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		<title>Logos With Hidden Meanings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my Sunday morning Stumble, I came across this excellent piece that showcases a variety of different logos from companies all over the world. The idea of hidden meanings (a message in a message) is something I&#8217;ve always enjoyed. It may definitely help to satisfy or comfort consumers subliminally, or that kind of thought may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Successful Website?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEM Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Hosting & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aesthetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet is understandably bogged down with a wide variety of failed ventures.  While web hosts and domain registrars have made the process of website creation extremely simple over the years, little has been done to teach webmasters how to transform their domains into places that web surfers want to visit.  For any website, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Humanity Keep Up With The Internet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[humanity in transition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fire.  The Wheel.  Farming.  The Printing Press.  Many think of these advances as some of the greatest in human history.  Where would we be without fire?  Before the wheel was invented, moving anything heavier than one could lift was either impossible or simply not worth the effort.  Man would still be hunting and gathering if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEM is a Circle</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/social-media/sem-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paid Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know there are specialists in the industry who focus on one specific area of Search Marketing such as Paid Search or Link Building, and they do very well for themselves. I think it&#8217;s important to know a lot about your niche in the industry and the experience you gain from focusing on one area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heaven In Free Online Documentaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Stumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free online documentaries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of time on the computer. As an Ecommerce Manager and Internet Marketing (by day and night) I almost always have my laptop on. Nearly all the music I listen to is via Pandora or iTunes, and about 85% of the programming I follow, I watch on Hulu or other television network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Search and Social 2010 Made Me Better</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/social-media/how-search-social-2010-made-me-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paid Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#SSSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over a week has passed since the Search &#38; Social Spring Summit concluded in Tampa, Florida. Like everyone who attended the intimate gathering at the DoubleTree Hotel overlooking Tampa Bay, I&#8217;ve returned to work and am working hard to implement the great ideas I took away from the conference. Sure, I took note of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things To Do In Tampa When You&#8217;re Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Search &#38; Social Spring Summit kicks off on Monday, May 3rd to Tuesday, May 4th. Are you excited? I&#8217;m excited. I never quite understood why people skip sessions, even days of these conferences once they get there. Since #SSSS is just two days long, I really hope everyone who attends decides to get the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Believing There Is No God</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/sunday-stumble/there-is-no-god/</link>
		<comments>http://upsmack.com/sunday-stumble/there-is-no-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Stumble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Sunday Stumble comes from Penn Jillette of Penn &#38; Teller. Back in November of 2005 he wrote a thought-provoking piece for NPR that really puts the God question a little bit differently. Many Atheists say they don&#8217;t believe in God, but he frames it a bit differently. In Penn&#8217;s words, he believes that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essentials of Buddhism</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/sunday-stumble/essentials-of-buddhism/</link>
		<comments>http://upsmack.com/sunday-stumble/essentials-of-buddhism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Stumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I was very interested in the Buddhist religion. I bought a Buddhist Bible and took it with me everywhere I went. Sure, it make me feel just a little bit cooler since I was into something none of my other peers seemed to know a thing about, but it wasn&#8217;t just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Lower Your Bounce Rate</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/search-marketing/how-to-lower-bounce-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://upsmack.com/search-marketing/how-to-lower-bounce-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an Ecommerce business, your website exists as a means of converting visitors to buyers. That&#8217;s what you want, right? Then why insist on implementing design, content and other things your visitors don&#8217;t want, don&#8217;t need, and won&#8217;t tolerate? Analyzing the Bounce Rate of the various pages on your website is an excellent [...]]]></description>
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