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It’s not long now until I approach my 1 year membership anniversary on my favourite social network - Sphinn. But rather than reflect on all the great things I’ve learned during that time, I thought it’d be much more fun to share what I’ve learned ab read more »
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"What happened to being objective, being able to look at a situation and potentially judge it for the actions undertaken without calling the person performing those actions horrible names or likening them to Nazis or KKK members?" read more »
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Proof positive that there are indeed women among the most successful search marketers in the industry. Perhaps they're just too busy working with a growing clientele to toot their own horns. read more »
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Everyone on the SEMpdx Board is extremely excited that Danny Sullivan will be the keynote speaker for Searchfest 2009. read more »
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A very detailed and in-depth look at Sphinn from Edward Lewis of seoconsultants.com read more »
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I don't know if this is here to stay, but I just noticed that all the external links from stories that haven't reached the front page yet are being nofollowed now. Great!

Hopefully this puts an end to the invasion of spam. I almost got RSI from c read more »
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Sphinn turns one year old tomorrow, July 11! This is a look at Sphinn's early days -- including some of the "firsts" that happened when we were all figuring out what Sphinn was, how to use it, and how to say the name. :-) read more »
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The Sphinn team are happy to announce the launch of our very own blog! The blog will be used for announcements and discussions regarding Sphinn, keeping the frontpage clean from clutter. We'll also be launching a Sphinn Weekly post, giving a round-u read more »
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SEO’s, SEM’s and other abbreviated people within our industry love, love, numbers. Clickthrough rate, how many positions up in the rankings, number of estimated searches per month, links per minute. Heck, even Google is into it: -6, -30, -950, -what read more »
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Quite a few stories I feel like desphinning because of disagreeing with the post, just like agreeing with a post makes me sphinn it. But then I wonder if desphinning is being seen as a vicious attack here. read more »
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Paul does it once again equating certain industry figures to action heros ... who would each be? Michael Gray, Dan Thies, Hamlet Batista, Joost de Valk, Lee Odden, and more.

Very comical! read more »
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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man, a land of linkbait and drama unfolding. It is a dimension as vast as social spaces, brimming with enigmatic individuals and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light read more »
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Being a moderator at Sphinn is pretty time-consuming, but it's also fun! I've killed thousands of submissions and accounts from users spammers trying to game the site for exposure, a free and followed link, or whatever else they're trying to accompl read more »
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"I am a regular participant in Sphinn, but lately I have been extremely disappointed in Sphinn’s quality (or lack thereof).
With the exception of Jeff Quipp, I am beginning to lose faith in their concern for administrative control there." read more »
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Yup..it's official... I am hooked up and in need of an intervention! read more »
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Glen Allsop wrote "Just been looking at my statistics tonight and I am pleased to report that according to Google Analytics Sphinn has sent 286 unique visitors to my last article Linking To The BBC Will Boost Your Google Ranking." read more »
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I think that you'll all agree that spam prevention is getting better with our increased moderator team, despite the much steeper increase in member numbers.

We have however seen a number of instances where Sphinn has been referred to as an easy s read more »
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You've probably run into stuff like this crap in what's new: Bangladeshi thoughts on Salahuddin, Diesel Generators etc. Obviously, Sphinn's counter-spam measures aren't working, so I'm offering $100 for the best idea to fight spam on Sphinn.

It' read more »
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Dear Danny,

I love Sphinn. And I really love Search Engine Land. But if the two are separate, why do you force me to submit something from SEL to Sphinn in order to comment on it?

There are times when I don't want to Sphinn a story (not becaus read more »
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Over the last few days I’ve noticed a couple of what I believe to be spam submissions to Sphinn with links to topgear.com, the official website of the BBC TV show fronted by Jeremy Clarkson. read more »
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I'm happy to announce that the next SphinnCon has now been confirmed for Friday 2nd May 2008, just a few weeks away. The event in Greensboro is designed for local Sphinn members and internet marketers, looking to share knowledge and network with pot read more »
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I'm pleased to announce that we've now taken on 2 new Sphinn moderators, helping us to manage the staggering growth of our site.

Brent Csutoras and Jeff Quipp have kindly volunteered to take up this challenge, and I hope that you all join me in w read more »
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I think there's nothing to lose and everything to gain by making Desphunn Comments just another way of making a regular Comment. If they're in the normal flow and appear in Latest Comments, then they will encourage discussion, which presumably is t read more »
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Pilo - I am a fan of Sphinn and generally find a bunch of good information and discussion there. Lately though I have noticed increasingly more SPAM submissions there. If I see Spam I report it right away and I hope others do the same. Unfortunately read more »
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All the great charts have a one-hit wonder, and Sphinn's Greatest Hits page is no different. Among all the big names, Sphinn has its very own one-hit wonder - a user that has the 4th biggest hit in Sphinn history! read more »
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