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		<title>Are You a Victim of SEO Blackmail?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/are-you-a-victim-of-seo-blackmail/</link>
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		<title>Freshen up that website with a redesign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently freshened up a client&#8217;s corporate website expanding the overall width of the site from roughly 740 px to around 940 px. The initial site had been built assuming the older &#8220;safe&#8221; website width standards due to the number of 800 px resolution monitors floating around. The latest monitor study indicates that 800 px [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/freshen-up-that-website-with-a-redesign/</link>
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		<title>Staying Busy in the 2009 Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So what do you do when the times are tough? While we&#8217;ve definitely trimmed the fat here at Sozo Firm and are quite lean right now in terms of staff and hours and extra spending money, we&#8217;ve been staying relatively busy expanding our web design division and developing strategies for new business divisions.
Our Sozo Creative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/staying-busy-in-the-2009-recession/</link>
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		<title>Is the economy back on its way up? June 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a brief discussion with a friend earlier today about the economy and predictions that come and go regarding its upward climb. I&#8217;ll throw in my two cents, the skeptic and cynic that I am. Based solely on leads and inquiries from prospective new clients to the Sozo Firm network, since January of 2009, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help! My Adwords Budget is on Fire!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you burning through your online ad budget - or, more specifically, your Google Adwords budget - every day with minimal results to show?
Here&#8217;s a humorous example: I was doing a search on &#8220;Sizzix.&#8221; For those who don&#8217;t have a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator as a wife, Sizzix is a company which makes die cutting, embossing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/help-my-adwords-budget-is-on-fire/</link>
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		<title>Hacking for SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an excellent article written by Anita Campbell (Small Business Trends) entitled Hacked: It Could Never Happen to My Site (Famous Last Words). It&#8217;s a must read for anyone doing research on the rapidly increasing trend toward aggressive, black hat SEO companies employing skilled hackers to penetrate successful websites and secretly add links (or even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/hacking-for-seo/</link>
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		<title>SEO &amp; Hacking: An Unpleasant Mix</title>
		<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.
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The email stated:
Dear site owner or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/seo-hacking-an-unpleasant-mix/</link>
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		<title>SEO in a Troubled Economy</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/seo-in-a-troubled-economy/</link>
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		<title>Realistic SEO Pricing In a Sluggish Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sozo Firm Inc slashed its rates today almost fully across the board in response to the very weak economy. Hourly rates have dropped twice in the past 60 days from a recent high of $195 per hour in December 2008 to the current rate of $120 per hour. The monthly minimum to secure a discounted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/realistic-seo-pricing-in-a-sluggish-economy/</link>
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		<title>Website Design in York, Pennsylvania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator interested in starting her own blog or a custom flash drive company going international, the Sozo Creative web team can help you get your business off the ground and running. Our York, PA web designers are experienced in helping small businesses boast professional appearances online. We bring a lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sozofirm.com/seo/website-design-in-york-pennsylvania/</link>
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