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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:47:05 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Argentina Forcing Google &amp; Yahoo To Censor Search Results]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/84385</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/84385</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:47:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A search on yahoo for &quot;Diego Maradona&quot; produces zero results with the message: On the occasion of a court order sought by private parties, we have been forced to temporarily remove some or all of the search results relating to it.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Is Search Engine Spam? The Video Edition]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/80447</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/80447</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:07:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan writes &quot;Search engines tell marketers not to spam them. Many search marketers also advise newcomers not to spam. Spamming issues get debated online. But what is search engine spam? What's it look like? How's it smell? And why do searc<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BOTW In Talks To Purchase DMOZ Directory From AOL]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/72536</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/72536</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:19:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/72536</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Anyway as I said above I am good friends with the owners of BOTW so obviously I am biased. I am curious to hear your thoughts on the deal if in fact BOTW is the new owners of the DMOZ directory.<br/><br/>69 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Searching With Google Chrome &amp; Omnibox]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70153</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70153</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:14:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that Google Chrome is live, I [Danny Sullivan] spent some time looking at the search features within it, especially to see -- as I did recently with Internet Explorer 8 -- whether Google was going to try to stack the deck in its own favor. Like <br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Meta-Search Engines Reviewed and Compared]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68619</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68619</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:20:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68619</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meta-search engine is a web-based service that aggregates data from a number of search engines. A meta search engine doesn't have a database of indexed pages of its own. Instead it &quot;sends a user's query to multiple search engines and blends the top <br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AJAX and Non-JavaScript Experiences for SEO friendly websites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/68666</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/68666</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/68666</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tony Adams wsrites... With the &quot;Web 2.0″ world that we live in, companies are inclined to create &quot;snazzy&quot; new AJAX experiences for users. I have been dubbing this the AJAX Dilemma lately because organizations/companies/website owners are creating si<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How a Search Engine Might Handle Singular and Plural Queries]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/65313</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/65313</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:41:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/65313</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When you're searching for something on the Web, does it matter whether you use the singular or plural version of a word in your search?A new patent application from Yahoo explores how a search engine might handle the singular and plural versions<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[W3C HTML Validation and Search Engine Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/63049</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/63049</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:43:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/63049</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The analysis is in, and you can send all the validators home. W3C HTML Validation shows little to no impact on search rankings on Google, Yahoo, Ask or MSN Live.<br/><br/>52 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[50 Niche Search Engines That Will Make Your Everyday Life Easier]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55443</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55443</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:29:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55443</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a particular video, an old friend from high school, or the perfect handbag, a niche search engine can help. They can make life even better if you can use them in a pinch.<br/><br/>70 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Could Stumbleupon Help To Revolutionize Online Search?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50554</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50554</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:29:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50554</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Could Stumbleupon's human-filtered search results be the beginning of the next evolution of search engines that could see the all-powerful Google algorithim be made redundant?I think Nowsourcing is on to something here.<br/><br/>69 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Engines May Substitute Other Search Terms for Yours]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47048</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47048</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:36:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47048</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Slawski writes... When you search for something at a search engine, the search engine might not just try to find pages on the web which match the keywords that you searched with, but may first try to expand upon those keywords by finding simila<br/><br/>42 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Search Really Works: &quot;The&quot; Index (2)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31925</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31925</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:54:42 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31925</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article by Ruud Hein at SearchEnginePeople on how search indexing works.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Search Behavior Patterns]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27327</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27327</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:46:39 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27327</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A search engine on an organization's website or intranet is often built to support an overly narrow model of user behavior, which goes something like this:    * User types in a search    * Search engine gives back matching results    * User <br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Click Fraud Jumped 15% in 2007 Says Click Forensics]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/26146</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/26146</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:14:12 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/26146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The state of Click Fraud for Q4 2007, stats that the clients will definitely be interested in.<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranking &quot;Above the Fold&quot; and Why it Matters!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25291</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25291</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:07:41 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25291</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Search behavior ranges for each individual and the level of commitment and resolve a person exhibits when they embark on a search using a search engine is unique to each.While some may be willing to sift through several pages to find the perfect<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Vertical Search Crush the &quot;Do Everything&quot; Search Engine?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24210</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24210</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:11:37 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24210</guid>
<description><![CDATA[RavenSEO considers how Google can &quot;save itself&quot; from vertical search engine proliferation.<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advancing Advanced Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23995</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23995</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:41:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Advanced search is the ugly child of interface design -always included, but never loved. Websites have come to depend on their search engines as the volume of content has increased. Yet advanced search functionality has not significantly developed i<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Come Clean: SMO is Not SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23195</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23195</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:20:20 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23195</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tim argues that SMO is by now not SEO anymore. While most people out there do not know the term SMO and only a minority is familiar with the concept of SEO or what the difference between the two is, do you really want to use a new term to confuse pe<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 12 Most Useful Meta Search Engines]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20070</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20070</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:07:50 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20070</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm not quite sure why metasearch engines aren't more popular than they are. They are actually pretty darn useful much of the time, but they languish far down the list of popular search engines. Still, I don't think it hurts to take a fresh look at <br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do You Use Google For Vanity Searching? You’re Not Alone]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19024</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19024</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:30:45 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19024</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting post from TechCrunch releasing  some new details Regarding the growth of people that &quot;Google&quot; themselves, and the rising concern people have about their information appearing online. People search themselves more than 100% more than just<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: More Americans Googling themselves]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19132</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19132</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:44:38 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19132</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Story Highlights# Study finds more Americans searching online for information about themselves# Many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests# Women are more likely to look up information about someone they are d<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon Redirecting Typo Traffic - Are They Breaking Net Neutrality]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13421</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13421</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:27:08 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13421</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is redirecting typo traffic to an landing page where Verizon makes a profit from ads a violation of net neutrality? Many Fios customers are already reporting this happenning.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural Language Search on Steroids: TrueKnowledge]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/13148</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/13148</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:53:05 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/13148</guid>
<description><![CDATA[TrueKnowledge, currently in beta, appears to have a slick looking natural language search with an extensive knowledgebase.  Kind of like ask.com smart answers, but much more complex.  Be sure to watch the video.<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[StumbleUpon Enhances SearchReviews on Search Engines]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10584</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10584</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:45:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10584</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Arnold Zafra at Search Engine Journal points out several new features from the latest StumbleUpon Search Reviews update. Some of these enhanced features includes:- Displaying your StumbleUpon friends who have rated particular sites.- Expansion<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Is Not The Most Relevant Search Engine According To Google]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9754</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9754</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:16:41 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9754</guid>
<description><![CDATA[See who the search engines rank on the first page for &quot;search engine.&quot;<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Steve Rubel - Search is Broken]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9050</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9050</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:54:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Searching</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9050</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steve is on the money with his post how &quot;search is broken&quot;. It's something I've been talking with other people about to, for search to get truly personal it needs to tie into the things we as users use, outlook, gmail, yahoo mail, twitter, jiaku, on<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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