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		<title>What seo IS, and what it is NOT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What SEO is NOT:
Submitting urls to the search engines
Sitemaps do not get you any benefits
Tricking the search engines
Following Google guidelines
Stuffing keywords
Optimizing for one keyword phrase
Optimizing for the long tail
Creating validated xhtml with a tableless design
Submitting to low quality directories
Attempt to increase toolbar PR
Placing a page in a specific position in SERP
Proprietary methods and automated tools
What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips For A Smooth Site Design Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Determine the goals of the new site - will it be an informational site, a lead gen site, or an ecommerce site? The goal of the site will impact what keyword themes you will focus on, how the site architecture is layed out, and how in depth the content needs to be.
2. Do keyword [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Reputable SEO Firms Don&#8217;t Guarantee Search Engine Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/why-reputable-seo-firms-dont-guarantee-search-engine-rankings</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/why-reputable-seo-firms-dont-guarantee-search-engine-rankings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a great post on seomoz.org that I thought was very topical given the conversations I have had with clients over the last couple weeks. I hope they don&#8217;t mind me using it.  Rand, if you do just let me know and I will be happy to take it down ASAP. I did give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 steps to create a great website</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/10-steps-to-create-a-great-website</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/10-steps-to-create-a-great-website#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list is compliments of Seth Godin.
I thought this was interesting as it seems to mix traditional advertising thoughts with web design.
Here are principles I (Seth) think you can’t avoid:

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a dealbreaker.
Change the interaction. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How A Search Engine Determines Site Location</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-ways-a-search-engine-determines-site-location</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-ways-a-search-engine-determines-site-location#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International SEO is a web page issue not a website issues
3 ways The Search Engines Identifies Location

TLD (Top Level Domain, .ca, .cn, .uk)
If it has a .com it goes to
IP Address
Finally if they cant determine site origin.
Link Analysis
Check IP adress to find out where its hosted, this could cause problems with rankings in primary country.
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		<title>How To Tips For International SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/international-seo</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low Hanging Apples and Tips For International SEO

Encode your site is UTF-8
Don’t Translate Meta Tags and Page Titles
Adopt a global Public Relations strategy
Manage 301’s effectively
Keywording URL’s
Source Local Links
Use a smart Geo-selector
Expert Keyword Research
TLd’s
Content

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		<title>8 Reasons Page Rank Sculpting Might Not Work</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/8-reasons-page-rank-sculpting-might-not-work</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/8-reasons-page-rank-sculpting-might-not-work#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems with sculpting page rank:

More Control?
Distraction from other site problems
 Management Headaches
Its a band-aid
Where’s the user?
Open to abuse
Too focused on Search Engines
There is no standard

This post sponsored by:
Although 220-601 and 70-291 are complex exams, still a lot of people try for them before they are even done with 646-204 or 70-649, since that exempts them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Increase Conversion Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/how-to-increase-conversion-rate</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/how-to-increase-conversion-rate#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increase Your Conversion Rates By Meeting Your Clients Expectations
By keeping the page graphically relevant to the search term that a visitor is coming to your site from an organic search results is a key to increasing conversion. Each page of your website should be optimized for specific keywords and represents a product or service that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Theories About How To Get Google Sitelinks</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/4-theories-about-how-to-get-google-sitelinks</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/4-theories-about-how-to-get-google-sitelinks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Sitelinks will always intrigue and excite SEOs until they can figure out how they are derived. Google’s explanation of sitelinks, although present, is just as vague as their other documentation:
&#8220;Sitelinks serve as shortcuts to help users quickly navigate to the important pages on your site .&#8221;
These are all interesting theories about how Google sitelinks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Specific Pages Based On How Your Best Customers Find You</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/seo-specific-pages-based-on-how-your-best-customers-find-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/seo-specific-pages-based-on-how-your-best-customers-find-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff is a real estate agent who sells vacation rentals in The Outer Banks. His clients range from one time renters to repeat vacationers who bring their family and need large homes. Since his profit comes from repeat business Jeff offers a different level of service to repeat customers who rent his luxury homes consistently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Everything Is About Monetization</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/not-everything-is-about-monetization</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/not-everything-is-about-monetization#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure to sit with Jeff Cutler, former CRO of Answers.com and talk with him about the vision of answers.com during his time there. The interesting topic of monetization of the different interactive channels came up and  this is a short excerpt from the conversation.
Jeff Said, &#8220;Not everything can be monetized, nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Questions To Ask</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-questions-to-ask</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-questions-to-ask#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowing How Your Clients Perceive You Is Key
Short Post Based On Some Thoughts I Had. 3 Questions to ask yourself before you start redesigning your website or embarking on that new marketing venture.
Who Do I Think I Am?
Have you ever spoke with a client and they say “we are a X type of site or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Submit Your Sitemap To Google</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/why-submit-your-sitemap-to-google</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/why-submit-your-sitemap-to-google#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should You Submit Your Sitemap To Google?
What is a submitted or off-site Sitemap: A Sitemap is a list of the pages on your website.  Submitting a Sitemap helps make sure the search engines know about all the pages on your site, including URLs that may not be discoverable by normal crawling process.
There has been alot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 iPhone Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/top-5-iphone-applications</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/top-5-iphone-applications#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have wanted an iPhone, and after waiting in line for almost 2 hours I gave up and opted to wait a month or so until the craziness wore off and I was able to go to a local store and maybe only wait an hour. But below are the top 5 iPhone applications that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Bots View Nofollow Tags</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/how-bots-view-no-follow-tags</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/how-bots-view-no-follow-tags#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google - Will just ignore the link, as if it does not exist
MSN - will not pass link juice but will follow the link to discover new pages
Yahoo - will not pass link juice but will use it to find new pages
This post sponsored by:
SY0-101 and N10-003 is easier for those students who have at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We can design every website in 100% Flash, Ummm NO!</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/we-can-design-every-website-in-100-flash-ummm-no</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/we-can-design-every-website-in-100-flash-ummm-no#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Google&#8217;s announcement sounds great, there are still significant SEO and more general internet marketing issues that they haven&#8217;t addressed:
The Link Value Of Internal Links
Yes, Google will crawl all those links in your Flash animation. But will they give them the same value as links in an HTML page? They&#8217;re not saying.
Content Value
Will keywords in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Tactics That Hurt Indexing And Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-tactics-that-hurt-indexing-and-rankings</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/3-tactics-that-hurt-indexing-and-rankings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Link out to bad neighborhoods: Google follows links that are on your site and linking out to unrelated sites, spam sites, or link farms will put your site in a bad neighborhood. This will drop your quality and trust score and ultimately your rankings within Google.
2. Implement a massive link campaign: Gaining inbound links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Keyword Tool Gives Search Volume Numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/google-keyword-tool-gives-search-volume-numbers</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/google-keyword-tool-gives-search-volume-numbers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though Google has started showing approximate keyword search volumes in their keyword tool.
They warn though that: 
&#8220;Approximate Search Volume. This column shows the approximate number of search queries matching your keywords that were performed on Google and the search network in the previous calendar month.&#8221;
So like with other keyword tools take these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Will Just Remember My URL</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/people-will-just-remember-my-url</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/people-will-just-remember-my-url#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My customers bookmark or remember my URL after they buy from me one time right?
Not necessarily. Your customer does not bookmark or remember your URL until they have visited your site many times. You can drive them back to your site through email if the left behind their email address. You can also use your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonalds Color Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/mcdonalds-color-scheme</link>
		<comments>http://www.rankbetterseo.com/blog/mcdonalds-color-scheme#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick Thought:
Did McDonald&#8217;s Choose Red and Yellow From A Psychological Standpoint?
When looking back on all the color choices over the years of businesses, most will either pick a dark blue or green, something that symbolizes strength and a solid foundation. Most would not think to pick two colors that so contrast one another and are [...]]]></description>
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