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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:22:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Google's Abolition of Trademark Protection is Hypocrisy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42153</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42153</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:22:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42153</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google have recently allowed UK companies to bid on each others brands in a move that they claim will help users.  It won't, and its Google being hypocritical here's why.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Banned From AdSense?  You Might be soon!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36742</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36742</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:11:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdSense</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36742</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Blog post about why the current trickle of publishers getting banned from the AdSense program is about to become a flood, and why this is a good thing.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your Competitors Cana4t Hurt You a4 Not Anymore]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31664</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31664</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:36:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31664</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The time was that Google offered some degree of protection from the actions of their competitors, however they have quietly removed the one item from their webmaster advice that people could have drawn on for support in the event of a ban.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Holistic SEO - Part 1]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30933</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30933</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:50:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30933</guid>
<description><![CDATA[introductory article about the principals behind a holistic approach to search engine marketing, and how it can boost the return on investment offered by SEO<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo add del.icio.us tags to search results]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24395</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24395</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:51:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24395</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo have started to include the number of times a site has been tagged in del.icio.us within their natural search results.  How important is this for SEO, and does this mean that the social bookmarking network is going to get even more spammy as more webmasters seek to boost their profile?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Much Should SEO cost?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20112</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20112</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:09:15 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20112</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why a fixed cost model doesn't work for SEO, and why you really shouldn't be selling yourself short when it comes to creating a price list for clients...<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Started The Downfall of Digg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19446</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19446</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:43:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19446</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shoemoney's take on the way in which Digg has changed - and not for the best<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Abusing Social Media Short Changes Users (and Clients)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18246</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18246</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:39:54 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18246</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why users should always be the most important part of any social media strategy, and why the power of the web is increasingly in the hands of the masses.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Popular Search Term: Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/17662</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/17662</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:37:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/17662</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it that users seem to use the other search engines simply to get to Google?  Is it an issue of trust, or do they simply not realize what a search engine actually is?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Have Google declared war on SEO?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16963</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16963</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16963</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Does a throw away comment by Matt Cutts mean that Google are able to devalue links within an entire industry?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PageRank is not just a green bar - it matters!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16665</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16665</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:30:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16665</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Article about the factors that underlie Google PageRank, and why despite what you might hear in a Forum, it really does matter<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quumf   Blog Archive    Ask your mum why search matters]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16470</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16470</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:08:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16470</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why getting the right sites to the top of the search results in Google matters to people other than SEO professionals.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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