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		<title>Let&#8217;s do a little link research</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to put this link right here. This is part of some research I&#8217;m conducting.  Just a little personal research about indexation through social media channels, along side another experiment about nofollow links.]]></description>
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		<title>Using rel=&#8221;prev&#8221; and &#8220;next&#8221; and Canonical Tags for Pagination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about pagination and how to navigate the rel=&#8221;next/prev&#8221; and canonical tags. I wrote a fairly detailed article about how I think rel=next, rel=prev and canonical tags should be implemented over on the Ironworks blog. I wanted to re-iterate some of the basic points that article attempts to address here in my own blog. Do not &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/using-relprev-and-next-and-canonical-tags-for-pagination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be The Search Engine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often times the best way to diagnose an SEO-related problem with your site is view the site as a search engine would see it. Today I’m going give you a few tips that will help you do just that. Shall we? Step 1 – Download the Firefox browser, if you haven’t already I can’t begin to tell you all the &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/be-the-search-engine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HTML5&#8242;s Semantic Markup and SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe it to be common knowledge that search engines would want to place a lower emphasis on links or content located in a repeating nav bar or especially a footer.  Greater emphasis is, and probably should be, placed on the more unique content and links found in the &#8220;body&#8221; of the page. Currently with HTML4, mark-up coders are working &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/html5s-semantic-markup-and-seo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Discussion Group at MultifamilyInsders.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you know, I am the SEO Manager at Apartments.com. Among other things, I try to engage in conversations regarding SEO and the multifamily industry. To that end, I have created an SEO-specific forum on MultifamilyInsiders.com. It&#8217;s open to everyone. Join the group and let&#8217;s talk SEO! http://www.multifamilyinsiders.com/home/apartment-groups?action=gj.core.groups.showgroup&#38;groupid=81 See you there!]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of Rich Snippets on Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 22nd, Google announced the inclusion of event-related information in their Rich Snippets. The protocol will be based off the hCalendar microformat and will look like this: Now, let&#8217;s consider another post that covers Rich Snippets as well as something called &#8220;Answer Highlighting&#8221; which looks like this: &#8220;Consider the example, [empire state height]. The first search result used to &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/impact-of-rich-snippets-on-traffic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff I Liked This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faves]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the articles I &#8220;starred&#8221; in my Google readers lists. January 20th One Giant Leap for Link Data: Announcing Open Site Explorer + Page/Domain Authority Metrics &#8211; Awesome tool. Making me consider becoming a Pro Member, honestly. January 19th Keyword Targeting: How to Employ Multiple Keywords for SEO &#38; Conversions &#8211; SEOMoz breaks down keyword research January 18th Browse &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/stuff-i-liked-this-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Cutts On Links From Facebook and Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting video post from Google&#8217;s Matt Cutts. Watch first and then let&#8217;s discuss. Video source: How do you rate links from sites like Twitter and Facebook? Original Article: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/01/answering-your-december-grab-bag.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=feed&#38;utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/amDG+(Official+Google+Webmaster+Central+Blog) Points of interest: Links aren&#8217;t any different if they come from .gov or .edu. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like a link from an .edu autmatically carries more weight.&#8221; (1:58) Most links on Twitter &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/matt-cutts-on-links-from-facebook-and-twitter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Digging For Buried Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using a Site Analytics tool? Got a Rank Tracker or some free time to manually check some rankings? Here&#8217;s a way you can find and predict how much traffic you might be missing out on. Aside from the fact that I just ended that sentence with a preposition which drives me nuts, let walk through the process, shall we? Super. &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/digging-for-buried-traffic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engines Get Canonical</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Shafer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say goodbye to duplicate content, folks&#8230; Basically, all the search engines will let you suggest the preferred URL you&#8217;d like them to focus all the SEO juice on: To use Google&#8217;s example, all you put in the head tag is something like this: link rel=&#8221;canonical&#8221; href=&#8221;http://www.example.com/product.php?item=swedish-fish&#8221; That&#8217;s all there is to it, folks. Here are the links to the new &#8230; <a href="http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/search-engines-get-canonical/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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