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Wikia’s Wales Slams Mahalo’s Calacanis for Speaking Too Loosely
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 111 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://xrrg.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
Things not quite so chummy in the Wiki based search space read more »
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IncrediMail Gets A Stay Of Execution From Google
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 112 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.techcrunch.com) my network
Category: Google AdSense
Whilst this might end up being good for IncrediMail to recover some of their lost share price, I think it also highlights Google's shoot first, ask questions later approach to Adsense bans, and smaller publishers are rarely given that second chance. read more »
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Dear AdSense, You Heard My Pleas - Another Open Letter to AdSense
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 114 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.problogger.net) my network
Category: Google AdSense
It looks like Darren's not so secret lover still loves him... at least a little read more »
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NASA and Google Moon Saga
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 116 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.phil-butler.com) my network
Category: Google Other
I am slowly working my way through a Stumbleupon backlog inspired by Lyndon - this one is a corker. read more »
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Controversy At the Semmys - A Scene Out of Deliverance
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 116 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://controversialmarketing.blogspot.com) my network
Category: Water Cooler
Has Sam got his knickers in a twist, or did he just use his joker? Introducing the SAMmys... read more »
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Paid Links - The Solution
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 134 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.twentysteps.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
There are all kinds of ways to comply with even Google's most recent stance on paid reviews, unless you are never allowed to give an editorial link to a site that has previously paid you for a 50 word review. read more »
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How to Show the Sphinn Button Only AFTER the First Sphinn
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 134 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.allthingssem.com) my network
Category: Sphinn Zone
I am fairly sure Lee was looking for something like this, so that a Sphinn button only shows up after a post has been submitted. read more »
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What We Can Learn From Criminals
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 135 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.michelfortin.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
Once upon a time, long long ago, there was this thing called email, and then half the online marketing community forgot that it is a good tool to use to communicate with your customers.

Michel gives some tips on how to learn a few things from ema read more »
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AOL Says Goodbye to Netscape Navigator
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 135 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://mashable.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
I wonder if they even tried to find a buyer? read more »
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10 marketing resolutions for 2008
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 136 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.churchofthecustomer.com) my network
Category: Other Online Marketing
A great "top level" list, I especially liked this one

"6. Vow to eliminate a stupid rule.
You know what it is. Customers (or bloggers) have already told you. So eliminate it already. For extra points, give it a funeral." read more »
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Tech-Geeks: Mahalo Refuses Mentors Payments
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 142 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://tech-geeks.blogspot.com) my network
Category: Other Searching
It looks like Mahalo might have some teething problems in the Greenhouse read more »
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bn Exclusive: Robyn Tippins Promoted to Developer Tools Yahoo Platforms
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 163 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://ca.blognation.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Lots of people in the Sphinn community might have had a chance to meet Robyn at various events, including the recent Blog World - she is moving on to pastures new. read more »
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WikiAnswers' Search Engine Optimization
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 167 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blogoscoped.com) my network
Category: SEO
Fun keyword stuffing or useful for users to find a page that is relevant for their search.
I wonder if they use content spinning to come up with the variations. read more »
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[video] The Blogologist speaking at Wordcamp Melbourne 2007
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 171 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.alistercameron.com) my network
Category: Blogging
Alister Cameron delves into the Sandbox theme while speaking at Wordcamp in Australia read more »
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The Truth About Blog Comments and Why You May Not Be Getting Any…
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 171 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.web2center.com) my network
Category: Blogging
"Well, at the risk of sounding like a pessimistic curmudgeon, I am here to tell you that there are only 2 reasons people participate in social media:
# Ambition
# Vanity
There, I said it! Sorry if it offends, but please let me explain…" read more »
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Thanksgiving 2007 from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Dogpile & The Search Industry
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 171 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com) my network
Category: Water Cooler
A full round up of all the special Thanksgiving logos Barry found around the internet today from sites related to Search. read more »
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Giant Global Graph | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 171 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://dig.csail.mit.edu) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Tim Berners-Lee, the man behind the "World Wide Web" discusses the "social graph" and it becomes the "Social Graph"

Looks like it is official, and Robert Scoble didn't get it called the "Social Starfish" ;) read more »
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Taking on the 800lb Gorilla: Search engines beating Google (Part 1)
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 172 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com) my network
Category: Google Other
Ylayn takes a look at what Google isn't so good at read more »
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Free Camtasia Studio 3 (Full Version)
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 172 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.paulcolligan.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
Grabbed this via Dan Theis

This seems to be the full version 3, and even allows you to upgrade to the current v5 for half price.
Really useful offer you should take advantage of even if you are only lightly toying with the idea of creating video read more »
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Google Custom Search Engines Go International
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 172 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com) my network
Category: Google Searching
"Yesterday I spoke with Nitin Mangtani, lead product manager of enterprise search at Google, and he told me that Google has found the predominant use of Custom Search Engines is as a tool to implement site search." read more »
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Best of eBay - Ebay Social Voting
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 173 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://bestof.ebay.com) my network
Category: News Sites
It looks like Pre-Christmas Ebay marketing might be taken to a new level if Ebay throw some weight behind this new site. read more »
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Hatch, Kohl Urge Rigorous FTC Review of Competition Issues in Google-DoubleClick Deal
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 174 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://hatch.senate.gov) my network
Category: Google Other
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ranking Republican Member, have asked the Federal Trade Commission to examine the compet read more »
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Visualized Impact of PR0′d Site : Viewer Discretion Advised
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 174 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bigfootwebmarketing.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
It is possible some other problems with the site were spotted during a random inspection.
I haven't experienced the same, but then I haven't been zeroed. read more »
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Newsvine Sucks
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 175 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jackhumphrey.com) my network
Category: News Sites
Looks like Newsvine is becoming heavy handed read more »
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Free If You Digg It To Be A New Wave?
Avatar Posted By: AndyBeard 175 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.answersniper.com) my network
Category: Other Social Media
This isn't the first item that Duncan has promoted this way, but it is the first time you didn't receive the item in advance before digging.
Is this form of incentive based Digging going to be the next new wave.
Whether this is Digg to get the ite read more »
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