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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:27:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Video: New Media Douchebags in Plain English]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15160</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15160</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:27:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Water Cooler</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15160</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I kept the original title but it should be, &quot;Social Media Douchebags&quot;, another clever video from KommonKraft pointing out the nasty underbelly of the social media world.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You Quizzing Your Potential SEO Clients?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4686</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4686</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:41:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4686</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Typically, prospective SEO clients send consultants a RFP with questions about staff, expertise and process to make sure the SEO firm is qualified. But what about qualifying the SEO client? The most successful search engine optimization engagements are those where both the SEO agency and the SEO client possess a proper understanding of strategy, process and outcomes.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Websites Are Out. Facebook is In.]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2696</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2696</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:31:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2696</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you've not already figured it out, the corporate website is becoming less relevant, and web marketing (and support) has spread off your domain and Google results. You also know that prospects trust the opinions of existing customers (who are a4like them') far more than marketers, and Facebook let's these communities of practice assemble, your brand is decentralized -embrace!.<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Pisses Me Off About SEO Blogs]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2500</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2500</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:05:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2500</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I may not read 400 SEO blogs every day, but I read at least 50-100 one day per week and these are the things that can make it a pain in the rear experience. Listen up!<br/><br/>189 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEM Blogs in Edelman's Social Media Index]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/996</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/996</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:55:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/996</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The CEO of Edelman Europe has posted their analysis of the top 30 influential social media oriented blogs according to a variety of criteria including: Technorati ranking, Google PageRank, RSS subscribers, Frequency of posts &amp; comments, Alexa ranking, as well as other social media site representation including: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, Digg and Del.icio.us. In the final analysis three of the 30 blogs were search marketing oriented:  Marketing Pilgrim, Online Marketing Blog and John Battelle's SearchBlog.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Short Term SEO is Shortsighted]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/235</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/235</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:53:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/235</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some SEO practitioners and even more company marketers continue to see search engine optimization as a single or short term event. This seriously flawed perspective as well as five good reasons to engage SEO consultants on an ongoing basis are presented.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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