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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:22:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Launches Web Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/77709</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/77709</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:22:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/77709</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt McGee writes: Yahoo has announced that they'll begin to roll out Yahoo Web Analytics (beta) on a limited basis beginning this week. According to Jitendra Kavathekar, Yahoo's Web Analytics VP, the service has already been made available to select Yahoo advertisers and third-party application developers.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hierarchy of Social Media Needs]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/64243</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/64243</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:02:51 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/64243</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dana Larson writes.. We all know by now that in order to become a true social media maven, one must spend time within each specific social community and actually participate (and if you don't know that by now, you are doing it all terribly, terribly wrong). Social sites are not designed for the classic swoop-and-dump (think seagulls) tactic, so users need to be careful with how they are using social media for marketing and what kind of information to pass along to other users.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy 1st Birthday Sphinn]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58302</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58302</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:39:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58302</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Sphinn! It was one year ago today (actually July 11, 2007 but I'm traveling) that Danny notified beta testing SEOs: &quot;We're now open to the public. Thank you everyone for all your help -- it's deeply appreciated.&quot;Sphinn has been a hugely valuable resource to me and I'm thankful to have meet so many great people as a result of activity here.Thanks Sphinn. Here is to many more birthdays!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Twitter Will Always Be King Of Micro-Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57768</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57768</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:37:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57768</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kieran Hawe writes... Is there a day that goes by where some new micro-blogging &quot;Twitter Killer&quot; isn't launched? Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, FriendFeeda4the list goes on and on. Each comes out the gate promising to be the next big thing and outside of a few earlier adopters they usually fizzle into social media purgatory - some good user numbers but nothing to get that excited over.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More People Share WOM Offline, But Does That Make Offline Stronger?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56651</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56651</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56651</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WOM (Word of Mouth)Jennifer Laycock writes... Almost anytime I talk about viral marketing, the subject of offline word of mouth verses online word of mouth comes up. People ask questions like which is more powerful, which has more potential and which leads to higher conversions and purchases.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Caffeine and Alcohol Drink Buying Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50777</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50777</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:20:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50777</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After attending only a few SEO events and conferences, it becomes apparent that search marketers like two things just about as much as they like links. Those two things are caffeine and alcohol, something you'll typically find in great abundance at your next search marketing event.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Internet Tastemaker Diggs Himself a Hole]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48351</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48351</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:22:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48351</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NPR News writes... Andrew Scorcini, known to millions as MrBabyMan, has made a name for himself with his unrivaled skill at posting stories on a fiercely democratic Web portal. But recently and even on his beloved portal, Digg.com, the name MrBabyMan has been the target - rather than the generator - of a Web firestorm.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Things Twitter Shouldn't Be Doing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46863</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46863</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 16:15:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46863</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Andrew Feinberg writes... Twitter is at an awkward point in their lifetime. It's their age of prepubescence. The time in every young tech companies life when it's time to face some of the issues that will thrust them into their teenage and adult lives. And just like any pre-teen, they are bound to make some pretty stupid decisions, while going through some awkward changes, physically and mentally.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stupid Google Tricks: How often do you cut your hair?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46394</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46394</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:06:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46394</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts writes... The other day I realized that I enter my haircut appointments into Google Calendar, so I can search for &quot;haircut OR (the place I get my hair cut)&quot; and see when I've gotten my hair cut.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Summize Gains Local Twitter Search Option]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46161</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46161</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:05:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46161</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan writes... Summize has already turned into my preferred tool to search for what people are saying on Twitter. Now it's gained a way to see what people are twittering about near a local area.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Friend Connect How To Video]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45852</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45852</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:32:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45852</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tonight, Google launched their new social application called Friend Connect. According to the information page (only launched within the past hour) &quot;Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Live Twittering A Conference? Try Live Twitting!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45324</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45324</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:57:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45324</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan writes... I recently had a go at live twittering a conference and what a pain! First, I was flooding my followers with constant updates. Second, trying to recreate what I live twittered into a blog post was a nightmare, with me literally having to cut-and-paste newer twits above the older ones to reconstruct the proper chronology<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Reasons I Am Successful, And You Are Not]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39918</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39918</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:54:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39918</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Neil Patel writes: One thing I get asked frequently is how did you become successful. Usually when people ask this they are looking for 1 answer, but the truth is there are a lot of factors that caused my success.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter hasn't yet taken the journalist community by storm]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39128</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39128</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:02:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39128</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Charles Cooper writes: Out of curiosity, I drew up a list of 55 technology journalists to find out how many use Twitter, arguably one of the most important social-media technologies on the scene. I included names of some online reporters--including colleagues from CNET as well as TechCrunch--but in the main, the list is comprised of people employed by A-list newspapers and periodicals.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Ways To Have Fun with Twitter When You're Bored]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35465</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35465</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:55:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35465</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alex Iskold writes: We've all had one of those days when the universe seems to be playing games with us. Things haven't quite worked out all day, there's nothing good on TV, all your friends are out with each other and forgot (didn't want?!) to call you. Even 10 years ago this sort of Friday night would have been lonely. But these days, if you are plugged into the web, you simply cannot be bored!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google News' New Local Angle]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27323</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27323</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:04:46 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27323</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greg Sterling writes... Just as Ask is introducing &quot;BigNews,&quot; Google is offering local news. The Google New Blog says that the new capabilities allow users to &quot;create a local section for any city, state or country in the world.&quot; As the Google News Blog admits, Google isn't the first to do this. Topix.com was. And Topix powers local news feeds for sites like CNN (scroll for local).<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SES Session:  Usability and SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17210</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17210</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:19:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17210</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From TopRankBlog coverage at SES... Truly, is there anything in the world more beautiful than a perfectly designed website?One that is easy to find, easy to navigate, all while burning its design into the heart of its visitors?Like a perfect marriage, it contains seamless and complimentary aspects of all that have a stake in its creation to the point that its union seems almost too easy.Our nation's high divorce rate serves to remind us that it's truly not as easy as it looks. My first session at SES Chicago, &quot;Usability &amp; SEO&quot; served as a reminder that these two complimentary concepts do not blend seamlessly without a bit of work.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women of Internet Marketing Interviews from Los Angeles]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16215</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16215</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:02:19 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16215</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Li Evans of Search Marketing Gurus has two great interviews today from Sunny Los Angeles. One is with Karen Wickre of Google, and the other is with Kami Watson Huyse of My PR Pro.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating Conversations with Your Readers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12958</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12958</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:12:23 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12958</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fast Hands Lisa Barone Live Blogging from BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas. Session on creating conversations with your readers...<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinn at Pubcon Vegas 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12732</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12732</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:38:56 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12732</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In my experience, one of the little used features on Sphinn is the calendar. ( http://sphinn.com/calendar.php )Pubcon in Las Vegas is less than 30 days away and there are only five attendees currently listed (on the calendar) from Sphinn. I'd really like to see all people from Sphinn that are attending this event (especially speakers) to include your user profile on the list.It would be great to get face-to-face with other Sphinn members while in Las Vegas.What you say?<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Search Marketing Face-Off: #3]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11104</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11104</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:51:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11104</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting post by Jake Matthews on 10e20.com about 2008 Presidential Search Marketing efforts. Not only is there plenty of information covered, there is going to be lot's of opportunity for SEOs (or clients) OK to discuss politics.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mapping The Southern California Fires]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10670</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10670</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:50:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10670</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An example of SEOs that never stop working... Southern California reporter, Danny Sullivan, comes to the rescue with map information regarding the Southern California fires.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Ladies of SMX Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9799</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9799</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:59:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9799</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From aimClear comes a post from Nathania Johnson: There is nothing quite like the power of a woman's intuition. And this week, seven women have brought both their intuition and expertise to SMX Social Media in New York City. Many of these ladies are familiar within the SEO industry, but now we have the privilege of lending our ear to their Social Media Marketing knowledge.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pics From Inside Digg Labs]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9367</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9367</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:54:55 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9367</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan takes us behind the scenes for exclusive insider photos at Digg Labs. Friday Fun!<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Minutes with Vanessa Fox on Zillow]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7988</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7988</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:07:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7988</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Video interview from TopRankBlog with Lee Odden and Vanessa Fox.Sphunn this because...1) it's great to see what others here are doing2) the topic ties into this weeks hot discussion on local search3) what works for Zillow may work for your niche!<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Turn Your Small Biz Website Into An Online Yellow Pages & Get Qualified Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7736</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7736</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:10:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7736</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What Andrew talks about in his latest post works, and it works well. Pay attention small business owners, you could easily become a great source for local traffic in your community.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimize Google Listings with Meta Description Makeovers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7713</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7713</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:40:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7713</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Loren Baker and his Monday Morning Tips for better Meta Descriptions.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Win $250 in Free Pay Per Call Ads From Voicestar!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7407</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7407</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:48:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7407</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Noticed this today on Local SEO Guide which I learned about here on Sphinn. I've used the service for almost 2 years and it's a great way to track incoming calls. If you're doing local search, it's a great tool.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons Ia4ve Learned About Birthdays]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7336</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7336</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:46:56 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7336</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some things I've learned and was reminded of in the past few daysa4Generally, people love birthdays, and rightfully so. There are few things better than being able to give well wishes to someone you appreciate, love, admire, share friendship with, or whatever. Ever notice in restaurants that when someone has a birthday, even strangers at neighboring tables want to participate? Think about it, it's really very cool that we direct positive energy to apparently total strangers in celebrating their date of birth.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinntacular Event! Sphinn Head to Head Battle 2x 2x 2x]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6541</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6541</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:59:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6541</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you went to bed early Friday night, the night of September 21, you missed out on what was likely the first Sphinn-To-Sphinn, Head-To-Head, Post-To-Post event of the year. 2 Minutes to Midnight, 2 Sphinners, 2 Submissions, 2 Minutes Apart, Sphinn history in the making!!!<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Encourage Clients to Engage In Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6495</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6495</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:10:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6495</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone from Bruce Clay says... Dealing with clients sometimes means having to rein them in. Take Bob, for example. Bob was doing some reading on the Web the other day and he heard that making it to the front page of Digg will automatically make him a millionaire and turn his unborn children smarter, prettier and more well-liked. He wants to be on Digg. Right. Now. He doesn't care what you have to do to get him there.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting Social with Local SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6327</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6327</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:54:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6327</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Social networking has taken on many forms (and continues to morph) in the quickly evolving online media world. In local search, this trend manifests itself in user-generated ratings and reviews for restaurants, bars, lawyers, and dog washers.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The SEO Reputation Solution]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6271</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6271</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:34:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you've just got to evangelize for others, and get the message out for all those people who may be thinking negatively about an industry. SEOs, bear with me.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg Goes Deeper with Social Networking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6146</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6146</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:01:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What Digg's users need, says Adelson, are social-networking tools. On Sept. 19 the company is launching a host of new features that might seem more at home on Facebook or News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace than on a Web site where users post links to online articles and other media. The intent is to make it easier for users to find others who share their passions by enabling them to form small groups of &quot;friends&quot; and create fuller personal profiles. &quot;This is really the first time that we have enabled communications between users,&quot; says Rose.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Local SEO Beats Print Yellow Pages: Case Study]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5848</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5848</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:36:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5848</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Early this morning I was commenting on a post appearing on Sphinn related to local business searches and yellow page advertising. Moments after I finished my comment I received a phone call I'd like to believe came as a result of optimized local SEO. In hopes of us all learning from it, I thought I'd share that information with you today.If you have specific questions feel free to discuss them here...<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 5 Yellow Pages Local Directory Websites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5646</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5646</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:19:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5646</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're an investor, a local business owner, or both, this article on yellow page directories will help you to better understand who's engaging the consumer, and who's left their online phonebook on a virtual doorstep, still waiting for it to be picked up.In a growing market of user generated Web 2.0 web sites, don't let the idea of a stale &quot;phonebook&quot; directory fool you. Three of the five of these online directories are currently ranked among the hottest properties on the Internet.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Impossibly Great Linkbait Article Tips]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5574</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5574</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:09:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5574</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Make the impossible possible by following these tipsa4Load up Your Linkbait Tackle BoxIn order for this to work on a regular basis, you've got to be organized and well prepared. If you want to hit topics while the iron is hot, you've got to have the basics taken care of in advance. Regardless if your story is going to be about a celebrity, a sports figure, a holiday, or current event, the goal is to drive traffic to your preselected locations.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO for 2008 Presidential Candidates]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5118</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:06:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are running for President of the United States of America in 2008 and you don't have a sharp shooting SEO team on your payroll, covering your assets online, you may as well pack it up. You are better off volunteering to make campaign buttons for someone else in your party. Call me crazy, but I believe the next president of the United States is going to be the one whose team best utilized Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, and Social Media on the Web.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[See How Easily You Can Drive New Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4513</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4513</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:21:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4513</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A good example to share with your clients that continue to create boring, inside the box, blog posts, that don't drive much new traffic.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Timely On-Topic Content Can Bump Your Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4227</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4227</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:45:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4227</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An example of how getting timely on-topic content posted on a regular basis (and associated with your niche), can help bump your traffic, when it comes to news searches, organic search, and blog searches via Google.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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