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<title>Sphinn / robgarner / Voted News</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:32:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SEMPO Rings NASDAQa4s Bell]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/89316</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/89316</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:32:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/89316</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's official - SEMPO rang the bell at NASDAQ.  Tremendous significance for SEMPO, and the SEM industry as a whole.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Our Brains Becoming a4Googlized?a4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/85118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/85118</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:02:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/85118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting column by Gord Hotchkiss, especially when contrasted with Nicholas Carr's recent Atlantic Monthly article.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tech Companies Win a4White Spacesa4 Airwaves Decision]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/83253</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/83253</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:13:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/83253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's long running appeal for the white space spectrum  has been granted.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Settles Book Search Copyright Lawsuit For $125 Million, Paves Way For Novel Services]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81712</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81712</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:26:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81712</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sounds like an incredible deal.  Now that they are free to continue scanning, Google should be able to make up that amount many times over once they start serving ads on those pages.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Adds Fighter Jet To Air Fleet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/81150</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/81150</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:25:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/81150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What's next, a space shuttle? This is the ultimate weapon in their fight against Web spam.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Issues Search a4Weather Reporta4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/78923</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/78923</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:49:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/78923</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! updates! their! index!. Check! your! rankings! now!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Now Working With Click Forensics]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/78653</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/78653</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:07:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/78653</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Third party click fraud monitor reports now accepted by Google.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Investor Seeks New Microsoft Takeover Bid]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/78127</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/78127</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:23:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/78127</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! is rethinking its stance on a Microsoft takeover, given the current Wall Street situation.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Banner Ads & Image Ads On Google Images]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/76719</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/76719</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:30:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/76719</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even more evidence that Google is about to make a radical shift from pure text ads, to image based/enhanced ad placements.  Major implications for advertisers and agencies.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google News Error Aids In United Airlines Stock Drop]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71786</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71786</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:41:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71786</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEL's coverage of the Google News / United Airlines stock price debacle.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Volume Comes To Google Keyword Tool & Live Search Updates]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57660</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57660</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:44:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57660</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barry Schwartz is seeing quantitative data in the Google keyword tool.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Marketer Rob Snell Testifies Before Congress]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54578</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54578</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:56:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54578</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rob Snell tells his incredible story of how he was asked to testify in a congressional hearing on the impact of the Internet on small business.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Web is Social]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53792</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53792</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53792</guid>
<description><![CDATA['All sounds like a big &quot;duh,&quot; right? But it is surprisingly difficult for digital agencies to understand the technology trends that are and will fundamentally impact their business. As the idea that &quot;the Web is social&quot; permeates the digital agency world, digital strategy will need a complete new approach. &quot;Social media&quot; won't be an ala carte offering or afterthought, but rather central to digital strategy. Social media isn't social mediaa4it is the Web.&quot;<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Decisions based on what?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51797</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51797</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:30:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51797</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good question posed by Stan Pugsley.  Very good question indeed.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Launches "Search and Give" Charity]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50776</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50776</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:15:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50776</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice idea to give to those who need it.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Defines IP Delivery, Geolocation & Cloaking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50464</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50464</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:22:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50464</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Barry Schwartz at SEL, &quot;Maile Ohye at the Google Webmaster Central Blog has &quot;defined&quot; what Google considers to be IP delivery, geolocation and cloaking.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting The Most Out Of A Search Marketing Conference]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50290</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50290</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:58:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50290</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good article by Carfax SEM manager Andrea Harris on how to gain extra value out of a search marketing conference.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google: Android Phones Coming This Year]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50286</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50286</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:15:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50286</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here comes Android.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[.INFO Domains Banned from Google For Two Days Last Week]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50276</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50276</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:55:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50276</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Several reports that .info top level domains may have been dropped from Google.  Maybe it was a test, maybe it's a sign of a future devaluation of trust in the TLD.  Ouch.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Finance and the Real Time Web]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50263</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50263</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:41:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50263</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Real time finance.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First preview of Google's Android phone]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49968</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49968</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:46:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49968</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The device allows owners to unlock it by drawing on the screen, and includes a built-in compass to help with navigation.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For Obama The Online Marketer It's All About Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49786</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49786</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:26:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49786</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Obama likes Google for marketing online.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forget Competition, the Search Wars are Over]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49615</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49615</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:45:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49615</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting commentary from Kevin Ryan.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Earth API browser plugin link]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49611</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49611</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:00:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49611</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Link to the new Google Earth browser plugin.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who Owns All These Comments? You? Us? Someone Else?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49603</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49603</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:15:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49603</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting question - who owns your posted comments?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Maps Spotcrime.com Mashup]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49602</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49602</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:08:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49602</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting mashup of criminal activity and Google maps.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Murdoch Predicts Icahn Fight For Yahoo Will Fail]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49540</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49540</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 08:53:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49540</guid>
<description><![CDATA[But he thinks Icahn might still make a few hundred million off the deal.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo! Search Index Update]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49289</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49289</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:23:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49289</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo is rolling out a natural update.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's CEO Talks Up Mobile Ad Opportunity]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49282</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49282</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:46:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49282</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greg Sterling on the strategic importance of the mobile internet to Google's future intitiatives.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Copiepresse Vexing Google With $77M Demand]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49094</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49094</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 12:15:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49094</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Robots.txt anyone?  It seems that Copiepresse wants to press the issue of the open Web with Google, no pun intended.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New York Times Content Will Be Programmable]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49017</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49017</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 07:34:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49017</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NYT is taking their content to the next level via an API into their content archives.  It was only last year that they opened up subscription-based content to search engines.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google says Viacom threatens freedom]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49013</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49013</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 07:19:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49013</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More from Greg Sterling at SEL about the latest from Viacom and Google.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google to Viacom: Don't Turn YouTube into SueTube]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49011</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49011</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 07:17:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49011</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEW with the latest on Google vs. Viacom.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Burns Book Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48303</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48303</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:03:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48303</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This will strengthen Google's position as the primary aggregator of public domain works.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google's Larry Page appeals to policy makers on use of white space]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48136</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48136</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:20:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48136</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Page traveled to Wash DC to meet with politicians and the FCC.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google tweaked search 450 times in 2007]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48086</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48086</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 12:11:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48086</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case you were wondering, the number of Google tweaks was 450 in 2007.  Pretty much supports the notion that algo factors change on a daily basis.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Design vs. Search?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48057</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48057</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48057</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jon Maxson talks about the dilemma with search and design.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[comScore: Google Gets High Again In US Search Share]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48055</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48055</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:59:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48055</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan's analysis of Google increase in share, via comScore data, which puts Google at 61.6%, Yahoo at 20.4%, Microsoft at 9.1%, AOL at 4.6%, and Ask at 4.3%.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Sees Search Share Growth in April, Others Decline]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48030</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48030</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:49:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48030</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEW report on the growth of Google's share of market, citing comScore data.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Users Read with a Grain of Salt]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48004</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48004</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:12:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48004</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Also some interest stats on the how readers trust the Internet for news versus other mediums.  But it all comes back to trust and quality.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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