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		<title>Google counting only the first link to a domain - rebunked</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/first-link-counted-rebunked.html';OK, so not so long ago Rand put out a post saying that Google will count only one link to a URL from any given page. This is a phenomenon that was originally noticed by Michael VanDeMar but many an eyebrow was risen at both posts. That particular facial hair elevation trend has seemingly culminated [...]<br/>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Google Filter/Penalty (or how not to do nofollow PR sculpting)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/anatomy-google-filter.html';OK, so after a long break, I&#8217;m trying to get back on track with posting. Had a great time in South Africa (owe an apology to Viperchill for not giving him a call, family business was crazy mate, but I get there about once a year so maybe next time?), had a great time in [...]<br/>
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		<title>Choosing Your SEO Testing Grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/seo-testing-grounds.html';OK, so after a long time and a lot of testing and data crunching, it was about time I sat and wrote about my latest SEO adventures.
It seems like the SEO testing is all over the place lately. Firstly there is the excellent post by our old favorite XMCP about all the things to keep [...]<br/>
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		<title>Natural Link Building</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeoScientist/~3/240453992/natural-link-building.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/natural-link-building.html';It&#8217;s been a while since the last post, mainly due to the echoes of the conference, we are getting involved in several exciting SEO projects and there is less and less time to do experiments and build pretty graphs everyone liked so much.  I am hoping that in the future I will be able [...]<br/>
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		<title>SphinnCon Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow. It has been a really wild ride. When we first contacted Barry offering help in organizing the first Israel SEM/SMO event, little did I know&#8230;
I will not add another report from the conference. You can find the majority of them on Barry&#8217;s post. Just a several quick remarks:
1. Putting up a conference is a [...]<br/>
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		<title>Tapping into Unconventional Link Attributes</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeoScientist/~3/227890617/unconventional-link-attributes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/unconventional-link-attributes.html';When we analyze incoming links, we tend to focus on more or less the same set of link parameters: PageRank, anchor text, relative position in linking document, surrounding text, etc. However, sometimes looking beyond the regular, can provide the opportunity to not only succeed in link building, but even dominate the...<br/>
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		<title>Designing SEO Experiments - a different angle</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeoScientist/~3/225474782/designing-seo-experiments-different-angle.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.seo-scientist.com/designing-seo-experiments-different-angle.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/designing-seo-experiments-different-angle.html';&#160;
I have thoroughly enjoyed SlightlyShadySEO&#8217;s post about designing SEO experiments. If you haven&#8217;t read it yet, go do that now, it gives quite a comprehensive list of all the variables needed to be controlled when creating a sterile environment necessary for isolating and testing the...<br/>
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		<title>Google vs. Paid Links - how will it end ? Lessons from Mother Nature</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SeoScientist/~3/214099842/google-vs-paid-links.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/google-vs-paid-links.html';So I hear there is this thing going with Google not wanting people to buy links from other people and lowering their toolbar PR, taking away their ability to pass link juice through links. Terrible stuff! There are even frightening reports of adult SEOs getting lumps in their throats at conferences while Google reps are [...]<br/>
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		<title>Sphinn gets your site indexed in Google in just a few hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[submit_url = 'http://www.seo-scientist.com/sphinn-google-indexed.html';How long does it take for a page on a brand new domain to get indexed and showing in Google&#8217;s SERPs ? Weeks, if not months. Well, not if you Sphinn them. Here is a study case of my new blog and the super-fast indexing it experienced in last few hours.
So the subject is the [...]<br/>
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		<title>WordPress and Windows Live Writer XmlRpc server problem solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neyne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So after installing my snazzy new blog, changing the theme and playing with the plugins, I decided to try the Windows Live Writer. A  friend of mine has warmly recommended it and since he is a sucker for WP, I reckoned it is a good bet.
So I download it and install it and when [...]<br/>
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