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Across virtually every social network site, users scramble to be the first to break a news story. Inevitably, this leads to hundreds of duplicate story submissions and ends with one winner amongst hundreds of losers. But even if you weren’t the Wood read more »
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Matt Cutts has illustrated in his latest post "Review: Kitt-In Box" (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/review-kitt-in-box/), what he meant by "links that will stand the test of time". And he mentioned in a comment on the same post (http://www.mattcutts read more »
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I am in awe of the detail in the data Google Ad Planner gives us for free. I have posted some screen shots of it. It is crazy! Blows Google Trends away. read more »
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Brian Carter interviews Jordan Kasteler. Here are some of the things he talks about:

* How to pronounce his last name
* How he became a boy genius
* How he gained his SEO superpowers
* SEO for Flash Sites, SWFAddress
* Regular Expressions for read more »
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There are many examples of genuine disdain being expressed for SEO on LinkedIn. Why? Interesting read through (right now) 21 responses on why there is distrust or people have commentary on SEO practices via LinkedIn Answers. What do you think? read more »
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A great post by Dave (theGypsy) exploring a new Microsoft search patent that aims to identify link spam using temporal tracking.

Very interesting! read more »
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Gab of SEOROI explores how your sites pre-existing distribution and readership effect the impact of your content. read more »
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Back by popular demand - one year later! read more »
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Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 500 for the first time. If you're new to Sphinn, welcome! and why not throw your first Sphinn onto this historical post?

Sites like Dig read more »
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As many expected, Google has announced that it is dumping the supplemental result label for pages listed within its supplemental index. Does that mean the supplemental index has gone away? No. But Google promises that being in the supplemental index read more »
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Wonder what the biggest benefits of SEM conferences are? Well read up on the top 10 "secret" benefits of attending a search conference. read more »
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Danny Sullivan has been covering search for over a decade and is known as the leading expert in the field of search. I recently asked Danny for an interview and he said sure. We talked about search, marketing, and doughnuts.(This is a great intervie read more »
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It originally started out as Shoemoneyads and that system was later transformed into what we see as AuctionAds. Jeremy has a pretty big following on the internet, so it was a sure bet that this project would succeed. The sale price had not been disc read more »
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10 reasons why search marketers should be engaging with Sphinn - from the selfish to the noble and a few in between. read more »
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Imagine you’re Google for as moment (I accept that’s not an easy challenge!). Your job is to do the “right” job and fairly and wisely and correctly rank web pages from all across the internet on any given search term. What a job! read more »
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SEO Honolulu offers up 5 signs that it's time for you to trade the land of SEO for the beach and little umbrella drinks. He also mentions Danny Sullivan needing to adopt a Ninja Rabbit. I personally think this is a most excellent idea. read more »
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I often get asked to review a web site and give quick feedback on the site’s SEO. The issue: Is the site doing well, or in desperate need of SEO help? To answer those questions, I’ve developed a speedy system to go through a site and take a quick SE read more »
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For some reason, bloggers and many site owners seem to completely ignore public relations. While a simple free press release won’t get you in the New York Times, it can get you in a number of smaller papers and many online news sites, so it can be a read more »
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Good guide on how to create good content that is not negative in tone. read more »
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Rand Fishkin disusses the need for paid links, even for people that are trying to stay on the straight and narrow. See some web sites that rank well with paid links and get some tips on how to buy some good links while dodging Matt Cutts. read more »
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I think Sphinn needs a domaining section. Anyway, here is a good article over on the Aviva Directory about domain laws. read more »
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Well now that Threadwatch is gone, I know a bunch of us marketers are looking for a place to fill the gap. My bet is that Sphinn has the best chance. It gets away from the tired old forum and blog format and gives us a Social Media style outlet were read more »
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Barry Schwartz ranks highly for 'fat hairy naked man'. I happen to rank highly for 'kill people for money'. What about the rest of you? read more »
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Due to wikipedia's dominance of the SERPs we have developed a firefox plugin which allows you to search Google and get results with wikipedia no where to be seen! read more »
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Diggwatcher monitors a story with audio updates; Entourage shows your friends by icon; a tool to view your digg comments and jump to friends and oh! read more »
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