Sphinn: Hot Topics

Internet Liberalisation - Is it really for the greater good?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:39:09 PDT

ICANN controls how we use the internet, and they are controlled by their members. Should domain registrars really have so much power over our brands, search results and simple understanding of the web? How will ICANN's plan to open up countless new

26 Vote(s)

Moonfruit, the most talked about company on Twitter

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:25:05 PDT

The guys at Moonfruit show how it's done over at Twitter. Clever people.

33 Vote(s)

Five Ways To Turn Blog Comments Into Conversations

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:29 PDT

"Explore blog comments and discuss what can be done to turn them into real conversations... Via the Internet, you clearly have access to a huge inventory of information and knowledge. However that is not the most amazing aspect of the Internet. Mo

37 Vote(s)

On Growing Demand for Real Time Search Engines

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:20 PDT

Growing need for the real time search engines. Users wants real time searches. Real-time searches are more valuable because it lets you know what's happening right now on any given topic. Companies use it to handle customer services. News junkies us

35 Vote(s)

Should Your Small Business Have a Blog?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:05 PDT

A good piece listing pros and cons of small business blogging.

43 Vote(s)

Continuing the Conversation – Social Media & Microsoft Advertising

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:11:48 PDT

Everyone has an opinion on how Microsoft is 'connecting' to the world. What better way to look at it then going to the source? Mel Carson, Microsoft's Advertising Community Manager, writers about just this topic on Searchcowboys.

32 Vote(s)

The Importance of Commenting on Other Blog

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:43:26 PDT

[11:00:15 AM] Gerald J Weber III: They're the lifeblood of blogging. Without this ability to interact with the author and other readers, blogs wouldn't be blogs at all. They'd just be standard, boring, static articles. When the subject of blog co

36 Vote(s)

Get a Website Indexed with No Links and XML Sitemaps

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:55:11 PDT

Michael Gray shares a live example and writes about his experience with launching a site, with NO LINKS, and having it indexed quickly after developing an XML Sitemaps strategy.

40 Vote(s)

Google Analytics For Local Search Part 1 of 7: Tracking Traffic From The 10 Pack

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:31:18 PDT

Great post shows how to setup tracking of Google 10 pack results

35 Vote(s)

Facebook or Just Face-Look? Are People 55 And Older Really Using Social Networking Websites?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:23:12 PDT

Glenn Gabe's thoughts about people currently 55 and older and social networks: "Although I wish the numbers were better, I think 80% will never adopt social networking. I think 15% will be interested, but run into barriers and be confused with the

30 Vote(s)

Custom Link Love For Wordpress Comments

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:32:47 PDT

Shaun Anderson over at Hobo-Web.co.uk has just released an awesome new wordpress plugin. "Recent announcements with the way Google Pagerank flows via nofollow links at Google has bloggers all a flutter. I asked Marty if he could sit down and modify

46 Vote(s)

Maximize Traffic With Proper Use Of Stumbleupon

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:39 PDT

Stumble upon is one of the great social media sharing sites available today. While it's true that proper use of stumble upon can bring you great traffic, it can also be a huge time sink and provide little results or even get you banned if you don't

38 Vote(s)

The Toolbar Factor: Engagement’s Role in Social Voting

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:24:41 PDT

Since their infancy, social news sites have been trying to stay one step ahead of social media users trying to artificially promote content to their front page. Digg.com has been the center focus for spamming and gaming in social media because a fro

30 Vote(s)

Whom did you wake up with this morning?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:20:25 PDT

Linkbuilding on its highest level. Christoph Cemper talks about co-citation. An absolute must read for every SEO.

45 Vote(s)

13 Questions with Brent Csutoras - Social Media Expert

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:58:57 PDT

A great interview with one of the top social media experts, including a comparison of some of the top social media spaces and their users.

29 Vote(s)

StumbleUpon Tip: Use Google to Choose the Best Category and Tags

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:55:02 PDT

Sharing stories on social voting and bookmarking sites both grows your social media profile power and enables you to reach your audience. Surprisingly enough, being one of the most important element of the story success, proper tagging is very often

42 Vote(s)

Social Media Profiles & Online Reputation Management

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:39:26 PDT

Jordan Kasteler (aka. Utah SEO Pro) tells the true story of a business which had their online reputation punked by a disgruntled employee, and ways to dig out of the ORM ditch with strong social media profiles.

39 Vote(s)

A Round-Up of PPC CTR and Ad Optimization Tips

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:37:06 PDT

Naoise Osborne compiles a bunch of tips and tricks from some of the best in the business to help you revamp your PPC campaigns and increase your CTR

35 Vote(s)

Digg Goes to the Source to Avoid Duplicates

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:50 PDT

The main aspect to this update was to introduce a new ‘Dupe Detection' system that users have been screaming for. Like some of the recent changes Digg has rolled out, this seems to be another really useful change that will only make the submission p

32 Vote(s)

How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:43:36 PDT

Excellent keynote speech video from Tim Ferriss at San Francisco WorldCamp.

42 Vote(s)

Achieve High Rankings by Using Your Existing PageRank as Leverage

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:10:43 PDT

SNIP - Use your content to your advantage. Pick out specific high-priority keywords and link to the appropriate pages. If your number one keyword phrase is "link architecture" and you have a page on your website that carries a PageRank of three, use

39 Vote(s)

You Know You Work In Search When You…

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:52:33 PDT

Great post from Chelsea Blacker; 40 ways you know you work in search.

43 Vote(s)

The Clash of Web and Traditional Advertising

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:40:17 PDT

"I want to discuss what I've realized is my bias against traditional PR and marketing- in an open-minded way, as one who understands those things still have value- and also discuss the divide between digital and traditional marketing, as well as web

33 Vote(s)

3 Cool Greasemonkey Scripts That Improve Microsoft Bing

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:30:28 PDT

3 cool Greasemonkey scripts for early Bing adopters.

32 Vote(s)

Eric Lander Interviewed on Search, Twitter, Google, and More

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:50 PDT

Eric Lander is interviewed and shares a number of interesting thoughts on Google, search, Twitter, and his latest venture.

36 Vote(s)

Links, Links and More Links

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:29:27 PDT

As the search engines get smarter and smarter the power of a single link can vary in many ways, so I'm going to try share some tests that I have carried out and some speculations about what type of link carries what weight.

49 Vote(s)

Don't Mind Me, I Was Just Bored

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:24:43 PDT

Jane Copland compares SEO blogging to swimming, some nice similarities :)

36 Vote(s)

Advertisement for Myself -The SEO Sales Conversation

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:48:10 PDT

Todd Mintz dropped by the Trail with a great guest post on dealing with your sales pitch - a must read for account execs and freelancers alike!!

45 Vote(s)

44 Local SEO Resources

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:41:01 PDT

The comprehensive local SEO and search resources list.

65 Vote(s)

Michael Jackson Dead : Microsoft Bing FAILS in Coverage, Twitter and Facebook Break News

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:53:43 PDT

Has Michael Jackson died or is this another social media and Internet hoax? Social Media is reporting his death. CNN is reporting he's in a coma. And the search engines don't have a clue what's going on.

45 Vote(s)

How BING Can Impact Your Business’ Online Marketing Strategy

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:52:21 PDT

The numbers are in- both Statcounter and ComScore show Microsoft's Bing search engine, launched two weeks ago, chipping away at the solid hold Google has long maintained on search engine traffic. Within a week after it launched, Bing had jumped Yah

45 Vote(s)

The 12 Skills That Have Served Me Best in My SEO Career

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:47:25 PDT

A must read post from Rand about the skills which have served him best in his SEO career.

53 Vote(s)

Google’s Matt Cutts On “Over Optimization”

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:43:34 PDT

Matt Cutts of Google has been producing daily videos answering questions from the SEO community. Many of these videos have useful information for all levels of SEO. I wanted to share Matt's most recent video and then point you to his other videos.Th

47 Vote(s)

Twitter SEO - The Slow Death of Twitter Hash Tags

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:51:04 PDT

Hash tags were cool for about 10 minutes. But then they started to remind us of IRC, Meta Data, and reading a book written in another language. When Twitter hit the big time, just a couple months before the landmark "@oprah" show, all of the tren

47 Vote(s)

Want a link on a throw-away domain?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:57:42 PDT

Seven reasons to ignore that PR3 homepage link offer that looks so juicy.

39 Vote(s)

The 6 Spheres of Social Media Marketing

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:51:57 PDT

Brian Carter shares his 6 spheres of SMM diagram, which he says "gives you a map of how to get prospects to take action no matter where they're at, and no matter what Internet marketing channel you use."

57 Vote(s)

XML Sitemap Assisted Redirects

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:38:55 PDT

A new methodology for coaxing Google to respider otherwise orphaned pages when performing sitewide URL rewrites.

42 Vote(s)

Hello world! There is no Europe!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:43:59 PDT

Mikkel deMib Svendsen writes a very intriguing post about the way US should look at Europe. An absolute must read. Intro: When I speak at conferences in the US local business owners often ask me how they can market themselves best in Europe. Eur

58 Vote(s)

How to Export Google Search Results to Excel

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:20:23 PDT

A quick and useful article on using SEOquake for Firefox to gather google and other data to organize in excel. Found it really useful.

52 Vote(s)

A reason to integrate offline & online advertising - “Ad hijacking”

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:55:08 PDT

Why do some companies don't follow up on their offline campagnes? When competitors are smart they can "Hijack" the ad and win a lot out of it. Kristjan Hauksson talks gives some examples in his guestpost on Searchcowboys and hands us some tips on

36 Vote(s)