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Topics related to the search engine marketing industry in general. For more background, see SEM industry news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: September 5, 2008 - 3:55 pm
Posted By: jeffquipp 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://prashant-vikram.blogspot.com)
Category: SEM Industry
A good post detailing 10 great search engine news blogs you really should read daily. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 5, 2008 - 10:29 am
Posted By: ciaran 2 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEM Industry
Jane thinks that there is a lot of hot-air which passes for insight in the search industry. I think she should just get on with creating good content....

;) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 4, 2008 - 5:46 am
Posted By: DavidWallace 4 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: SEM Industry
Rand Fishkin writes, "Here are five solid reasons that compel SEOmoz as well as the many companies we work with/recommend to stay far away from any "guarantee" of search engine rankings." read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 3, 2008 - 2:41 pm
Posted By: ciaran 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.fireflyseo.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Hey, any list that gives me a namecheck is gonna get a Sphinn. There's a few names that should probably be up there that aren't, so drop a comment if there's a search Brit you think deserves a plug.. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 2, 2008 - 12:23 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 6 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.thehistoryofseo.com)
Category: SEM Industry
[MARK KNOWLES] We’re sitting here with Chris Winfield, Todd Malicoat, and Brent Csutoras. This is an all star crew, and we’re at SES New York, March 2008. We’re just going to talk about what got you guys into search, how you got started and some of read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 27, 2008 - 8:47 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.yourseomentor.com)
Category: SEM Industry
I [Garrett Pierson] had the wonderful honor of spending some time with Lee Odden of Top Rank. He gave great insight on the changing SEO Industry and the up and coming Social Media industry. Also Within the interview that you can listen to above or r read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 27, 2008 - 2:11 pm
Posted By: 0thelisa 11 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.webuildpages.com)
Category: SEM Industry
It's merging of the search minds as everyone's favorite Pat Sexton joins Jim Boykin and the team at We Build Pages in the role of Search Marketing Manager.

Jim says:

"Pat's skillset brings a lot to We Build Pages in terms of rounding out our read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 26, 2008 - 5:04 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 13 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://snydeysense.com)
Category: SEM Industry
During my trip to San Jose for SES I [David Snyder] was privy to such a moment in history. A moment where a legend, a mythical creature was born. Our industry from this time will forever know the name, SEO Champion.

Below find an Oral History of read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 19, 2008 - 3:09 pm
Posted By: ViperChill 20 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://copybrighter.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Recently, the PR firm of a very famous and lavishly wealthy public figure called me. One of his projects had gotten a lot of bad press. They asked how much it would cost to remove the negative information from Google. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 15, 2008 - 9:24 pm
Posted By: Jill 23 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Great tips from Lisa Barone on conference networking. Nearly anyone who's attended a conference can relate, especially if you're somewhat shy. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 15, 2008 - 3:44 am
Posted By: seosurvivor 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Follow up on Sphinn post: Top SEO Firms Paid for by the Following...

Back in June, you read the story about the Most Dependable awards being given to SEOs and Web Design companies, amongst others.

In short, a company named Goldline Research ca read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 14, 2008 - 10:51 am
Posted By: Jill 26 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.conversationmarketing.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Ian Lurie speculates about an SEO industry shake out:

"The industry shakes out. While many rip-off artists stick around, even more go away. Competent individuals move to agencies or continue as consultants. Corporations become smarter consumers o read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 12, 2008 - 5:31 pm
Posted By: cre8pc 26 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.cre8asite.net)
Category: SEM Industry
Leading off the 6th Anniversary Cre8asiteforums Interview series, Kim Krause Berg interviews Rae Hoffman. Great videos included! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 11, 2008 - 12:58 am
Posted By: NickWilsdon 30 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.imediaconnection.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Extensive 6-page article on getting the most out of conferences by Lee Odden at TopRank. Includes tips from Brad Berens (iMedia), Robert Scoble, Danny Sullivan, Chris Sherman, Kevin Ryan, David Berkowitz, Heather Lloyd-Martin and Michael Brito. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 6, 2008 - 10:03 am
Posted By: Wiep 35 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://seminsights.com)
Category: SEM Industry
If you are planning on hiring a search consultant, here is a mini-glossary along with a checklist of Q&A to help you separate the wheat from the chaff; or if you prefer, the can-do’s from the no-clue’s. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 6, 2008 - 8:38 am
Posted By: Jill 33 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchenginewatch.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Great post by Mark Jackson about the creepy feeling he gets when he sees search marketing companies paying for the honor of being deemed "best." read more »
14 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 12:41 pm
Posted By: tomcritchlow 35 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bloommedia.co.uk)
Category: SEM Industry
Alex discusses an interesting idea for managing enterprise new media clients and how the payment on results model extends to large multi-national clients. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 12:31 pm
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.realityseo.com)
Category: SEM Industry
In October of 2006, when I [Mike Valentine] was first interviewing for in-house SEO positions, I wrote a series of articles on SEO job searches (listed below) and incorporated my own research on Salary ranges for SEO. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 5, 2008 - 10:54 am
Posted By: NickWilsdon 33 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nickwilsdon.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Jill is someone who needs no introduction round these parts. I had the pleasure of interviewing her last week on the topic of Google, ethics, old-school marketers, Cuil and the myths of social media. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 4, 2008 - 6:59 pm
Posted By: kevinheisler 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Danny Sullivan will be speaking at SES San Jose! In addition to Danny's return to SES, there will be lots of other must-see panels.

Check out Greg Jarboe's predictions for the top stories to come out of the conference. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 4, 2008 - 6:47 pm
Posted By: Eddings 34 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.yourseomentor.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Garrett Pierson interviews Dave Snyder of Snydeysense.com, Dave shares some great insights on SEO and Social Media. Although Dave is a big guy (6’2 ½´ and 285lbs) in this interview he admits that he cries often, so you gotta check this out! read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 1, 2008 - 6:21 pm
Posted By: cre8pc 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Very affordable! Speaker list:

* Debbie Weil - Author of the Corporate Blogging Book
* Kevin M. Ryan - Vice President, Global Content Director for Search Engine Strategies and Search Engine Watch
* Geoff Livingston - Author of N read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 29, 2008 - 12:19 am
Posted By: UtahSEOpro 41 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.yourseomentor.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Garrett Pierson had the wonderful opportunity to talk a bit with the crazy and funny Dave Harry aka TheGypsy. If you don’t know who Dave is then shame on you because you are totally missing out on his very valuable and hilarious content at his famou read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 24, 2008 - 12:52 pm
Posted By: rodonnell 47 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: SEM Industry
Agencies are facing a growing number of challenges differentiating themselves from their competitors given the number of search marketing agencies in the market today. Ken Clark suggests agencies begin employing the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a way read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 23, 2008 - 6:05 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 46 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchengineguide.com)
Category: SEM Industry
David Mihm is more than just an SEMpdx Schwag Ho. He is one of the top experts in the ever-growing specialty of Local Search Optimization and he focuses his consultancy on helping small business clients generate online revenue in their respective m read more »
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