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Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 600 for the first time. If you’re new to Sphinn, welcome! and why not throw your first Sphinn onto this historical post?
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~40 photo examples of how ICanHasCheezburger and ecommerce are related - including photos and links to additional articles on each topic. Hilarious. Read more
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A well put together post from Micheal....

SNIP - Let’s look at Rand Fishkin’s recent premature declaration that his implementation of Rel=Nofollow on many internal links magically increased the number of search referrals to SEOmoz.… Read more
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Thoughtful and well written response to the last few days in the SEM industry by Andrew Goodman. Beyond the events, he addresses the ethics of Marty’s technique and argues that this courageous "candy ass" may end up walking away with the clients. Read more
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Complaint sites continue to litter the SERPS for a number of major brand names and the problem is quickly growing out of control. This morning, Loren Baker introduces us to an open discussion on how to combat these negative brand influences. Read more
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Time for a great sphinnversation folks!

The issue around ranking foreign domains is especially pertinent for large sites that have an international presence. I’m working on one such project right now, and need the help of the seo-phere… Read more
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Lots of companies will happily accept link building opportunities for just about any crappy website, because they only see the quick, short buck. For this group of companies, I’ll be diving into the art of getting links for crappy websites today. Read more
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Mike Dammann: Everyone I network with uses wordpress. Sure, there are some Typepad and Moveable Type users here and there, but Wordpress is the search engine friendliest, easiest to install and the plugins are great.

Wordpress is by far the… Read more
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Looking for a job in the SEO/SEM industry? This list is a compilation of every site I could find, excluding the obvious ones (HotJobs, CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.) Over 25 sites; now let me know which ones I forgot. Read more
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Shimon Sandler gives out a download of his “basic” PPC Performance Report in Excel format which has many self-calculating formulas within the cells. Read more
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When SEOs talk about getting links from Wikipedia, the main benefit that’s often mentioned is “it’s still a great source of traffic even if you don’t get the link juice.”

That’s true, but we’re overlooking one Big Fact:… Read more
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DaveN - Now call me cynical but with all this false stories and linkbait, can we trust you Matt :O - ... at the moment it’s just a holding page on pair, so my guess it a WP hack again seeing loads of that or a Pair attack.

theGypsy - in… Read more
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