Todd, click on it, then click on it again. It's easy to read - it's just not easy to read when resized to fix within the confines of the blog structure. ;)

Check out the follow up on the Groupon blog too: http://groublogpon.com/cities/too-much-of-a-good-thing/

This is really interesting, but at the same time, I have no idea how to trust the data from that search tool at all.

Look at this, for example: http://www.google.com/sktool/#keywords?q=ipad

What about the other more obvious phrases?

I'd love to see this but ... the site is down!

Editor's note: This stuff is so true and super important. Pushed to the front page.

"Are we going to shout about it ... nope..... why ... cause no one else does !"

So what do you want Sphinn to be? A community with no activity at all? Yes, the submissions you seek won't be as advanced to meet your expectations, but Sphinn is a community for all levels of Internet Marketing users.

Granted, I'm personally kind of frustrated of blogging about social media because the truth is, how many times can I say the same thing? The lessons will always be the same. That said, the "nothing new" argument may still be said amongst the more advanced users, but it will be valuable to the users just starting out.

I guess I can respect your decision to Desphinn this article Anita worked on if it truly was done for the sole purpose of you not finding value in it. But you mentioned link juice and backscratching too, and neither of those and my decision to submit it (and Sebastian's to promote it) is anywhere near the truth.

I just want to add something of interest.

If someone submits an article to his/her site and/or with links to his/her site, thereby using the argument DVOLA is worried about, and the content was good, I would exercise my right to promote the content to the front page. That's what editors are here to do.

That said, DVOLA, if you're going to Desphinn something, please exercise responsibility and Desphinn it because it lacks value. If your problem with the submission is "omg an editor promoted it and I think that's backscratching," well, quite frankly, I think that's Desphinn misuse. That's my personal opinion, but that said, keep in mind this line from the guidelines:

"Desphinning simply means that the user did not find the story interesting personally."

So if you're going to Desphinn, please do so becasue it isn't interesting, not because you're worried about a link and the implied (in your opinion) backscratching.

DVOLA, I actually hadn't realized it was submitted with a link back to my site, and even if it hadn't contained a link, I would have submitted this in a heartbeat. Do you not think there's a value add *at all* in this submission?

A bit about me: I don't really care about link juice. I deal with more social media marketing over SEO, and links to me are just links. They don't sway my habits.

DVOLA - You're mistaken. This is not my site. I participated, yes, but the comment in the submission was excerpted from the article. If you're going to Desphinn something, please use due diligence to determine if what you are saying is accurate. As an editor, I personally could have promoted this to the first page, but it was promoted by another editor.

Me too. Someone better approve it already!

Michael - yeah, I do understand that most people are less likely to host with their registrars, but usually I see that being the case when the company is primarily a hosting provider (e.g. BlueHost, MediaTemple) versus a domain name registrar (primarily) that offers hosting as a bonus.

It's your choice - but full disclosure - I do work with NameCheap. That said, I still wholeheartedly recommend them; I've been using their services since 2005 (before I started working with 'em).

You should check out NameCheap too, Michael!

@Danny - I think that's the point, though. Based on a specific experience Jeremy has encountered, there's still a misunderstood perception of what SEO is. It's really not only a #1 ranking.

With all the other social sharing icons on this blog post, I'm surprised there is no Like button on this website at all...

Seriously.

So where are the remaining 42? ;)

Erm, this is nothing new.

June 10, 2009, hot on Sphinn: http://sphinn.com/story/117348

June 15, 2009, hot on Sphinn: http://sphinn.com/story/117718

307 days ago (I have no idea when that was): http://sphinn.com/story/117132

:) I had fun working with Christina on this.

I'm not sure I understand the argument. Are you saying that underscores are better for people or for search engines?

You definitely have to hand it to Lisa... the coverage has been excellent as always.

This is a great post.

Sphunn for the sheer humor.

Gloson is absolutely brilliant.  I love this kid.

Marc,

I always  though BC was on MovableType.  They have All in One SEO plugin for MT?

btw, in general, for more eyeballs, it might be a good idea to write a more detailed title and description for Sphinn (and especially write how it relates to Internet Marketing).  Otherwise, you're throwing off the reader and the article won't get very far in terms of votes since the title and description as-is looks rather spammy. Good rule of thumb is to write for the users if you want the submission to garner votes! We're pretty dependent on it. :)