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		<title>New Discussion Group at MultifamilyInsders.com</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/new-discussion-group-at-multifamilyinsders-com/</link>
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		<title>New iPhone Twitter App Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 2nd error message I got after trying to use the new Twitter App for the iPhone. The first error being a bad gateway. Awesome.]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/social-media/new-iphone-twitter-app-results/</link>
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		<title>WordPress Dashboard&#8217;s All Messed Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone else out there have the problem where your WordPress Dashboard doesn&#8217;t appear to be using and CSS and it just plain looks funky? I did. I just fixed it today (thank goodness). Here&#8217;s what I did. Upgrade to the latest version of WordPress Upgrade all of your Plugin that can be upgraded I also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/other-stuff/wordpress-dashboards-all-messed-up/</link>
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		<title>My First Piece of Google Buzz Spam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suck it Bryan indeed. I think I&#8217;m seeing a glimpse into the future of Google Buzz failure&#8230; Le&#8217;ts think about this for a second, shall we?  So now anyone can go into anyone&#8217;s Google Profile and &#8220;Buzz Bomb&#8221; (I&#8217;m coining that here first, folks) them with spam? I think this illustrates a considerable flaw in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/social-media/my-first-piece-of-google-buzz-spam/</link>
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		<title>Impact of Rich Snippets on Traffic</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/impact-of-rich-snippets-on-traffic/</link>
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		<title>Stuff I Liked This Week</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/stuff-i-liked-this-week/</link>
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		<title>Matt Cutts On Links From Facebook and Twitter</title>
		<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; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/matt-cutts-on-links-from-facebook-and-twitter/</link>
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		<title>Mod_Rewrite for GoDaddy and WordPress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2008 I posted an article about getting mod_rewrite working on a GoDaddy account. I thought it&#8217;d be a good time to update that information with another example. This time we&#8217;re going to be looking at making some changes on a GoDaddy account with a WordPress installation. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Options +FollowSymLinks Options -MultiViews RewriteEngine on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/coding/mod_rewrite-for-godaddy-and-wordpress/</link>
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		<title>Digging For Buried Traffic</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shaferdesigns.com/seo/digging-for-buried-traffic/</link>
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		<title>Return to the Airwaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever fallen prey to the &#8220;physician, heal thyself&#8221; rut where you seem to work on so many other projects that you can&#8217;t ever seem to find time to get your own stuff up and running? Well, that was pretty much all of 2009 for me. I think the last real post was sometime in March [...]]]></description>
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