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		<title>How long for a nofollow to weaken a site&#8217;s rankings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always enlightening to carry out a variety of experiments that relate to our world of search engine optimization. Many of our experiments have been related to duplicate content &#38; differentiation strategies. We&#8217;ve also been forerunners, we like to believe, with experiments regarding site wide anchor links and footer link positioning. Our latest experiment relates [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The million dollar question: When is duplicate content not considered duplicate content by major search engines? Grounds for importance: Virtually identical pages are basically ignored by Google and are of little, if any, value in terms of promoting your brand, products &#38; website through SEO. Answer: Without dropping names, I&#8217;ve read studies conducted by name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You a Victim of SEO Blackmail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest in the not-so-pleasant &#8220;art&#8221; of web design companies offering &#8220;SEO&#8221; services. Picture yourself, a mid sized company with 130 or so employees, large enough to operate a profitable business but not big enough to have your own web developer on staff. So, as web standards change and browser resolutions expand, you&#8217;re forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO &amp; Hacking: An Unpleasant Mix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when you receive an email from Google with the subject line &#8220;Removal from Google&#8217;s Index&#8221;? Yesterday, a web design company in Charlotte which we work closely with forwarded me the email their client had received and asked if it was legitimate. - &#8211; - &#8211; - - The email stated: Dear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO in a Troubled Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly two months ago, Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz wrote a superb article demonstrating why companies should not abandon ship in terms of pouring valuable &#38; limited budget funds into search engine optimization. While you&#8217;ve got to read the entire article to see his full point, I&#8217;ll briefly list off the reasons he gives why SEO in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My SERPs, Your SERPs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has finally begun altering search results even for people not signed into their Google account. This has been in the works for a while but is now implemented live. This begins the next generation in search results: user variable. The question to ask now is: will this form of search stay? Google&#8217;s been moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 1 in Google or bust!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Zwicky of Enquisite recently posted the results of a study examining data from April 2006 through March 2008 examining the trend for web surfers to click on search engine result page 1 or later pages. The results are fascinating yet also alarming for companies who are comfortable being on page 2 or even page [...]]]></description>
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