, search conferences, early computers in the eighties etc.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jason Calacanis - SEO Has No Future]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56519</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56519</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:49:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56519</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hilarious: Back to future with Jason Calacanis.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Benefits of Speaking at Search Engine Conferences]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55426</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55426</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:19:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55426</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;On Tuesday instead of working I went to SES Hamburg (a leading search engine conference, sidenote for the uninitiated) for some fun&quot; Now was it more than that? [Take note, this is a revised version of my submission.]<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 kick ass Open source E-commerce platforms reviewed]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52205</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52205</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:14:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Tips &amp; Tools</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52205</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;There are a number of ways of getting a shop online, and we've focused primarily on open source e-commerce platforms here.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wikia Search - Results for: seo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51176</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51176</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:08:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to do real search engine optimzation? That is optimize a search engine? Now you can. Join the efforts at Wikia to cleanup the results for SEO. I just had to undelete Wolf Howl! SEO Book and SEOmoz is up but Matt Cutts and Wikipedia suck for this query.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Great 2.0 SEO Forums Alternatives]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50955</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50955</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:15:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50955</guid>
<description><![CDATA[John Carcutt asks at Search Engine Journal: Are SEO forums still needed? If you ask me: No. I stopped using SEO forums a year ago. (...) To show you what great SEO forums alternatives there are, I just collected 7 of them<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter Magic: Force Your Readers to Click!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49692</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49692</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 02:31:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49692</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How to make people click your links on Twitter.<br/><br/>52 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Typical SEO 2.0 Services, Do You Offer Them?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48992</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48992</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 05:53:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48992</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEO is not about keywords, on-page tweaking and directory submission anymore, it has evolved. Do you offer these typical SEO for Web 2.0 or SEO 2.0 services? If you do submit your site now in the comments!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linkbait-Gate: Examining the Fallout - CopyWrite]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48245</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48245</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 05:54:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48245</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A very good summary of the recent SEO hoax as linkbait debate. I do not necessarily agree but it's a thorough overview.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Offer Old Wine in New Bottles to Achieve More with Less]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46602</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46602</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:24:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46602</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We all know that the older the wine the better it is. How does this apply to blogging or does it at all? It does. You can achieve more with less time and effort: You get more content and more credibility with simple measures.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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