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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Lesser Evil: Being a Better Choice Than Your Competitors]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69880</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69880</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69880</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To win a customer or reader over, you need to manage their perspectives. You need to win their trust. You need to be the better choice, the lesser evil. To that end, you need an acute understanding and ongoing awareness of your competitors. What are other businesses or sites in your field are doing? What can you do to top their efforts?<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter hurts users not abusers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70418</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70418</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70418</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As twitter folds under the mighty pressure of Matt Cutts Google by removing the ability to get link juice from your profile link,Did Twitter stop the bots ..NO<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Get Started In Social Media | A Beginners Guide]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69067</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69067</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69067</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Getting involved in Social Media can be intimidating. So much so that you might not know where to even begin. There is Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Plurk, Mixx, Digg. There are blogs, forums, wikis, photo sharing, vlogging (video blogging), and others. They are all different, so which do you devote your time to? In this post I'm going to get back to the very beginninga4.I'm going to explain the very basics of how to get Started with Social Media.<br/><br/>58 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whata4s Really Black Hat Anyway?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67769</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67769</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67769</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week at SES, I sat in on the Black Hat, White Hat session. The panelists gave their definitions of &quot;white hat&quot; and &quot;black hat&quot;, and then talked about particular techniques, such as paid links, and whether they thought they were OK or not. The panelists talked about shades of gray and the lack of rules and the need for experimentation.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Confirms NewsDay.com Received PageRank Penalty for Selling Links]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58499</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58499</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:39:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58499</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The incredibly popular NewsDay.com was at a PageRank of five recently, and Google specifically confirmed that NewsDay received this PageRank penalty due to &quot;selling links that pass PageRank.&quot; But when I look at the Google Toolbar now at www.newsday.com, it shows a PageRank of 8, not a PageRank of 5.<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Your Site Social Media Friendly]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49957</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49957</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:14:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49957</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are active in social media marketing, you have probably come to understand that it is a whole lot more complicated than you thought it was going to be. Even as involved as I am in social media every day, I still learn new tricks and tactics daily.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing Tactical Knowledge on Social Media Websites: A Three-Part Strategy for DIY Marketers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49819</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49819</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:38:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49819</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ou're interested in promoting your website and brand through social media but don't know where to start. You don't want to spend money hiring a marketing company and want to do-it-yourself. How do you get started?<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinn's Sock Puppets Take Post to Frontpage]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47392</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47392</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:35:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47392</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;I am a regular participant in Sphinn, but lately I have been extremely disappointed in Sphinn's quality (or lack thereof).With the exception of Jeff Quipp, I am beginning to lose faith in their concern for administrative control there.&quot;<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg Users Revolt, The Digg Controversy, and The Responses]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46854</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46854</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 21:56:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46854</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great write up on the controversy with Digg and Mr Babyman.For months, a small but outspoken number of Digg's millions of other users have complained about seeing as many as three or four MrBabyMan submissions on the front page at one time. As we write this he has two front page stories. Those successes are outshined, however, by the most popular story on Digg Friday night: a cartoon accusing MrBabyMan of stealing stories from smaller Digg users.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tools For Engaging In Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42365</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42365</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:37:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42365</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We all know Social Media Marketing can be pretty time consuming. There are numerous social media communities, each requiring you to sign up, make a profile, and participate, in order to have any success with them. So it is only natural that you would like to have some helpful tools to short cut the process wherever possible.<br/><br/>64 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Mixx Hasn't Gotten The Following It Deserves - Yet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39494</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39494</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:10:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39494</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mixx, a social media submission site, is a newcomer on the scene, so it understandably will take a while for it to catch up with older sites like Digg, Propeller, Reddit, and StumbleUpon.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to To Compare Different SE's Results]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35319</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35319</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:04:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35319</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great post on comparing SERPS across multiple SE's by Ann Smarty.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Pubcon Rocks!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16870</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16870</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16870</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Next week offers one of the most significant opportunities for those in the search marketing world to up their knowledge, industry networks and have a great time doing it. WebmasterWorld's Pubcon conference in Las Vegas has acquired a certain gravitational pull that's impossible to ignore. There are many reasons why this is true, so I've pinged a few Pubcon veterans to share why they love Pubcon and why it's something search marketers should seriously consider getting involved with.<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan & Rand Fishkin Interview Pt II]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16613</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16613</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:56:28 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16613</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As promised, here's a bonus edition of Whiteboard Friday, Part II of Rand's interview with the one, the only, Danny Sullivan.  Part II covers what Danny would like to label &quot;Search 3.0,&quot; that is to say Vertical Search, Universal Search, Integrated Search, Blended Search, etc (of course, most of those are trademarked, hence the need for a generic term like Search 3.0).<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to use Google webmaster tools stats with Excel]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16200</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16200</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:24:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16200</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google's webmaster tools has a neat feature that lets you download your query and click statistics (once you have verified ownership of your site). The data you can get from there is quite comprehensive, but hard to break down for use in Excel.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Push Marketing V.S. Pull Marketing: Using Both Strategies to Promote Your Site]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15995</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15995</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:48:59 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15995</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;In business parlance, push-pull marketing refers to different ways of promoting a business model in order to reach a target market. In push marketing, you a4push' your content or product towards the audience which may or may not be aware of it.&quot;<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You a Social Media Idiot?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16182</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16182</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:05:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16182</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Those of us who are not social media idiots know that participating in sites like Facebook or Digg or StumbleUpon or even Twitter help build our personal brands, not destroy it. It allows us to break down the cold exterior we sometimes give off and invite people into our lives to get to know us, or at least the version of us that we want them to know. It's about building personal recognition and associating your name with warm, fuzzy things&quot;<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seth Godin Interview - What's a Meatball Sundae?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15718</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15718</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:04:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15718</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;In my latest interview, I sat down again with Seth Godin to talk about his upcoming keynote speech at SES Chicago..&quot;<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Patent on Web Spam, Doorway Pages, and Manipulative Articles]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15977</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15977</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:07:23 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15977</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;A patent granted to Google today explores Web spam and the manipulation of documents and links on the Web. It describes how the rankings of pages may be influenced if they are identified as &quot;manipulative.&quot;<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Struggling For Links In Competitive Markets? Try Reputation Link Bait]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15731</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15731</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:37 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15731</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great twist on the standard link bait methods. Great article!<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jane from SEOMoz- Presentation from SMX London on LinkBait]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14962</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14962</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:37:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14962</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great concise and informative presentation by Jane from SEOMoz on LinkBait<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Ways to Get Screwed by Social Media Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5312</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5312</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:21:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5312</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another great post by Aaron, breaking down the pros and cons of Link baiting.<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to build tons of relevant inbound links with Google News and boost your rankings]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4558</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4558</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:16:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4558</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A great post by Mat Siltala on how to maximize your exposure and build a boat load of good juicy links.. Enjoy!<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dangers of Digg Self-Submission (And How To Avoid Them)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4412</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4412</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:06:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4412</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's some great back to basics Digg tips regarding submissions and how to get the most from them..<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Run A Successful StumbleUpon Advertising Account]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4139</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4139</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:16:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4139</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some great advice on running a succesful Sumbleupon campaign.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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