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In IT We Trust – sometimes too much. Whilst the general awareness of SEO best practice techniques has come on leaps and bounds over the past decade, website operators (especially at large corporations) still rely too much on the knowledge of their IT… Read more
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Please join me in welcoming Sphinn's new Editor, Matt McGee. Matt is a familiar face to Sphinn, having already served as a Moderator and now moving up to manage the site overall. Read more
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I'm sad to announce that I will be stepping down as Editor of Sphinn, as of today. I will however continue to take an active part in the Sphinn community and will stay on as part of the Moderator team.

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Information on some Sphinn updates and the new Sphinn Member offering. Recommended reading for all Sphinn users, new and old. Read more
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If your boss just asked you for a report on the much talked about Microsoft-Yahoo deal, just point them this way. Danny Sullivan offers a complete A-to-Z breakdown of the deal, starting with the background basics and finishing with the intricate details… Read more
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ICANN controls how we use the internet, and they are controlled by their members. Should domain registrars really have so much power over our brands, search results and simple understanding of the web? How will ICANN’s plan to open up countless new… Read more
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Guest blogging on the Microsoft adCenter blog, Vanessa Fox looks at how online tools can be used to effectively monitor trends and campaigns - without getting swamped in data. Read more
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Publishers must take responsibility for the suitability of published adverts, even if the ads are chosen by an automated system like Google’s AdSense, the UK advertising regulator has said. Read more
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The Sphinn team are happy to announce the launch of our very own blog! The blog will be used for announcements and discussions regarding Sphinn, keeping the frontpage clean from clutter. We’ll also be launching a Sphinn Weekly post, giving a… Read more
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Tony Spencer discusses the issue of Google posting to forms and indexing the results, with a real world example of his Craigslist style classified site. Read more
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I think that you’ll all agree that spam prevention is getting better with our increased moderator team, despite the much steeper increase in member numbers.

We have however seen a number of instances where Sphinn has been referred to… Read more
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I’m happy to announce that the next SphinnCon has now been confirmed for Friday 2nd May 2008, just a few weeks away. The event in Greensboro is designed for local Sphinn members and internet marketers, looking to share knowledge and network with… Read more
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I’m pleased to announce that we’ve now taken on 2 new Sphinn moderators, helping us to manage the staggering growth of our site.

Brent Csutoras and Jeff Quipp have kindly volunteered to take up this challenge, and I hope that you… Read more
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Some big changes are in the pipeline for Sphinn, which I’d like to discuss with you further and also talk about our existing functionality. Read more
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We’re pleased to announce the release of a new "Desphinn" feature on Sphinn, which effectively allows you to vote down a story that you do not agree with... Read more
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Barry Schwartz will be hosting the first ever SphinnCon in Israel on Tuesday, which we know will be a tremendous success. The Sphinn team is keen to hold more of these local events this year, one of which being discussed is a SphinnCon North Carolina... Read more
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Michelle has made a tweak on Sphinn today so that users no longer see a number tally next to the "Report Spam" link. Clicking the link will still alert us to posts which you see as spam however, so please continue to use the reporting method where… Read more
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Offline ad agencies still don’t understand the importance of a URL in ads, so why don’t you take advantage of this fact? I’ve posted one of the many ways that I use a company’s advertising for my own affiliate profit. Read more
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In their own War On Terror, the European Union has decided to crack down on the evil that is - biased blogging.

From the beginning of next year, it will be illegal for people/websites based in any of the European Union member states to… Read more
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Should Sphinn have a new page or section where the Editor (me) or Moderators can manually select the most important Sphinn stories? Read more
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I’m pleased to announce that Sphinn is now out of Beta testing . New features have been added and most bugs squashed. Read more
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