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	<title>George Chaney - Official SEO Blog &#187; Website Development</title>
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		<title>HTML5 &amp; CSS3:  A Quick Look At What These New Standards Mean For Your Next Website</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2012/02/01/html5-css3%c2%a0-a-quick-look-at-what-these-new-standards-mean-for-your-next-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are changing when it comes to the code that powers your websites.  In the whole scheme of things, it really wasn&#8217;t all that long ago that Adobe Flash was a must have for any website owner who wanted to show they were &#8220;with it&#8221; when it comes to their website.  Today, it seems like the trend is to run away from everything that was once mainstream. Fortunately, we have some new web design protocols in place that are really starting to catch on in a huge way.  HTML5 and CSS3 are here for good and they are certainly the future of web design. What Do These Modern Standards Mean For Your Next Website? Faster Performance.  Thanks to new features built into the HTML5 language, if used properly, web developers can significantly improve website performance and bandwidth usage.  Everyone likes a better performing website. Significantly Improved Compatibility.  HTML5 provides developers a way to share video universally.  It provides a way to do animations and other design elements that were once only limited to the world of Flash.  But best of all, it takes these components and puts them in every modern web browser (including mobile devices) in order to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Clean &amp; Simple Design Has Been The Trend For 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2012/01/26/why-clean-simple-design-has-been-the-trend-fpr-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, designing a good website was apparently all about how many bells, whistles, do-dads, and other completely unnecessary features you could pack in to the design.  Thank goodness this has changed! Clean and simple web design has been the trend of the year, and here is why: People are too busy for clutter and distraction.  What is your level of tolerance when you land on a site that is filled with junk, too many flashing graphics, sound that starts when you land on the page, or perhaps way too much advertising?  It&#8217;s probably safe to say that we&#8217;re all becoming a little bit more skeptical of all this stuff and much quicker with the &#8220;back-button&#8221; trigger.  We all have better things to do that wade through distraction to find something on a website. Mobile devices demand it.  Mobile devices are very robust these days when it comes to processing power (and internet connectivity speeds), but the trend of simple, clean websites makes all the difference in the minds of smartphone or tablet device users.  The screen space is limited and any amount of clutter or un-needed distraction can make the website virtually unusable for mobile visitors. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Try A 30 Day Website Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2011/02/05/try-a-30-day-website-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30 day challenge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has your New Year’s resolution become a memory of the distant past?  Don’t worry—by this time of year, most have.  Don’t give up hope quite yet though.  There are a lot of things to look forward to this year, and you can start fresh at any point you choose. How about trying a 30 day website challenge? What exactly is this?  Well, it can be custom tailored to suit your own particular needs or goals, but in essence, the idea is to plan a blueprint for how you want to improve and grow your organization’s website and carry the plans out over the next 30 days. It doesn’t have to be complicated.  And it’s amazing how much you can actually get done in 30 days, just one task per day at a time—especially in light of the fact that many of us have been trying to get around to completing this stuff for years on end. Example 30 day website challenge:  Publish one new content article to the site per day. This is a good one.  Writing and publishing new content for your website is the lifeblood of what makes visitors satisfied and keeps the traffic rolling in.  Seriously, fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The Latest Browsers Mean For Your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/05/18/what-the-latest-browsers-mean-for-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Still using Internet Explorer for your web browser? Nothing wrong with that if it happens to be your web browser of choice &#8212; but with all of the options out there these days, there really is a choice to make. It&#8217;s not a monopoly any longer. The Popular Web Browsers According to recent data averages regarding the most used web browsers (available here on Wikipedia), the most frequently used web browsers go something like this: Internet Explorer (just under 60% use a version of IE) Firefox (about 30% use this open source favorite) Safari (about 4% of web users choose the Apple Safari browser) Chrome (again, about 4% are using Google&#8217;s latest web browser offering) Opera (looks like Opera is getting about 2% market share on a good day) Netscape Navigator (yes, believe it or not, a tiny fraction of folks still use this one) Take those rounded and averaged percentages with a grain of salt, but all in all, this list is fairly representative of how the breakdown actually looks. The other thing that&#8217;s very important to note here is that IE is losing market share to long time standby Firefox, and even Firefox appears to be losing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Screen Resolutions And Their Role On Bounce Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/04/30/tracking-screen-resolutions-and-their-role-on-bounce-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tracking Results]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy for web developers to assume that most, if not all, viewers of a website will have a decent-sized, modern high screen resolution. But then again, you know what they say about assuming. The fact of the matter is that there are still a wide variety of different monitor resolutions in use out there. Fortunately, using tracking software such as Google Analytics, we&#8217;re all easily able to keep an eye on what screen resolutions our websites&#8217; visitors are using. Here&#8217;s an example from a year&#8217;s worth of analytics for one sample site (with 184,055 total visits in a year) and how typical screen resolutions break down: Screen Resolution Number Of Visits Percentage Of Visits 1024 x 768 56,464 30.68% 1280 x 800 39,537 21.48% 1280 x 1024 21,469 11.66% 1440 x 990 17,861 9.70% 1680 x 1050 12,294 6.68% 1152 x 864 5,053 2.75% 800 x 600 4,897 2.66% 1920 x 1200 4,427 2.41% 1280 x 768 3,830 2.08% 1366 x 768 2,766 1.50% These are just the top 10 most popular screen resolutions used by visitors. Believe it or not, there is actually a long tail of 573 additional different screen resolutions that we could add to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is A Call To Action?</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/04/20/what-is-a-call-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A timeless concept within the form of art known as sales, a call to action is vital. And in fact, while it&#8217;s easy to work ourselves right around the known and proven traditional tactics of selling when creating a website, for most, this is exactly what a website is supposed to do &#8212; sell a product or service to the visitors. On the web, the call to action is vital. Are you ready to learn more? Keep reading&#8230; What you just read was one form of a call to action. It&#8217;s intended to spur you to become more involved with what you&#8217;re reading &#8212; whether it&#8217;s consciously or subconsciously. It is also remarkably simple, but it works! Of course, that&#8217;s just one kind of call to action. There many more types and purposes. We can help you though &#8212; just call give us a call anytime at 1-800-555-5555 and we&#8217;ll be glad to answer any of your questions! Okay, you&#8217;re right &#8212; that was another call to action right there. And a very important one at that. Asking your visitors to take the next step and give you a call helps them to understand that you&#8217;re eager and ready to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read-ability: How You Write And The Font You Use Can Impact Your Online Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/04/02/read-ability-how-you-write-and-the-font-you-use-can-impact-your-online-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/04/02/read-ability-how-you-write-and-the-font-you-use-can-impact-your-online-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing for the web and writing for print are two totally different monsters. And by saying &#34;monsters,&#34; it&#8217;s safe to admit that many folks are practically scared to death about actually trying to sit down and write something. Unlike the fear of public speaking, most of the fear of writing comes from lack of understanding the objective &#8212; but more on that later. Writing for the web, and writing for maximizing online sales, can certainly vary from one niche to the next. But there&#8217;s one thing that stays the same in all web writing &#8212; making it effective for web readers&#8217; eyes. Might sound a little silly, but the truth of the matter is that doing this is vital to your success online. Here are four cornerstone guidelines to keep in mind: Use a font your readers can read. Enough about web standards, and so on&#8230; just make sure your website&#8217;s visitors can read your copy easily the first time without having to take extra steps to increase the font size by zooming or enlarging. Bottom line is most visitors won&#8217;t know how to enlarge a small font that is uncomfortable to read; these visitors are as good as gone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Write Effective Headlines In 5 Simple Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/03/16/how-to-write-effective-headlines-in-5-simple-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/03/16/how-to-write-effective-headlines-in-5-simple-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been argued extensively that your web pages&#8217; headlines are simply the most important component of the page. In many instances, this assertion is absolutely correct&#8230; and even when it&#8217;s not do or die, it&#8217;s still notably important. Here are the basics of writing effective headlines in five simple steps. Rule One: Your Headline Doesn&#8217;t Have To Be Gimmicky. Sometimes it&#8217;s easy to get all caught up in the notion of trying to be catchy, witty, or just plain brilliant when coming up with the next headline on your website. Here&#8217;s the thing to remember &#8212; most of web visitors simply won&#8217;t get it. Don&#8217;t get too caught up in creating the best headline ever to be seen on the web &#8212; and definitely avoid using humor that others might not get. Controversy sells, but using it for your site&#8217;s content in any way also comes with a price that&#8217;s mostly likely not worth paying. Rule Two: Use Your Keyword Phrase In The Headline. This is essential. A must do. Use your keyword phrase, in the exact order/sequence as you&#8217;ve identified it in the first place. And if at all possible, use it as the first few words of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Huge Mistakes 80% Of Business Websites Make</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2009/07/14/5-huge-mistakes-80-of-business-websites-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Hosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web hosting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all of the SEO services that exist these days—many of them mediocre at best, business websites are still making some major blunders.  While this is by no means an exhaustive list of some of the missed opportunities out there, these are some of the big ones that are constantly being seen over and over again. One &#8211; Building a Website With No Purpose Yay, you’re on the web.  Why?  If the answer is something along the lines of “all the other kids are doing it,” you’re not there for the right reason.  You want your business website to do something for your business, not just sit there and be pretty.  Be intentional with your web presence. Two &#8211; Not Regularly Updating The Site I know, I know.  You made the website already, what more could the world possibly want?  Yes, you moved buildings so the address is wrong and the phone number doesn’t work.   Okay, and that link over there misdirects&#8230;and that link is flat out broken.  But the website is up, and that’s all that really matters.  Sound troubling?  It is, but by keeping things tidy and up to date on an ongoing basis, there’s just much less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Updates Sitemaps</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2009/06/12/google-updates-sitemaps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tracking Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google sitemap update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to publish a small note addressing the Google update to sitemaps. If you&#8217;ve seen a shift in the search rankings and more specifically, the rankings of your site, it&#8217;s to be expected. I have compared the data ever since google noted in the old sitemaps that they were changing over to a new system. Unfortunately, the new sitemaps had out dated data. This means, Google was not keeping the link counts up to date based upon the data the older version of sitemaps was showing &#8211; in the form of back links pointing to your website. When Google switched over to the new sitemaps, they used the out of date link data for websites and the spread in link counts for several sites we market was in the thousands. Needless to say, losing that many links in your profile can dramatically impact your rankings, which is exactly what happened. Now, if this link data is the most current, it would imply google has significantly devalued certain links. However, across the multiple sites we promote to lesser degrees and or simply monitor, the main impact came on sites that were building the vast majority of link citations this year. [...]]]></description>
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