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Good news -- now you can have your activity on Intense Debate, brightkite.com, Diigo, Mister Wong, and tipjoy as part of your FriendFeed. Bad news. Despite asking twice and being told FriendFeed is just too busy, Sphinn still hasn't been added. read more »
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Wonder how you're growing Twitter followers compared to others? Here's a rundown I wrote on tools that will help you chart progress and see how you stand. read more »
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I'm interviewing Google's Marissa Mayer at our SMX Sydney show later this week. Marissa oversees search products and user experience. I'm looking for questions people would like to see asked. Thinking caps on! read more »
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I've no doubt many Sphinn and Search Engine Land readers will be at SES London today. We certainly exposed enough of them to the show, which is backed by competitor Search Engine Watch. But in light of how much activity SEW staffers have been doing read more »
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Look, I drive a Volvo (and a Mini, so don't mock me!). That doesn't mean I want some idiot spamming Sphinn for Volvo dealers. And Toyota dealers. And Mazda. And Hummers. And.... You get the point. We repeatedly kill this person, but he keeps coming read more »
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Yep, finally -- AdWords gets video. The New York Times covers how Google is testing new video ads you see using a + box under some AdWords listings. read more »
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Now that the Desphinn feature has gone live, I wanted to talk about some next developments we have in mind for Sphinn. read more »
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A story from Rae's site got submitted twice today, and it was the first submit (that she did) which was allowed to live, while Dosh Dosh's was killed. But Dosh's had 9 sphinns to Rae's 6. Should that with the most Sphinns win? Thoughts and comments, read more »
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Paid search. In rap video. Seriously. And good. read more »
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Microsoft is aiming to buy Yahoo. Seriously. read more »
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Skip the confusion that it was ALT text driving up traffic. Interesting look at how an apparently popular blog readability testing site handed out graphics with code that put links driving anchor text to a payday loans place. Not a new tactic, thoug read more »
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John Andrews call for Sphinns in return for a link -- while jokingly done -- still raised a serious issue. Should a post get pulled if Sphinns are bartered or pulled? Can search marketers figure out the right way to treat the issue, which in turn mi read more »
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This rocks. I've long wanted an automatic way for Google Analytics to show my most popular posts. This article gives a roundabout way to do just that. I'll have to try it. But I wish Google Analytics just had a widget that did it. read more »
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Forget Digg. The traffic's nice, but Rand says his stats review for 2007 says focus on focusing on improving free and premium content for those already coming. Plus, why publicly reported stats show guestimates from Compete, Quantcast and Alexa are, read more »
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I thought it would be interesting to picture how Google might look if a combination of new and existing anti-trust laws forced the company to breakup. read more »
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I'm a long time Santa tracker using the NORAD web site. This year, Google's an official partner. I kind of wish they'd kept their nose out of it, as my article explains how some of the changes make it harder to know where Santa is. But there is a lo read more »
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I found this fascinating. The World Trade Organization found the US ban on online gambling was against international trade rules because online horse and dog gambling were still allowed. As a result, the US has to effectively pay off other countries read more »
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I'm super pleased to announce that we've got a new networking event series designed for Sphinners and anyone interested in internet marketing -- SphinnCon! Where should be hold our events? Let us know below, plus find more details and info about our read more »
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Behind the scenes, we've been working on some new features to reduce spam and encourage quality posts. Here's a rundown on what's coming. read more »
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We've had several threads here on Sphinn debating whether Google will hurt a site for selling links. Now an official answer: yes. If you sell links, Google says it might drop your PR score, penalize you in the rankings or potentially ban your site a read more »
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What features would you like to see added to Sphinn? Let us know in this thread! read more »
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Lisa Barone breaks up with Bloglines. Why does it sound like she's so experienced in breaking hearts? She lets Bloglines down easy, explaining that well, she's gotta go with The Other Guy. read more »
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Shuman Ghosemajumder, Google's click fraud czar, talks about not trusting third party estimates of click fraud rates, says that Google is considering some legal actions of its own against fraudsters and covers other topics. Much search marketers ha read more »
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Want to know how many people read your feeds from iGoogle and Google Reader? Now you can get those stats from Google Webmaster Central. However, it doesn't work right if you use FeedBurner or another tracking tool. I look at the problem plus slice a read more »
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Welcome to Rob Kerry, who takes over as our new Sphinn editor. read more »
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SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008