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<title>Sphinn / swags2804 / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:45:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sphinn Zone - A Week's Worth of Sphinn]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51266</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51266</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:45:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51266</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dave (the Gypsy) Harry trawls through the week's Sphinn submissions and sorts the wheat from the chaff, so the rest of us don't have to ;) Make this man a mod. Now!<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Announces Updates to Live Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/44974</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/44974</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:13:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Microsoft Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/44974</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates announces updates to Live Search but won't go into specifics. Question is: will this be enough to finally make us care?<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web 2.0 is set for Spending Boom]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41930</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41930</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:11:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41930</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the BBC: &quot;Web 2.0 is set to be embraced by Enterprise 2.0 as businesses prepare to spend nearly $5 billion by 2013 on social networking tools.&quot;<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Humanising the Search Engine Beast]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41500</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41500</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:48:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41500</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Changing Everything Changes Everything...Search engine behaviour brought back down to the human level. Ruud Hein begins a news series explaining why the algorithms, however complicated they may seem, can be understood a little clearer by linking them to human behaviour.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Really Works: Simple Query Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36070</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36070</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:49:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36070</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More from Ruud at SEP's excellent (and a must-read for anyone serious about SEO) 'How Search Really Works' series. Once we understand the rudimentaries of how a search engine works (this time the basic query) we can use it to our advantage in the SEO process.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Burn 600 Calories a Day by Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34038</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34038</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:24:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34038</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You need never leave your computer screen again. Exercise and lose weight, whilst getting on with the more important tasks of blogging and social media participation. Great stuff!<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Determine a Good Online Directory]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34022</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34022</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:44:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34022</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice all-in-one piece discussing the factors to take into account for directory submissions. Great tips for the uninitiated.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Brilliant Things Ia4ve Learnt About Search Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33380</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33380</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:06:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33380</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dev Basu, SEO and social media maestro at Search Engine People moves on to pastures new, and leaves us with his 5 tips for maintaining search marketing and its future.<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Know You Are a Geek If...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29751</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29751</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:06:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29751</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Geek detection made easy in 39 steps, with SearchBuzz's amusing list. How many do you fall into?<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Dont Have to be Page 1 to be Successful]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27908</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27908</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27908</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Matt Rideout of SEO Unique explains why sometimes a 'page 1 ranking' just isn't necessary.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Up With the Joneses: Wrong (and the Right) Reasons for Online Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25891</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25891</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:08:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25891</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;... The same can be said of the SEO industry where there is lack of client understanding that we are providing a service that can't offer any guarantees with regards to what everybody seems to want, and that is a number one placing in Google...&quot;<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Friday Funnies: Tony Jalapeno...Podcastor]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23901</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23901</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:44:14 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23901</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Takes a second to sink in, but make sure there's no liquid + keyboard situation when it does.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[20 Bookmarks you Shouldn't be Without!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23891</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23891</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:34:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23891</guid>
<description><![CDATA[19 essential bookmarks we should all have, and one cheeky one for the dads. Maniac Mansion anyone?<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Find the Perfect Name for Your Website Business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22438</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22438</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:26:53 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22438</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gyutae takes us through the ins and outs of choosing the right name for your website.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep the Conversation Flowing in your Comments Box]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20600</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20600</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:14:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20600</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A 'How to' on separating trackbacks from your comments on Wordpress blogs.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weblogs Rack up a Decade of Posts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19123</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19123</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:23:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19123</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The word &quot;weblog&quot; celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[(Un)social Media - The Scourge of the Internet]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/16612</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/16612</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:27:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/16612</guid>
<description><![CDATA[... Man alive! What is it about the internet that seems to attract the lowest forms of human (and I use that word in its loosest terms) debris imaginable? ...<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[StumbleUpon Leading the Charge Into Social Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15460</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15460</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:11:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15460</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The joys of StumbleUpon and social search.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Profile messaging system error]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15094</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15094</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:52:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15094</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is just a heads-up to the Sphinn mods or admin - hence that linkbait title ;)For the past couple of days when I've tried to send a message it's returned:'there was an error. error number 1'. Just thought I'd let you know.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview With SEO Heavyweight - Tad Chef]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14815</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14815</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:30:32 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14815</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tad keeps his tongue firmly in his cheek in an interview with - Himself!<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top Ten Podcasting Tips]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13911</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13911</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:09:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13911</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Useful top ten for anybody considering promoting their business or site through a podcast.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I Have Seen the Future and it is VERY Personal]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13907</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13907</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:01:42 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13907</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heads up from TheGypsy, as to why we can't ignore Google's Personalised Search.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reduce Facebook Noise Without Blowing Off Hyperactive Casual Friends]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13534</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13534</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:25:12 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13534</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have one casual SEM comrade who actually sent a notification desktop-way yesterday, via Twitter no less, that he was eating a Big Mac! Tell mea4why do I care?<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter, I Just Don't Get You]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12824</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12824</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:57:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12824</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Nanny takes on the Twitter challenge!<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google battles Microsoft for World domination]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/12247</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/12247</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:17:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/12247</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Abandon hope all ye who enter. Great article from the Gypsy explains why come the end of the world it'll only be two players fighting for that last place in heaven.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Logos Get In on the Fun!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11981</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11981</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:21:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11981</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bit of Halloween wackiness from Chris's site. (I know I'm a day late)<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Search Enginea4Ever]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11188</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11188</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:57:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11188</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An alternative and fun take on SEOdisco's post from a week or so back.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: WidgetBucks Now Safe To Use]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11146</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11146</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:06:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice Andy Beard article includes a response from the boys at WidgetBucks.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why WidgetBucks got banned]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/11143</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/11143</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:40:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/11143</guid>
<description><![CDATA[...all the links to Widget Bucks have the users referrer id in them so there are thousands and thousands of pages with exactly the same content being indexed.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[So What Will You Do When We're All Out Of A Job?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10757</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10757</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:13:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10757</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone's reply to Jakob Nielsen's claim that SEO has only ten years left in it... And widgets.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would Google Stoop to Such A Low Tactic?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10446</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10446</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:13:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10446</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Power corrupts. And if this theory holds any water, then none so more than in the case of Google.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Startling Display of Ignorance]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9813</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9813</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:53:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9813</guid>
<description><![CDATA['Internet Psychologist' (whatever one of those is), displays a startling amount of ignorance towards SEO.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cute SEO Game for Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9362</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9362</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:18:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9362</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A little something daft for the weekend<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anatomy of a site in the Google Sandbox]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8975</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8975</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:20:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8975</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BlogStorm is about 4 months old and is firmly in the Google Sandbox. In this blog post they want to show people exactly what happens to new sites in 2007 and how Google handles the increase in trust as a site ages.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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