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		<title>Who Uses the Yellow Pages Anymore?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I gave short presentation recently to a group of about 18 local business people. I asked two questions: 1. &#8220;If you need to find the phone number of a business in town that you know,  do you grab the yellow pages or do a search on Google?&#8221; 2. &#8220;If you need to find a plumber/lawyer/Realtor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Knows Synonyms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you search Google for a hotel, will Google find motels as well? No it won't, but it will find inns, lodging, and accommodations. Yes, Google has an  extensive and context sensitive ability to equate your search terms with (what it judges to be) synonymous searches. This is useful for us when we search, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inbound Links Are A Key Factor In Your Search Engine Rankings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inbound links, also known as backlinks, are one of the most important factors that Google evaluates when ranking your website. These are links from other websites to your website without a reciprocating link from your website to theirs. The quality and quantity of your inbound links both count toward Google&#8217;s evaluation of your website. So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look for Google Chrome to Dominate the Browser Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Internet Explorer has been the big guerilla  in the browser space for quite some time, with Firefox in 2nd place and the newer Google Chrome in 3rd. But according to an article on Linked-In, Internet Explorer and Firefox are losing market share and Google Chrome is taking it away. Further, Google provides Firefox with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Your Search Engine Positions&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a question for you&#8230;how do you measure your positions in Google? (and Yahoo! and Bing) Do you open your browser and do some searches on your most important keywords and then look for your website in the results? That takes some time and will give you an indication of where your website ranks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sedona Verde Valley Website Traffic Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just took a look at the website traffic across 6 substantial tourism companies in Sedona and the Verde Valley for the last 30 days. Traffic is down on all 6 sites, as much as 36%! We expected a seasonal drop in traffic about now, but this is bigger than we expected. How is your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northstarinternet.com/blog/internet-marketing/sedona-verde-valley-website-traffic-down/</link>
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		<title>There is a mobile website in your future.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The only question is when. The number of people going to the internet from mobile devices is growing at a phenomenal rate. The latest industry statistics I have read say that half of all Internet users will be on a mobile device by 2014. As usual, the travel and hospitality industry is a leading driver of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northstarinternet.com/blog/internet-marketing/there-is-a-mobile-website-in-your-future/</link>
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		<title>Find Your Ideal Domain Name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Domain names are an important factor in your search engine rankings. Google and the other search engines take your domain name into account when they rank your website.  There is nothing better for SEO purposes than having a domain name that matches the most important search term your customers and prospects use when they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northstarinternet.com/blog/internet-marketing/find-your-ideal-domain-name/</link>
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		<title>North Star Internet Marketing Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll be sharing information about all sorts of topics related to websites, Internet Marketing, search engine optimization, and destination marketing in the Sedona-Verde Valley area. If you have a website, an online business, or any business that you want to grow, you&#8217;ll find useful, practical information here. Please feel free to leave replies and comments&#8230;we [...]]]></description>
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