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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How relevant is Cuil?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63469</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63469</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63469</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While there has been no lack of FAIL floating around after its recent launch, there are a few reasons why you might want to take a deeper look.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Examining a Search Ranking Fluctuation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63450</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63450</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:33:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63450</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever there's a big shift in the search results, you need to know what the search engines see, and what they could possibly be changing, to try and find the source of your troubles or success.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Are Your Favorite SEO Analogies?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62365</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62365</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:41:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62365</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some analogies perhaps oversimplify the SEO process, but are good for helping get the basic concepts across.How do you describe SEO to people who are not deep into the field?<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to learn SEO in 2008]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62271</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62271</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:59:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While there is no end to the SEO advice that permeates the web marketing world, it can often be very difficult to sort out exactly how one should research and where one should turn to learn about SEO.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimizing for Multiple Word Order Search Phrases]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61218</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61218</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:45:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61218</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How to optimize for multiple word order search phrases. From the post:Determine Relative Traffic LevelsMake the Higher Traffic Phrase Priority OneOptimize on the Page (&amp; Site) for the Different Phrase OrderingLink Building with Alternate Anchor Text<br/><br/>56 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spam  detection using historical factors]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60352</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60352</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:03:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60352</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We all know your friend an mine Matt Cutts, over at the Google Web Spam teama4 but how exactly do they go about detecting and curtailing web spam? While there are a wide variety of tools at their disposal, historical factors are easily one of the more powerful methods.<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Complete Guide to Robots.txt Files]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60360</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60360</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:08:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60360</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron Wall put together a nice tutorial on robots.txt including tools for creating and analyzing.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Patents Anchor Text Relevance in Search Indexing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/58269</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/58269</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:47:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/58269</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo was granted a patent this week which describes how anchor text in links may be used to increase the relevancy ranking of a page pointed to by that anchor text.It provides some details about how anchor text might be used by a search engine in a search index that may not be widely known.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Say Nothing in 500 Words (A Lesson on Writing)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/57839</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/57839</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:22:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/57839</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The ability to write well is very useful for our personal and professional lives. The written word has become an essential means of social communication: mastery of it helps you to enthrall and  persuade an audience that would look upon you favorably in return.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Insight Into the World of Plurk]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56846</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56846</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:15:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56846</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is Plurk really a player in the big game with the likes of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? Who are these Plurkers and should you bother with yet another social profile?<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO Conferences: Good Deal or No Deal?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56889</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56889</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:43:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56889</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nice rant from Donna about the escalating costs of SEO conferences<br/><br/>67 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Promote Other Peoplea4s Content and Drive Traffic to Your Own Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55017</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55017</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:08:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55017</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Many bloggers would see a post like linking to them and feel happy about it - but leave it at that. But what I decided to do was to promote it heavily via my own social media networks. I immediately dugg it (it had already had a few diggs), voted for it in StumbleUpon (again it had already been submitted) - but then decided to 'sneeze' the link out to my networks.<br/><br/>64 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Duplicate Content Really Hurts]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45966</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45966</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:20:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45966</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom among experienced SEOs is that there is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty. In general principle, this notion is true, but there are exceptions to this rule. In other words, duplicate content penalties do exist for certain scenarios, and that is what we are going to discuss in this post.<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding the Value of a4Friendsa4 in Social Media Websites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43991</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43991</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:25:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43991</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Most social media websites give you an individual profile page alongside the option of befriending other site users. The adding of someone as a a4friend' on a social media website is not just an empty gesture.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing for Small Business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43313</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43313</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:34:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43313</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are there really opportunities for small business to succeed using social media?Absolutely, if one factors the strengths and weaknesses of the media with the strengths, weaknesses, and goals of the company.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to increase your StumbleUpon Campaign conversion rate 405% in one day]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43432</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43432</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:32:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43432</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Traditionally, StumbleUpon campaigns and traffic do not have great conversion rates for pages where you have to subscribe to download a paper or a report.However, with one tweak, we were able to increase conversion rate 405%<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rethinking Blog Comments: Much More Than Just A Quick Way to Get Web Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43386</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43386</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:46:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43386</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A comment left on a popular blog may be viewed by a few hundred people in one day. Multiply that by the lifespan of the blog and you'll see that a simple comment may say a lot about you. Every blog comment is usually permanent. It's not just a hyperlink but a long-term representation of your brand.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Make A Small Fortune With Twitter]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42947</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42947</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:47:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42947</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of business models that should engage the service and it definitely plugs into the broader Internet audience strategies of most businesses. But it's like Instant Messaging and nobody &quot;got into the IM game&quot; to make money directly.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Optimize Local Business Profiles for Free Local Directories]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/41818</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/41818</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:27:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Local &amp; Maps</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/41818</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A fully optimized Local Business Profile contains a well-crafted business description, containing a unique selling proposition based on market and keyword research, domain name and email cross branding (including generic domains), authentic testimonials, and all permissible media including photos and videos.This is on top of all the basic contact, product, and services information. A fully realized business description in the right category is the key to the free directory kingdom.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Social Media Friendship Bill of Rights (and Other Sticky Wickets)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40158</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40158</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:42:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40158</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Though unwritten, there are implied rights and rules of engagement, set and enforced by the mob's wisdom, which we should make official.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Want Your Ideas to Spread Easily? Try Narrowing Your Message Focus]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39530</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39530</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39530</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A persuasive blog post or sales letter argues one point and accentuates it thoroughly with analogies, metaphors, examples and references. Just one point, because too many and you'll not only lose your own focus but the attention of your audience.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Things To Expect from a Good SEO Firm]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37204</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37204</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:40:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37204</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A list of things that Good SEOs will do. Some examples from the post:1. Don't always tell you what you want to hear, right from the start. 2. Use a teaching oriented approach.3. Start strategic.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Really Works: The Compressed Index]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34773</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34773</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:02:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34773</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In order for a search engine in high demand to serve its users efficiently it should keep things in memory instead of looking it up on a disk. Unfortunately computer information gets inefficiently stored in boxes with fixed dimension:The solution is to squeeze information together so the least amount of space contains the maximum amount of information.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[152 Dos & Dona4ts of Business Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34509</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34509</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34509</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great list of Dos and Don'ts from Khalid.Tips for before and after starting, tips for topics and promotions, tips for comments and linking, and tips for format and design.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Ia4d Promote My Blog If I Were Starting Out Again]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33787</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33787</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:30:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33787</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Darren Rowse is regularly asked how he'd promote his blog if he was starting out again today and didn't have the profile that he currently has.First in  a series of posts - all of which are focused upon the topic of finding NEW readers.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Really Works: Recognize This Index?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33438</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33438</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:27:43 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33438</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How does a search engine sort its index and why is a temporary or supplemental index a necessary part of the equation?Rudd's How Search Really Works Series.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ita4s Not Networking ita4s Notworking]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33352</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33352</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:49:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33352</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How much time do you spend working on your Web 2.0-cross voting network? Don't get me wrong, a network is vital, the right network can propel you into social media marketing heaven. But, there comes a point where watching your story rise on digg and constantly plundering your IM contacts becomes notworking, not networking.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Are You Giving Away Content for Free?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32868</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32868</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:34:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32868</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why are you giving away content for free? What are trying to achieve by doing so?It is important to keep in mind the reasons why you are publishing blog post after blog post, all full of ideas and information and giving them away<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Structural SEO for WordPress Blogs - Gettin' Friendly with the Engines]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32294</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32294</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:43:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32294</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is your WordPress blog search friendly? Can your content be easily crawled and indexed, or are you sending the spiders away empty handed and confused by duplicate content and convoluted navigation?With a little work you can make your website SEO Friendly, get the rankings that you deserve, and improve usability for your readers.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gmail Tips and Tricks - 35 Cool Gmail Hacks]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32009</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32009</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:51:13 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32009</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Take Gmail to the next level with these power user tips and Greasemonkey extensions for Firefox.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Manage Your Online Reputation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31193</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:53:08 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are you happy with the results people get back when they Google your name? If not, there are easy ways to monitor and guide what information is published about you online.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wordpress Crawl Rate Tracker Plugin]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30927</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30927</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:46:08 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30927</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wordpress plugin that allows you to track crawl activity for MSN, Yahoo &amp; Google from your dashboard.* Access crawl data for 3 main search engines* See the exact times a spider accessed any page on your site* Monitor your crawl rate over time* Discover how crawl rate is related to PageRank<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Really Works: "The" Index (1)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30474</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30474</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:02:24 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30474</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If a search engine would search &quot;live&quot; through the documents it knows about for the occurrence of the word we're looking for it could take its time and then simply report where it found our word.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Web 2.0 has changed Education]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29949</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29949</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:21:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29949</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just like everything else Education has changed. The World Wide Web changed education in the 90's. And, Web 2.0 and Social Media has Changed Education. We now have what I'd like to call Education 2.0.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TheMadHat's Take On Famous SEO Celebrity Nonsense]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29671</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29671</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:14:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29671</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What makes a famous SEO anyway. That to me is an idiotic term. Let's take other industries. Are there &quot;O-Ring Sales Celebrities&quot; and are there secret O-Ring meetings? People shouldn't want to be famous, they should just want to make some connections.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Uncover the Fundamental Information Necessary To Plan A Strategically Successful SEO Campaign, Part II]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/28558</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/28558</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:28:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/28558</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In order to accurately predict how much time, energy and effort will be necessary to build a successful SEO campaign you need to first know the strengths and weaknesses of the website which will then help you determine what will need to be done to accomplish your goals and make the site a viable competitor.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft on Reranking Search Results Based Upon Your Calendar]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27351</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27351</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:33:55 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Microsoft</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27351</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine a search engine changing around the results that you see, not based upon the time that a page is published, but rather on some estimate of the importance of a page to you, and how that importance might vary with time and your personal calendar.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The "Middleman" of Social Media is Your Friend]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27011</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27011</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:24:15 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27011</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It may take you an hour or more to scan through posts to get a feel for what causes people to spread the original idea, but if you can leverage that insight to create a better initial offering, you'll reap the rewards several times over.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Secret to Finding New Subscribers for Your Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27022</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27022</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:08:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27022</guid>
<description><![CDATA[People will subscribe to your blog if they think that it will enhance their lives in some way in the foreseeable future.Creating a sense of anticipation among your readers increases the chances that they'll subscribe to it.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Value of Influencers: Why They Are Still Relevant for Marketing Campaigns]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26412</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26412</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:38:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26412</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who are the best people to approach when you want to promote your business? Common sense and experts would tell you to reach out to individuals with wide social connections or influence, because these people can affect the behavior of many others.<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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