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Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn to top 300
Avatar Went Hot: August 8, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Posted By: johnandrews 283 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 300 for the first time.
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from dannysullivan 283 days ago #
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Oh my, really, the first serious Sphinnbait. And so deserving of a Sphinn. C'mon, let's kick John up to 100.

from nathanholman 283 days ago #
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funny stuff.

from toddmintz 283 days ago #
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I assume you are going to make 100 Sphinns, top the "Greatest Hits", and then quit, correct?

Don't be a "One Hit Wonder", John.


from bwelford 283 days ago #
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Way to go, John. However I hope all this fun stuff won't crowd out the quality content.

from qwerty 283 days ago #
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This is just a demonstration of the mob mentality within the business. Well, I won't sphinn it. Nope, I'm not falling for it. Not this fella.

must.... resist.... sphinning....accckkkkk

from Sem-Advance 283 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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I tried to read his blog but after looking at it... decided wasn't worth trying to decipher.

But I was thinking his idea is SphinnSpam

Say that three times real quick.....


from dreras 283 days ago #
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This is a perfect example of linkbait. John caught my attention just like he said he would...through my logs. Way to go John, you got my Sphinn.

from HamletBatista 283 days ago #
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I found out through my log too. Clever strategy. Was that a typical get-rich-quick looong sales letter or a post?

The only items missing were the red bold letters, big headings, testimonials and his signature ;-)


from ScottFish 283 days ago #
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LOL I love the update on John's site now, sooo many outbound links. I guess that answers the question of "does it hurt to link out to too many sites?" =)

from SEOHonolulu 283 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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good lord.. that blog is about 10 minutes away from MFA land... no sphinn for you! I am the sphinn nazi!

from beammeup 283 days ago #
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John gave me some great advice a few months ago about where to go in my business. I'll gladly Sphinn this. It's now Sphunn. This is fun.

Now, I'm done.

from Jill 283 days ago #
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Hmmm...Rand's mug or John's mug.

Rand is much cuter. But what the hell...I'll sphinn it...

from Derick 283 days ago #
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It's just one more Sphinn. What could it hurt?

I promise I'm quitting tomorrow. This is seriously the last one. Well... I'll have to Sphinn once tomorrow morning... just to get the day started off on the right foot.

But then I'm done for real. Yeah. Tomorrow is the day. That's the plan for today anyway.

from MattMcGee 283 days ago #
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John ... love it. Making Seattle proud. You get #1, Rand gets #2, and then we all bump one of mine up there and Seattle owns the Top 3. Sound good?

from SEOHonolulu 283 days ago #
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I did sphinn it for the record.. was just trying to make a bad seinfeld joke.

sorry :(

from randfish 283 days ago #
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Threw a link on the SEOmoz blog to hopefully help you out. Good luck.

from Sebastian 283 days ago #
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Heh. I'd kill for a link - sphunn, and great job John!

from willcritchlow 283 days ago #
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Okey dokey. I'm a sucker. Sphunn and contact made.

from ciaran 283 days ago #
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Sphunn, more to see whether driving traffic to his page will drive it on to our site which is on the list - nowt as yet...

It's bloody hard reading though, isn't it?

from LukeRegan 282 days ago #
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Sphunn, love it.

from robwatts 282 days ago #
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moved finger on mouse downwards

from justinhayward 282 days ago #
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Sphinn to Win. Legendary work fella.

from TimDineen 282 days ago #
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alright. why not.

from Silver 282 days ago #
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I'll give this a Sphinn, though it sounded as though we'll later lose the ego-links he's got to our blogs? Worthy of a Sphinn, regardless.

"...watch their referrer logs like hawks..." Yeah. I guess I resemble that remark!

from seoz87 282 days ago #
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sphunn....

from fantomaster 282 days ago #
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Sock it to 'em, John - always good for pinpointing the latest coolest buzzy trends from Absurdistan.

from eeko 282 days ago #
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It can be done.....one step closer to 100

from kiru4 282 days ago #
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Back in the day, I spun pressed vinyl and got David Cassidy and the Partridge Family in return... Then the Berlin wall came down, vinyl became a sofa cover that my legs stuck to on humid days, and I found myself thrust into the exciting world of SEO. I'll sphinn to say I was a part of history!

from kimber 282 days ago #
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part of me says no, don't do it...but i couldn't resist.

from Syzlak 282 days ago #
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damn fine idea

from dannysullivan 282 days ago #
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@Jill, see, at first I thought John's mug was a Borg from Star Trek -- which alone would have been sphinn worthy. Then I realized it was a camera! Great post about taking photos about the surfers and bringing that back to search privace, by the way, John: http://www.johnon.com/380/google-privacy-2.html

from fskipper 282 days ago #
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Booyah...

from aimClear 282 days ago #
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Wonderful...in addition to the link-for-Sphinns approach, I think gift certificates for sushi in San Jose should be distributed to those making colorful comments.

from webprofessor 282 days ago #
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I guess sphinning this makes me a dirty dirty link whore

from Marie 282 days ago #
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wow that was my first sphinn!

from bigoak 282 days ago #
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Okay, I'll bite and make this my first Sphinn. Your strategy worked, I tracked a link to my Big Oak SEO Blog and found the article.

from SisterSledge 282 days ago #
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Haha...I had to register just so I Sphinn this. I've been reading Johnon since Threadwatch closed down...nowadays it's the best place I can find for snarkyness. Hmmm...maybe I should go check out what Thatgirlfrommarketing is writing - without Threadwatch I'm snark-deprived :-(

from PaulHancox 282 days ago #
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I do believe I'm the 100th sphinner!

:)


from johnandrews 282 days ago #
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Wow... I went biking this morning and just checked back in to see 98 sphinns! Awesome.. and certainly gives me more to show off to the domainers next week at DomainRoundtable. Now, who will be Sphinn #100 of the first post to Sphinn up to 100?

I'll get the linking updated... lots of work to do :-)

from PaulHancox 282 days ago #
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I believe the answer is, ME :)

Wow, that was more exciting than sniping an Ebay auction :)

Maybe I should get out more...


from AmyGreer 282 days ago #
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Sphunn ... and I subscribed to your feed, John. Double whammy.

from beammeup 282 days ago #
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101! Way to go John! Way to knock off Rand! (no offense Rand, seomoz = still super cool)

from webconnoisseur 282 days ago #
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102 and still going...

from ViperChill 282 days ago #
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No offence to rand but I'm glad he's not up there anymore :D

from bwelford 282 days ago #
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Since we've now delivered on John's objective, perhaps we can now get back to Regular Programming. :)

from pittfall 282 days ago #
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Regular programing... this is a marketers community!

Oh the drama, the intrigue, and mine is bigger than yours.

from gabs 282 days ago #
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Nice ping list for this one ;)

toprankblog full list pinged ?

from johnandrews 281 days ago #
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Only the first 400 entries ;-)

from PaFinder 281 days ago #
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i joined sphinn because of this article. it is good and made me want to join.

from tinkerbellchime 280 days ago #
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Hey, I joined Sphinn because of this article, too. John, they should pay you! You're the best marketer of the week.

from jandrew07 279 days ago #
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done

from JohnWeb 277 days ago #
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I regret that I only have one sphinn to give.

from macewan 268 days ago #
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I'll give it a shot.

from debohobo 258 days ago #
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Sure, I'm in!

from gothwalk 251 days ago #
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Another one signed up because of John's article...

from billse 242 days ago #
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145, baby. You make some good points.

from planecrazy 221 days ago #
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It was my first Sphinn

from bwelford 138 days ago #
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Just one more Sphinn and it's the double century.  I've helped already so it can't be me.

from BenWilks 118 days ago #
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lol.

from techustle 118 days ago #
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go John go!

from Aussiewebmaster 117 days ago #
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Good technique to get some backdoor sphinns.... always smile at your methodologies... keep it up mate

from sunaren2001 60 days ago #
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I did my job john :)

from discuit 60 days ago #
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19 to go....

from turnkeywebsites 60 days ago #
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18  to go :)

from johnandrews 54 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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So now we've got de-sphinners, on a Sphinn-zone post. Gimme a break. If nothing else, this thread is PROMOTIONAL and FEELS GOOD for Sphinners who participate. I can see desphinning news items that don't make the grade, but desphinning a Sphinn-zone discussion?

Sounds like sour grapes to me.




from tamar 52 days ago #
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Sour grapes it may be, but it doesn't add any value to the Internet Marketing community in my opinion. 

Come on, you can handle it.

from AboutBruyns 48 days ago #
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Very good post you wrote about barter: http://www.johnon.com/528/google-paidlinks.html

from discuit 39 days ago #
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Well thats all done then

309

from incrediblehelp 39 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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Little late to the party here, but this whole thread reminded me of phrase that starts with circle and ends in jerk.


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