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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:08:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hendison Releases SEO Automatic:  Awesome Free SEO Tool]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/75043</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/75043</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:08:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/75043</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Check out Scott's awesome free SEO tool...input your domain and it evaluates your site on lots of different SEO criteria.  Great job by the Search Commander!<br/><br/>62 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[David Mihma4s Local Search Presentation at SEMpdx Hot Seat (Liveblogging)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71784</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71784</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:56:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71784</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I liveblogged David's Local Search Presentation at the SEMpdx Hot Seat last night.  Here's what he said...<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ADD: The AID Of SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/71708</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/71708</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:48:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/71708</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My guest post for Search Engine People where I argue that ADD is a gift for anyone who does search for a living but disengaging from technology is key to maximizing the benefits of this gift.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Brooks Corollary of Social Networking Theory]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68257</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68257</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:04:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68257</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Mihm discusses why it is advantageous to be an early adapter of technology as opposed to a herd follower.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[John Andrews Is Going to Work for Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68338</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68338</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:39:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68338</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Effective 9/1/2008, John Andrews will be working for Google.  He explains why in his post.<br/><br/>63 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEMpdx Search Fest 2009 - Danny Sullivan Keynote Speaker]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62321</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62321</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:02:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Sphinn Zone</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62321</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone on the SEMpdx Board is extremely excited that Danny Sullivan will be the keynote speaker for Searchfest 2009.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Robert Scoble & The Zombie Apocalypse]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61999</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61999</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:52:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61999</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When the many strands of social media take over your brain while you sleep, you might dream thusly...<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plurk: A Welcoming Microblogging Community]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58262</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58262</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:36:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58262</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My Plurk article where I ask top Plurkers why they Plurk and to compare Plurk to Twitter.  Featuring Darren Rowse, Rob Lloyd, Chris Hooley, David Harry, Samir Balwani, Kristen Munson, Li Evans, Kent Lewis &amp; Lyndon Antcliff.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adding Value To The Search Community: My Interview With Adam Audette]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58043</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58043</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58043</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had a great e-interview with Adam Audette and his answers to my questions had the quality of his most excellent blog posts.    Enjoy!<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Promote Yourself on Social Sites Without Actually "Promoting Yourself"]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57727</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57727</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:01:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57727</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Wallace's excellent post where he argues that only that being an active participant in online communities (the right way) gives you the right and privilege to submit your own stuff to them.  People who only join communities for self-promotion are doomed to failure.<br/><br/>63 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[15 Internet Sites That Can Make or Break Your Brand]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57714</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57714</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:01:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57714</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where we set forth the Internet's &quot;Power 15&quot; for brand influence.  If your brand rocks on these 15 sites, your sales should rock as well.  By contrast, bad news on these sites can really hurt your business.<br/><br/>60 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Doug Heil Movement]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57469</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57469</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:05:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57469</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where I make a sociological-based argument theorizing that Doug's typical course of blog commenting is actually good marketing and branding for his business.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crossing the Line at SMX Give It Up?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57451</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57451</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:11:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57451</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Hendison offers his opinion as to whether the SMX Advanced &quot;Give It Up&quot; speakers strayed into black hat territory.  Excellent review of the session.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves: Ethical SEOs and Search Engineers Narc Out SEO Fraud]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56410</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56410</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:34:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56410</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where I've asked many of my SEO friends to share with me an example of SEO Fraud, an SEO Scam, or something other example of shady behavior that they've encountered.  Contributors include Matt Cutts, Aaron Wall, Rand Fishkin, Chris Winfield, Vanessa Fox, David Mihm, Scott Hendison, Dustin Woodward, Jordan Kastetler, Everett Sizemore, Brian Provost, Hugo Guzman, Martin Bowling,  Adrienne Doss, and Ian Lurie (plus me).<br/><br/>65 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Conversation With Matt Cutts At SMX Advanced]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/54050</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/54050</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:44 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/54050</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had a great conversation with Matt Cutts at SMX Advanced.  I didn't get to tell him all that I wanted to, so here's my do-over...<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MVC Site Architecture:  Handle With Care (Thoughts From SMX Advanced)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53211</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53211</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:10:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53211</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this guest post, SEMpdx member Jerome Thorp argues that MVC Site Architecture should be used with care because though it apparently is endorsed by the search engines, it seems to go against Google's Webmaster Guidelines.<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview With Online Marketing Summit Chairman Aaron Kahlow]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52560</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52560</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:28:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52560</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron was one of the best presenters at Searchfest 2008 and I had a great conversation with him at dinner following the show. Aaron will be bringing the Online Marketing Summit on the road this summer with a stop in Portland on August 5th. He agreed to answer my questions about the event as well as about search marketing in general.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMX Advanced 2008 - Top 10 Nuggets of Knowledge]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52241</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52241</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:15:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52241</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Hendison's Top Ten Things he learned at SMX Advanced.  Whether you attended the show or not, Scott's gleaned some good nuggets that are worth highlighting and examining closely.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo to a4Optimizea4 My Paid Placement Accounts? No Way!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51213</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51213</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:54:55 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Yahoo Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51213</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEMpdx Member Tracy Chapman shares with the Yahoo PPC folks (and us) why she won't allow her Yahoo accounts to be optimized without her consent.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Local vs Traditional SEO: Why Citation Is the New Link]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50037</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50037</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:10:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50037</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Mihm's excellent analysis of the Google Local / Map Algorithm which argues in compelling fashion that citations (mentions of the business without a link) play an important role in ranking well in the Google's Local Listings.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Six Principles of Ethical SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49621</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49621</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:30:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49621</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Audette offers the six guiding principles that he uses to run his company, and unlike similar posts, educates and guides without becoming preachy or didactic.<br/><br/>51 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[40 Days, 40 Nights, and 140 Characters Later (David Mihma4s Thoughts after a Month+ on Twitter)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47998</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47998</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 05:23:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47998</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An aweseome post by one of the final Twitter holdouts, David Mihm, where he owns up to the errors of his ways and describes how he came to see the light.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt McGee:  The SEO Success Pyramid (Live Blogging) from SEM Hot Seat]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47738</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47738</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 06:17:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47738</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I blogged Matt McGee's SEO Success Pyramid Presentation at the SEMpdx SEM Hot Seat last night...here's what he said:<br/><br/>34 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power-Tweeting: 101 Everyday Uses for Twitter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47449</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47449</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47449</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where I demonstrate how widely and deeply Twitter has permeated so many different facets of people's lives.Sphinn users that are included in this story:  @leeodden, @dannysullivan, @mattmcgee, @lyndoman, @audette &amp; @onreact_com.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[David Mihm Interviews Matt McGee]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45084</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45084</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:11:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45084</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David scores Matt's first post-Marchex interview where he questions Matt about search, photography, life, and his future plans.  See Matt McGee in Portland at the next SEMpdx Hot Seat event 5/20:  http://www.sempdx.org/Events/?launch_pg=EventPage&amp;launch_sel=1000156<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO, Surrealism & Salvador Dali]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42525</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42525</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:13:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42525</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Certainly the most &quot;out there&quot; piece I've written to date, I attempt to link SEO with the concept of Surrealism, the art of Salvador Dali, and the mysteries surrounding extraordinary personal perception and its nexus to success in our industry.Hopefully, it doesn't suck :.)<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEMPDX President Kent Lewis & Online Reputation Management Featured On PDX TV News]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41806</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41806</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:55:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41806</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, we've seen multiple stories that were hot in our space get featured in mainstream media...this being only the latest example.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Best Explanation of Twitter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41398</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41398</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:04:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41398</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I didn't intend to submit my 20 minute blog post that I wrote yesterday to Sphinn until I read some of the positive comments readers left me.  People seemed to like the post...therefore, perhaps I should share it with y'all.BTW, please follow @davidmihm on Twitter.  David's a great guy worthy of your attention.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Think Outside the Link:  The Evolution of Linkbuilding]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40123</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40123</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:41:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40123</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Hendison discusses the evolution of linkbuilding and makes the strong case for linkbuilding Darwinism...if an SEO doesn't evolve his/her link-thinking away from the traditional sources of links (now much devalued), they won't be able to acheive decent results.<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEM Job Criteria of the Not So Distant Future]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40045</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40045</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:49:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40045</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Dan Perry twittered that he was looking for criteria to evaluate SEO interns.  As I answered him, I realized that social networking has really turned the criteria of evaluating employees / contractors on its head.  Perhaps Seth Godin is right...in our industry anyway, resumes really aren't that necessary.  So, I decided to blow out this idea into a full post.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Face In Our Crowd]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38559</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38559</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:14:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM Industry</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Our Searchfest 08 event was tremendously successful and represented an opportunity for our audience to not only learn from the best Search Marketing Professionals in the industry, but was a wonderful networking and business opportunity for anybody in our industry.  We received an email from somebody who wasn't happy with their Searchfest experience and there were a couple small snafus in regards to their attendence / SEMpdx membership.  But, I believe that is ultimately up to them to get the maximum value from our event and you can see here how I developed the argument.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask SEMpdx: In-house or Outhouse? What Criteria Should a Company Use to Decide How to Handle its Search Marketing Needs?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38186</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38186</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:22:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38186</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Not an April Fools Joke).  I asked several of our SEMpdx members to offer their analysis on this very important topic and they've offered some terrific information.<br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do-It-Yourself SEO: Effective Keyword Research Utilization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37960</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37960</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:12:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37960</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My last post got pretty personal...this follow-up post takes me back to the core reason why I write search engine articles:  to offer value to the search engine community via education.  This post focuses on how best to utilize your keyword research list to maximize the value of your SEO investment.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LinkedIn's Buggy Company Profiles Bug Me]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37238</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37238</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:16:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37238</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Wallace's blog post on the flawed launch of LinkedIn's corporate profiles.  David offers some amusing anecdotes found when searching for colleagues &amp; shares with us a customer service snafu when he tried to get his own company profile in LinkedIn.The launch of LinkedIn groups was pretty botched and it doesn't look like they've learned anything from that experience.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fundamentals of Link Building (No Wait, Don't Leave, This One's Good!)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36431</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36431</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:34:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36431</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Audette's link-building post which originated as his Searchfest 08 presentation.  Yeah, this is a way over-done topic, but Adam uses a very fresh approach here and I recommend checking it out.<br/><br/>60 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aaron Wall Interviewed By Todd Mintz]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36406</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36406</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:42:45 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36406</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron was generous enough to do an e-interview with me and he offers thoughtful answers to the wide variety of questions that I asked him.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Screw You: Alaska Airlines Teach Us About Internet Marketing and Customer Service]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35796</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35796</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:58:02 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35796</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Lurie's unfortunate experience with Alaska Airlines leads to an insightful post on 10 ways a business can best apologize if they screw up.<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEMpdx Searchfest 08 Speaker Reflections]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35960</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35960</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:24:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM Industry</category>
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<description><![CDATA[I asked each SEMpdx Searchfest 08 speaker to reflect upon last week's event and I got some really good answers.  Here they are...<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Syndication of SEO Celebrity]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35582</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:40:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35582</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where I argue that the premium content offerings from Rand &amp; Aaron are win-win for them as well as for their subscribers.  I also state that their tremendous visibility in our industry (aka &quot;Celebrity&quot;) is a necessary pre-requisite for them to successful offer premium content.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten Things I Learned at SEMpdx SearchFest a408]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34288</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEM</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34288</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kent Lewis writes about his top 10 &quot;nuggets&quot; of knowledge gleaned from Searchfest 08.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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