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<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:58:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gates throws down gauntlet: "We will build the world's best search."]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49373</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49373</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:58:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Buried in the promotional hoo-hah for &quot;Touch Windows&quot; is Big Blue's current spin on the Yahoo! deal (Ballmer says: &quot;We walked away...&quot;) and Bill Gates' big vision post-retirement: building &quot;the world's best search.&quot;No mention of how they plan to usurp the brand recognition of that other search engine.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft tells Yahoo! to sh** or get off the pot]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38971</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38971</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:38:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Yahoo</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38971</guid>
<description><![CDATA[High noon is three short weeks away...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[nofollow, straight from the horse's mouth]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35816</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35816</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:50:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35816</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At a Q&amp;A session with Google, Yahoo, and MSN, I directly asked  them to provide their current opinions on using 'nofollow' on internal site links.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Swag review: the pens of SES NY]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35553</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35553</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:07:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35553</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Loads of people are doing better session writeups than I, so instead I give you a completely arbitrary look at that ever popular expo giveaway, the ball point pen.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[R.N.C. Snaps Up Domain Names]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33144</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33144</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:48:36 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33144</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Someone in the Republican party has a clue about search marketing...as well as protecting domains that might be used to attack John McCain, there are dozens of domain names related to Clinton or Obama (norealexperience.com) are registered by the RNC or hosted on their servers.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why there will always be search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30839</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30839</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:32:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30839</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With more and more personalized search results, and sites like Amazon, Last.fm, or Stumbleupon suggesting new things to explore, the web is trying to be the friend who passes me a book and says, &quot;I think you'll like this.&quot; But they won't replace the need to simply go look stuff up.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are free directories worth the effort?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26811</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26811</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:57:59 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26811</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When is a free link not free? When you pay for it later. A post musing on free directories, questions to ask when vetting links, and blatant pimping of some other link development articles that have been useful recently.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the most of server errors]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22639</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22639</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:13:46 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22639</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On a large dynamic site, 500 server errors are just as bound to happen as 404s, and they're far more troublesome. Here I look at how to deal with them properly to help keep both the spiders and your users on-site.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does new equal better at Google now?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20983</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20983</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:24:13 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20983</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Boldly sphinning myself for the first time... Has Google defined 'more recent' as 'more relevant?'<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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