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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 9 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
Happy Birthday Sphinn! It was one year ago today (actually July 11, 2007 but I'm traveling) that Danny notified beta testing SEOs: "We're now open to the public. Thank you everyone for all your help -- it's deeply appreciated."

Sphinn has been a read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://webtribution.com)
Category: Social Media
Kieran Hawe writes... Is there a day that goes by where some new micro-blogging “Twitter Killer” isn’t launched? Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, FriendFeed…the list goes on and on. Each comes out the gate promising to be the next big thing and outside of a fe read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 17 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
WOM (Word of Mouth)

Jennifer Laycock writes... Almost anytime I talk about viral marketing, the subject of offline word of mouth verses online word of mouth comes up. People ask questions like which is more powerful, which has more potential and read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 45 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Water Cooler
After attending only a few SEO events and conferences, it becomes apparent that search marketers like two things just about as much as they like links. Those two things are caffeine and alcohol, something you'll typically find in great abundance at read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 57 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.npr.org)
Category: Social Media
NPR News writes... Andrew Scorcini, known to millions as MrBabyMan, has made a name for himself with his unrivaled skill at posting stories on a fiercely democratic Web portal. But recently and even on his beloved portal, Digg.com, the name MrBabyMa read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 63 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://jerseysuburbia.com)
Category: Social Media
Andrew Feinberg writes... Twitter is at an awkward point in their lifetime. It’s their age of prepubescence. The time in every young tech companies life when it’s time to face some of the issues that will thrust them into their teenage and adult liv read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 65 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.mattcutts.com)
Category: Google
Matt Cutts writes... The other day I realized that I enter my haircut appointments into Google Calendar, so I can search for “haircut OR (the place I get my hair cut)” and see when I’ve gotten my hair cut. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 66 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Social Media
Danny Sullivan writes... Summize has already turned into my preferred tool to search for what people are saying on Twitter. Now it's gained a way to see what people are twittering about near a local area. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 68 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.planetc1.com)
Category: Google Other
Tonight, Google launched their new social application called Friend Connect. According to the information page (only launched within the past hour) “Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With j read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 71 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://daggle.com)
Category: Social Media
Danny Sullivan writes... I recently had a go at live twittering a conference and what a pain! First, I was flooding my followers with constant updates. Second, trying to recreate what I live twittered into a blog post was a nightmare, with me litera read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 100 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.quicksprout.com)
Category: Social Media
Neil Patel writes: One thing I get asked frequently is how did you become successful. Usually when people ask this they are looking for 1 answer, but the truth is there are a lot of factors that caused my success. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 104 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.news.com)
Category: Social Media
Charles Cooper writes: Out of curiosity, I drew up a list of 55 technology journalists to find out how many use Twitter, arguably one of the most important social-media technologies on the scene. I included names of some online reporters--including read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 123 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: Social Media
Alex Iskold writes: We've all had one of those days when the universe seems to be playing games with us. Things haven't quite worked out all day, there's nothing good on TV, all your friends are out with each other and forgot (didn't want?!) to call read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 163 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google
Greg Sterling writes... Just as Ask is introducing "BigNews," Google is offering local news. The Google New Blog says that the new capabilities allow users to "create a local section for any city, state or country in the world." As the Google News B read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 228 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com)
Category: Usability
From TopRankBlog coverage at SES... Truly, is there anything in the world more beautiful than a perfectly designed website?

One that is easy to find, easy to navigate, all while burning its design into the heart of its visitors?

Like a perfect read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 234 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Li Evans of Search Marketing Gurus has two great interviews today from Sunny Los Angeles. One is with Karen Wickre of Google, and the other is with Kami Watson Huyse of My PR Pro. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 255 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Social Media
Fast Hands Lisa Barone Live Blogging from BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas. Session on creating conversations with your readers... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 256 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Sphinn Zone
In my experience, one of the little used features on Sphinn is the calendar. ( http://sphinn.com/calendar.php )

Pubcon in Las Vegas is less than 30 days away and there are only five attendees currently listed (on the calendar) from Sphinn. I'd re read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 268 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.10e20.com)
Category: Search Marketing
An interesting post by Jake Matthews on 10e20.com about 2008 Presidential Search Marketing efforts. Not only is there plenty of information covered, there is going to be lot's of opportunity for SEOs (or clients) OK to discuss politics. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 270 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Water Cooler
An example of SEOs that never stop working... Southern California reporter, Danny Sullivan, comes to the rescue with map information regarding the Southern California fires. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 277 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.aimclearblog.com)
Category: Social Media
From aimClear comes a post from Nathania Johnson: There is nothing quite like the power of a woman’s intuition. And this week, seven women have brought both their intuition and expertise to SMX Social Media in New York City. Many of these ladies are read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 281 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Danny Sullivan takes us behind the scenes for exclusive insider photos at Digg Labs. Friday Fun! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 291 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.toprankblog.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Video interview from TopRankBlog with Lee Odden and Vanessa Fox.

Sphunn this because...
1) it's great to see what others here are doing
2) the topic ties into this weeks hot discussion on local search
3) what works for Zillow may work for your read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 292 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
What Andrew talks about in his latest post works, and it works well. Pay attention small business owners, you could easily become a great source for local traffic in your community. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: planetc1 292 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Google
Loren Baker and his Monday Morning Tips for better Meta Descriptions. read more »
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