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<title>Sphinn / pittfall / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:53:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox counters Google's browser speed test]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70345</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70345</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:53:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70345</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mozilla fought back on Wednesday with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing Google's new Web browser, Chrome.During a launch event Tuesday, Google was eager to toot its horn about Chrome's performance running JavaScript, a programming language used to power many sophisticated Web applications such as Google Docs, Yahoo's Zimbra e-mail site, and Zoho's online application suite. Google showed performance results using its own collection of five JavaScript benchmarks and V8, Chrome's JavaScript engine, but Mozilla countered with a different test called SunSpider.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Chrome Comic Book]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69925</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69925</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:22:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69925</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is this a webcomic?No. It was designed as a printed comic for journalists and bloggers. Lots of people have had fun scanning those advance printed copies and posting them however, which is fine with Google (and me) since it's published under the creative commons license.The scanned-in versions are clunky, Mr. Webcomics Guy!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Search Penalty Discussions Worry You?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65736</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65736</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:39:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65736</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the variety of penalty discussions we read about, one who starts following the forum discussion is bound to get paranoid. At least, that's the case for one WebmasterWorld member who considers himself &quot;white hat,&quot; but still is worried about the variety of penalties that he keeps reading about.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would You Buy a Link With a NoFollow Attribute?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48976</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48976</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 04:30:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48976</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is what paid links were intended for, right?The paid link debate continues... a probing question with a poll. Answer honestly and find out if you are in the majority or the minority of online marketers.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Pushing Local Search?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45174</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45174</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:22:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45174</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google testing new local search adjustments in organic results.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What are Some Questions to Ask an SEO Firm to Check their Legitimacy?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43539</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43539</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:39:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43539</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What differentiates a SEO Firm from the others available and what would be the best fit for your marketing needs?Here are a few questions that will help you sniff out the legitimacy of a firm.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Illustrated: An SEO Checklist]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23247</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23247</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:57:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23247</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This week's infographic depicts a handy checklist that will help get you through any new site launch or transition.Covering the basics like robots.txt to making sure your 404 is covered, a graphically enhanced checklist of the basics of setting up a new domain.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Overall Search Marketing Blog of 2007 : Search Engine Who?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22006</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22006</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:56:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22006</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well that's that... Search Engine Land is the Best Overall Search Marketing Blog of 2007!Congrats to Danny, Barry and the whole Crew!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Blogs Award Voting : Quality vs. Quantity]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21656</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21656</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:54:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21656</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Loren discusses the voting for this years Search Blog Awards. The debate of quantity of votes against the quality of votes.I guess we shall see what the outcome is tomorrow when the winners are announced.Good luck to everyone on the ballots!<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Christmas - Google Guy is Coming to Town]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20193</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:41:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A humorous poem for the Christmas season:&quot;He's making an indexAnd caching it twiceGonna find out who's buying PageRankGoogle Guy is coming to town&quot;Merry Christmas!<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who's Ranking For Knol? Hello, Wikipedia!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19253</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19253</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:16:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Very interesting about the affect of Wikipedia over Google SERPs from Danny Sullivan. Who is the authority according to Google? Wikipedia, of course.Though little is known about the new project from Google (knol), Wikipedia joins the results on the first page for the new search term above others (namely Search Engine Land) that had released information about the project before most other sources.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Killing Two Birds with One Stone - Knol Tackles Wikipedia and Squidoo]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19027</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19027</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:00:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19027</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is knol just a hybrid of Squidoo and Wikipedia?Does Seth Godin have a sense of humor?These questions answered and more, plus an overview of the new project from Google called knol. A unit of knowledge.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Google AdWordsa4 Click-to-Call Ending]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16633</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16633</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:16:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16633</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google has notified AdWords advertisers that the Click-to-Call  &quot;experiment&quot; is ending. Why? Could it be because of concerns that AT&amp;T might sue over patents that Ingenio (a new purchase) owns? Or, should this be considered a failure for Google? Regardless, Google's first CPA type of advertising is no more, so what now?<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Friendly Design]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16307</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16307</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:41:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16307</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shari Thurow discusses the elements of design that many overlook. &quot;A person who truly comprehends search-engine friendly design knows how to combine all of these elements to meet user expectations, accomplish business goals, and meet the terms and guidelines set forth by the major web search engines.&quot;No blanket statements, just useful information to lead you to the right questions in relation to your specific needs and goals.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Landing Pages and Googlea4s Website Optimizer Patent Applications]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15603</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15603</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:23:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15603</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Covering four new patents and some great articles about the ins and outs of Google's Website Optimizer. It's not just for your paid campaigns either, find out more by reviewing the post.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Googlea4s Attempt at Ruling Media (ALL MEDIA)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14232</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14232</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:10:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14232</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google AdWords has launched TV ads in beta.Find out more information, sign up for the beta and a general &quot;what doesn't Google have it's hands in&quot; overview of the AdWords platform.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Microsoft Webmaster Portal is Live in Beta]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13482</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13482</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:52:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13482</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is a review of MSN's new webmaster portal now in beta. Find out what information Live Search is dishing out about your domain, websites linking to you, websites you link to and your competitors in SERPs. Find out more.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ MSN Jumps on the Analytics Train - Project Gatineau in beta]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11568</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11568</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:22:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft adCenter</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11568</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released the analytics service called Project Gatineau into limited beta to US advertisers. Here is a quick overview of sources of information on the new analytics service back from the initial news back in January. Will it live up to expectations?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Updates PageRank Again? Adjusts Paid Link Penalty?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11469</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11469</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:00:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11469</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting that another update to the PR goes into affect just as everything is starting to settle down.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Does College Football have in Common with SERPs?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9789</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9789</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:28:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9789</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SERPs are all about relevance, right?Here is a look at what the college football polls have in common with the results pages from different search engines.Read. Comment. Discuss.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Failed Algorithm Hits $600 on the NYSE]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8795</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8795</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:35:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8795</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tonight a story on Marketplace on NPR, Kai Ryssdal and Brian Cooley (from CNet) talked about the leap for Google's stock to join an elite group of six total stocks valued over $600 on the NYSE.Then Brian talked about what Google has done right and what they are not doing to strengthen the engine. Specifically he stated &quot;I know they know this at Google that this is a failed algorithm.&quot;So, who's it going to be? Ask, MSN, Yahoo or some start up like Cuill... before you consider it, check out more information from the story and hear it for yourself!<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Defined by Wired Magazine as "Gaming the System"?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8482</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8482</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:08:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8482</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent supplement to Wired Magazine called Geekipedia many topics are covered from Michael Arrington to Zillow, they even devote a small section to SEO. In what appears to be a Calacanis inspired excerpt, the magazine railed SEO's as the &quot;Wile E. Coyotes of the Internet economy.&quot;Discussion and a further look into the listing is provided.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Laziness 101 or Will RSS Go the Way of Reciprocal Linking?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7804</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7804</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:38:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7804</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new idea from an old post from copyblogger being pushed by blogs to exchange links to their blog via TLA's Feedvertising plugin.Is this an effective means for promoting yourself and your blog, or just another lazy technique to get more subscribers without having to work to build your reputation through other more social aspects of the web.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The DMOZ Blog Opens]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7016</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7016</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:27:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Tips &amp; Tools</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7016</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DMOZ is not dead, or is this the last gasp?The DMOZ blog opens as Google drops their directory index from SERPs, but is this the last gasp of the Goliath or a new beginning where the Open Directory becomes as valuable as the engines give?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IF Google Dropped the Open Directory, Would it be so Bad?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6791</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6791</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:11:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6791</guid>
<description><![CDATA[OK, apparently the DMOZ index page has been removed from the SERPs for remarkably relevant keywords like: dmoz, dmoz.org, www.dmoz.org, the open directory and others. This is probably a slight problem and the directory will show back up in a browser near you shortly. But, would it really be all that bad if it didn't?<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Wants You to Be Social and Share Your Stuff]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6323</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6323</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:37:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6323</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Shared Stuff is a new bookmarking tool (other than Google Bookmarks) with social aspects added to the process. This is similar to del.icio.us. The new tool is outlined and it's social aspects revealed.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BlogRush - Multi Level Marketing for Blog Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5887</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5887</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:54:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5887</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BlogRush (now in beta) has definitely gotten more than its share of link love from the blogosphere, but is this new syndication service really just a multi level marketing scheme? Here is more information about the service and reactions from around the net.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mash - Yahoo!a4s Answer to MySpace and Facebook]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5698</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5698</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:12:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5698</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mash, now in beta, could be Yahoo's answer to social portals MySpace, Facebook and others. Screenshot of the new product and details of profile pages are included.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can a Marketing Message be Social?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5665</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5665</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:50:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5665</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is a discussion of the social aspects of the web and if a marketing message is lost in social networks.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuill - Have We Found a Google Killer?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5074</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5074</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:31:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5074</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cuill, a search engine startup from previous Googlers. Some claim that they can index for 1/10th the cost of Google, but can they make it to the users before being bought by Google or others? Whatever the outcome, here is more information about this possible Google killer.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PeekYou.com - Online Reputation Management]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3272</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3272</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:15:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3272</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How do you separate your website from others? Make sure you have an online presence and this is no different. Here is an overview of the new people search PeekYou.com and what this offers users that are concerned about their online reputation.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Marketing Spotlight - The Other Engines]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2049</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2049</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:06:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2049</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for targeted traffic without the high price tag? You can find it when you market outside the box. Here are five valuable search marketing sources. They may not own a large stake of the market but they can deliver great traffic to increase your ROI.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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