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	<title>Afro-Articles Internet Marketing Blog &#187; Web-Dev-Design</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Google launches open APIs for social networks</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/10/31/google-launches-open-apis-for-social-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/10/31/google-launches-open-apis-for-social-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes Elinor Mills 
Borrowing a page from Sun&#8217;s Java playbook, Google is announcing a way for programmers to build social applications for multiple Web sites at once. 
Google&#8217;s version of this &#8220;write once run anywhere&#8221; concept is called OpenSocial, a set of common application programming interfaces (APIs) that will enable developers to create applications for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tables Still Have a Place in Web Page Layout</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/08/03/tables-still-have-a-place-in-web-page-layout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/08/03/tables-still-have-a-place-in-web-page-layout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Kevin Yank
At tonight&#8217;s meeting of the Melbourne Web Standards Group, Andrew Krespanis and I have been assigned to argue for the statement &#8220;Tables Still Have a Place in Web Page Layout.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a sneak peek at what we plan to say! Please bear in mind: we may not actually agree with everything that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Hosting &#8212; IPowerWeb Announces Biggest Sale EVER!</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/06/27/web-hosting-ipowerweb-announces-biggest-sale-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/06/27/web-hosting-ipowerweb-announces-biggest-sale-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Promos]]></category>

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To celebrate the Fourth of July, IPowerWeb has announced its biggest sale EVER! 
IPowerWeb&#8217;s normally-priced $7.95/month Pro Plan hosting package will be discounted to the extremely low price of $4.95/month. That&#8217;s almost a 40% discount!
This discount is available for their 12-month and 24-month plans. Hosting accounts will renew at regular rates. 
This sale won&#8217;t last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversion Rate Optimization Vs. SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/06/16/conversion-rate-optimization-vs-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/06/16/conversion-rate-optimization-vs-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Frederick Townes
Within the e-commerce sphere, the &#8220;mind games&#8221; between site owners and search engine designers have focused on search engine optimization (SEO). After all, you can&#8217;t make a sale if visitors aren&#8217;t reaching your site. However, as the web marketplace grows exponentially more competitive, attention among webmasters and site owners has turned to conversion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landing Page Optimization - Marketing Experiments Conversion Formula and Course</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/18/landing-page-optimization-marketing-experiments-conversion-formula-and-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/18/landing-page-optimization-marketing-experiments-conversion-formula-and-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEC(Marketing Experiments Conversion) Labs has identified five essential elements to website conversion, which are brought together in the MEC Conversion Formula.
In their seven session on-demand course their experts will share the MEC Conversion Formula that they have developed over the past five years conducting tests with partners such as The New York Times, Reuters, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The Google&#8217;s Algorithm Is Looking For When Determining Site Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/08/what-the-googles-algorithm-is-looking-for-when-determining-site-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/08/what-the-googles-algorithm-is-looking-for-when-determining-site-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Jason Lee Miller of WebProNews: &#8220;Fishkin and SEOMoz have been refining this list since 2005, whittling it down from over 200 important factors.&#8221;
This year&#8217;s guide received input, through voting and commenting, of search aficionados from Danny Sullivan to Jill Whalen to Eric Ward, all names you should recognize if you&#8217;ve been following this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Drive Traffic &#8220;Away&#8221; From Your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/07/how-to-drive-traffic-away-from-your-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/04/07/how-to-drive-traffic-away-from-your-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Give Web-visitors Too Many Options and Choices
2. Give Web Visitors Too Much Information To Process
3. Give Web Visitors Too Much Non-relevant Content
4. Give Web Visitors Too Many Irritating Distractions
5. Give Web Visitors Too Many Red Flags
6. Give Web Visitors Too Many Decisions To Make
7. Give Web Visitors Too Many Stumbling Blocks
8. Give Web Visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Use A &#8220;Server-Side 301 Redirect&#8221; To Get Credit For All Your Inbound Links</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/03/30/how-to-use-a-server-side-301-redirect-to-get-credit-for-all-your-inbound-links/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/03/30/how-to-use-a-server-side-301-redirect-to-get-credit-for-all-your-inbound-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many search engines rank web pages based on the number and &#8220;authority&#8221; of &#8220;inbound links&#8221; pointing to the web page in question.
In Google&#8217;s PageRank System, for example, a link from page A to page B is a vote, by page A, for page B.
Beacuse of rampant abuse by &#8220;Link Spammers,&#8221; Google&#8217;s PageRank Algorithm is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Web Accessibility?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/03/28/what-is-web-accessibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/03/28/what-is-web-accessibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By &#8212; Nelson Chung 
What is web accessibility? With Wiki&#8217;s being so popular these days, why don&#8217;t we consult one? Wikipedia defines web accessibility as &#8220;the practice of making pages on the Internet accessible to all users, especially those with disabilities.&#8221; That sounds pretty accurate to me. With the ever-growing web, it is becoming increasingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing for IE 7</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/27/developing-for-ie-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/27/developing-for-ie-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Andrea Butterworth of BraveNet.com
Hey guys! Last month I talked a bit about IE conditional comments and now I&#8217;m going to expand on that a bit further as they can be very useful. Conditional comments only work in Internet Explorer on Windows and can therefore be used to give special instructions to IE browsers.
The scenario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Webmaster Central &#8212; Improvements</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/22/google-webmaster-central-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/22/google-webmaster-central-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has improved its Webmaster Tool Offerings significantly, and every webmaster should visit http://www.google.com/webmasters/ &#8212; which a comprehensive one-stop shop for a lot of information about your site and how Google crawls it. In case of access problems, Google provides you with tools and vital statistics with which to diagnose crawling issues.

The Site status wizard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites &#8212; 2nd Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/11/the-design-of-sites-patterns-for-creating-winning-web-sites-2nd-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/02/11/the-design-of-sites-patterns-for-creating-winning-web-sites-2nd-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Book Review &#8212; By Lee Underwood
- Author: Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong
- Total Pages: 1,024
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- Copyright: 2007
- ISBN: 0131345559
There are many books available that teach Web site layout techniques. I don&#8217;t mean the ones that show you how to properly code HTML or CSS. I&#8217;m talking about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 7 Tips For Webmasters</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/31/internet-explorer-7-tips-for-webmasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/31/internet-explorer-7-tips-for-webmasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Andrea Butterworth of BraveNet.com
In this Andrea discusses Microsoft&#8217;s release of Internet Explorer 7, and takes a look at some of the fixes, new features, as well as some tips on transitioning your web site to work as intended in both IE6 and IE7.
Internet Explorer 7 - what&#8217;s the deal?
As most of you probably know&#8230;IE7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Google read your CSS files?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/27/does-google-read-your-css-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/27/does-google-read-your-css-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many webmasters have reported that Google&#8217;s spider has started to index their external CSS files. What are CSS files, why does Google index them and how can this affect your rankings on Google and other search engines?
What are CSS files?
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) files allow webmasters to specify the layout of a web site without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Character Encoding Should You Choose For Your Website?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/27/which-character-encoding-should-you-choose-for-your-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2007/01/27/which-character-encoding-should-you-choose-for-your-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who use WYSIWYG editors without bothering to &#8220;go underneath&#8221; to examine the actual HTML of your web-pages, character encoding is rarely an issue &#8212; usually you will go with the default encoding assigned by your editor.
For Microsoft FrontPage users it&#8217;s usually &#8220;Windows-1252&#8243; encoding. Other encoding schemes include the popular &#8220;UTF-8&#8243; and the &#8220;ISO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Impressions - A Sloppy Site Provokes Doubt!</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/26/first-impressions-a-sloppy-site-provokes-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/26/first-impressions-a-sloppy-site-provokes-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you happen to be the owner of a well-established brand-name site such as Amazon.com, the issue of trust is a non-issue. However if you are one of the faceless millions of netpreneurs scattered across the globe you are precisely that&#8230;Faceless! You are working from a position of weakness in that you don&#8217;t have brand-name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LunarPages Hosting Now Offers FREE Coffee Cup Software!</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/19/lunarpages-hosting-now-offers-free-coffee-cup-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/19/lunarpages-hosting-now-offers-free-coffee-cup-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Lunarpages Web Hosting teamed up with one of the most renowned and highly regarded software companies, CoffeeCup!
LunarPages&#8217; 12 and 24 month hosting plans now include $700 of AWESOME software by CoffeeCup &#8212; FREE! (that is 20+ programs).
CoffeeCup has been around for almost a decade &#8212; pumping out top of the line software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premium Webmaster Tips and Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/18/premium-webmaster-tips-and-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/18/premium-webmaster-tips-and-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Netmechanic.com has been a top provider of Web site maintenance and promotion tools, as well as server monitoring services since 1996 &#8212; a strong industry presence for a period spanning one decade. Recently acquired by Keynote, the Keynote NetMechanic suite of products is one of the most powerful set of Web Tools available today.
I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy-To-Use Article Directory &#124; News and Article Content Management Software</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/15/easy-to-use-article-directory-news-and-article-content-management-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/15/easy-to-use-article-directory-news-and-article-content-management-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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Article Directory Pro is a powerful web site news and article content management system.Specially designed for the busy marketer, it was created to speed up your activity of adding news, articles, press releases and any other type of content to your web site as easy and convenient as possible.
Aside from its ease to use and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jennifer Kyrnin&#8217;s predictions for Web design in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/12/jennifer-kyrnins-predictions-for-web-design-in-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/12/jennifer-kyrnins-predictions-for-web-design-in-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Most Web pages will not be XHTML compliant or valid.
Table lovers will continue to fight against CSS layouts.
Older browser versions will still be widely used.
Many designers will only want free Web editors.
CSS 3 won&#8217;t be released.
Customers will still be afraid of cookies.
Most Web pages won&#8217;t be accessible.
Cheap DNS will remain popular.
Pages with dark text and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Website Assumptions that Mask Your Blind Spots</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/10/avoiding-website-assumptions-that-mask-your-blind-spots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/10/avoiding-website-assumptions-that-mask-your-blind-spots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Todd Follansbee
Every day I work with people who manage their own or others&#8217; small to medium business websites. Most make fundamental mistakes that leave money on the table. While owners and webmasters often pay lip service to modern web marketing practices, too often their sites tell a different story. If you really want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FireBug 1.0 - An Indispensable FireFox Extension For Web Developers</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/08/firebug-10-an-indispensable-firefox-extension-for-web-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/08/firebug-10-an-indispensable-firefox-extension-for-web-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Firebug 1.0, the single most indispensable Firefox extension for web developers has been released.
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Firebug is always just a keystroke away, but it never gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create Great HTML Emails with CSS</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/07/how-to-create-great-html-emails-with-css/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/12/07/how-to-create-great-html-emails-with-css/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Christian MacAuley
HTML emails are widely used for all kinds of professional correspondence. Beyond email newsletters they&#8217;re used for all sorts of application-generated messages, such as receipts and confirmations. Styled messages have lots of appeal for marketers, designers and consumers &#8212; but for coders, it&#8217;s a real headache to create them properly.
Creating an HTML email [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you blocking IP addresses of Search Engine Spiders in your .htaccess File &#8230;.inadvertently?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/27/are-you-blocking-ip-addresses-of-search-engine-spiders-in-your-htaccess-file-inadvertently/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/27/are-you-blocking-ip-addresses-of-search-engine-spiders-in-your-htaccess-file-inadvertently/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How often do you check your Server Error Logs?
A prudent webmaster needs to keep track of the various IP addresses belonging to &#8212; at least &#8212; the major search engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN.
You might be blocking vital search engine spiders from indexing your site and hence denying you the traffic that you deserve.
The best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn How to Use and Style HTML Definition Lists</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/21/learn-how-to-use-and-style-html-definition-lists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/21/learn-how-to-use-and-style-html-definition-lists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes Jennifer Kyrnin
When people think of lists they usually think of either bulletted (unordered) or numbered (ordered) lists. These are great tools for Web designers, but there is another type of list that is often overlooked: the definition list.
A definition list is so-called because it is a list of terms with their associated definitions. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combating BookMark Site Spam - Scuttle BookMarking Script</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/21/combating-bookmark-site-spam-scuttle-bookmarking-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/21/combating-bookmark-site-spam-scuttle-bookmarking-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks a spammer utilizing an automated spambot has been posting bookmarks at the rate of 800 a day, in our bookmarking sub-domain: mybookmarks.afroarticles.com &#8212; mostly bookmarks leading to Finance and Debt Management sites. Our bookmark utility utilizes a script by scuttle - a web-based social bookmarking system that allows multiple users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 7 Hacks</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/15/internet-explorer-7-hacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/15/internet-explorer-7-hacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Article - Courtesy Alex Walker - Editor, The SitePoint Design View
Tredosoft have two options available for the IE tester. For those not quite ready to overwrite their old IE6 install, they offer &#8216;Standalone IE7&#8216; - a small app that juggles the registery to allow both IE&#8217;s to co-exist on the same system.
For those who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Constitutes a Great Webpage?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/13/what-constitutes-a-great-webpage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/13/what-constitutes-a-great-webpage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Titus Hoskins, the basic elements of a great webpage &#8212; a webpage that will stand out and be noticed by your visitors &#8212; one that will keep those visitors returning to your site, again and again &#8230; must incorporate the following design features.
It must:
1. Contain Good Keywords
2. Be a Simple Design
3. Be Optimized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10-07-2006: Google&#8217;s new way of dealing with dynamically generated pages</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/08/10-07-2006-googles-new-way-of-dealing-with-dynamically-generated-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/08/10-07-2006-googles-new-way-of-dealing-with-dynamically-generated-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dynamically created web pages often cause problems with search engines. If your web pages are dynamically created, it&#8217;s likely that many search engines have difficulty to index them.
Why have search engines problems with dynamically created pages? 
Many search engines don&#8217;t like dynamically created pages because they might get in an infinite loop if they follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/02/web-reaches-new-milestone-100-million-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/02/web-reaches-new-milestone-100-million-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights:
• The Web now has 100 million sites
• There were 18,000 Web sites in August of 1995
• Web sites have become a way to bond and belong
&#8220;There are now 100 million Web sites with domain names and content on them,&#8221; said Netcraft&#8217;s Rich Miller.
Bloggers, small businesses, and simplicity have combined to create the dramatic growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/01/bulletproof-html-37-steps-to-perfect-markup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/11/01/bulletproof-html-37-steps-to-perfect-markup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article linked below highlights and answers some of the most frequently asked questions about HTML. HTML is the foundation of the Web, and both developers and designers need to understand it.
Great Read: Click Here
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		<title>Internet Explorer &#038; CSS (Cascading Stylesheets)</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/23/internet-explorer-css-cascading-stylesheets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/23/internet-explorer-css-cascading-stylesheets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet Explorer 7 has been shipped and webmasters, developers and designers are busy testing their webpages.
Many bugs found in IE 6 and below have been fixed and many more need to be worked on. Microsoft also &#8220;fully recognizes that IE is behind the game today in CSS support.&#8221; &#8212; IE Blog.
Internet Explorer 7 is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 7 Released! [10-18-2006]</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/18/internet-explorer-7-released-10-18-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/18/internet-explorer-7-released-10-18-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Daisuke Wakabayashi (Reuters)
Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use.
Microsoft&#8217;s IE remains the most widely-used software to surf the Web, but the long gap between major releases allowed for the emergence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FireFox 3 in the works &#124; FireFox 2 Release imminent!</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/18/firefox-3-in-the-works-firefox-2-release-imminent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/18/firefox-3-in-the-works-firefox-2-release-imminent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Reliable sources indicate that the release of FireFox 2.0 is imminent - apparently to upstage the release of IE 7 which is set to be shipped in less than two weeks.
The Browser war between Microsoft&#8217;s Internet Explorer and the Google backed FireFox has &#8220;shifted gears,&#8221; so to speak.
As a measure of their seriousness, Mozilla has setup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Explorer 7 will be available to consumers within two weeks!</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/14/internet-explorer-7-will-be-available-to-consumers-within-two-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/14/internet-explorer-7-will-be-available-to-consumers-within-two-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer browser(IE 7), will be available to users within the next two weeks, approximate date of release is October 24 - 27.
Internet Explorer 7 will be made available to Windows XP customers via free download, as an automatic update and you will receive it &#8220;automatically&#8221; depending on your Microsoft Update [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website Designers - Are you prepared for Internet Explorer 7?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/01/website-designers-are-you-prepared-for-internet-explorer-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/10/01/website-designers-are-you-prepared-for-internet-explorer-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The final version of Internet Explorer (I.E. 7), the successor to I.E. 6 is about to be released.
Even though Microsoft still maintains browser dominance since eclipsing Netscape in the mid-1990s, FireFox the Google backed &#8220;alternative&#8221; to Internet Explorer continues to soar in popularity&#8230;.mostly due to persisitent marketing by Google and the fact that web-users are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon - Internet Marketing &#038; Webmaster Store</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/26/amazon-internet-marketing-webmaster-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/26/amazon-internet-marketing-webmaster-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have ported Internet Marketing Items from Amazon.com at this location
Click here to explore store.
Alternatively you can view and shop Amazon Products in our two portals:

Afro Articles Amazon Portal - U.K.
Club Afrika Amazon Portal - U.S.

Copyright &#169; 2008 Afro-Articles Internet Marketing Blog. This Feed can only be displayed in a Feed Aggregator or website subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Build An Authority Site</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/14/how-to-build-an-authority-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/14/how-to-build-an-authority-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Brandon Hall
As Web 2.0 becomes less of a buzz word and more of a reality, the types of sites webmasters need to publish will increasingly become more important. In other words, mini-sites are slowly dying and cookie-cutter article sites are on the way out as well. Web surfers will become more value-focused and web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another SEO Tool Collection</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/13/another-seo-tool-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally compiled by Wayne from World Famous Gift Baskets:
World Famous Gift Baskets, Corporate Gifts, Holiday GiftsGoogle
1. Reporting Spam to Google - http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html
2. Use Google to search your website - http://www.google.com/services/free.html
3. Submit your website to Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.html
4. Monitor Keyword Phrases - http://google.com/webalerts (This is neat to check out however does not help that much)
5. Googles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Google &#8220;Sitelinks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/12/the-benefits-of-google-sitelinks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/12/the-benefits-of-google-sitelinks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In my article &#8220;The importance of sound website design &#038; search spiders to Internet Marketers&#8221; I highlighted two important points:
1. Your website must be spider (search engine) friendly if you want any traffic from the search engines. A search engine spider does not read your website the way we humans do. The spider reads web-page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Matt Cutts tells you in Google&#8217;s SEO videos</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/12/what-matt-cutts-tells-you-in-googles-seo-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/12/what-matt-cutts-tells-you-in-googles-seo-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Article: Courtesy - Axandra SEO News
Google&#8217;s Matt Cutts has released a number of videos in which he talks about the way Google works. One of the videos addresses previous and future updates of the Google index.
Google updates parts of its index daily
A large fraction of Google&#8217;s index is updated every day as Google crawls the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Webmaster Videos from Google&#8217;s Matt Cutts</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/11/more-webmaster-videos-from-googles-matt-cutts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/09/11/more-webmaster-videos-from-googles-matt-cutts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt&#8217;s videos cover important topics relating to what Google deems appropriate and inappropriate with regards to creating, hosting and optimizing a website for high rankings.

Matt&#8217;s Video Disclaimer
Datacenter Comments (9 min - August 28, 2006)
Google Webmaster Tools (7 min - August 7, 2006)
Reinclusion Requests (3 min - August 5, 2006)

Click here for more webmaster videos
Copyright &#169; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ROR &#124; XML SiteMap Generator</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/24/the-ror-xml-sitemap-generator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/24/the-ror-xml-sitemap-generator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is ROR?
ROR (Resources of a Resource) is a rapidly growing independant XML format for describing any object of your content in a generic fashion, so that ANY and ALL search engines can better understand that content. ROR is capable of generating XML for describing any object on a website including sitemaps, products, services, menus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended RSS to HTML Feed Converters</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/12/recommended-rss-to-html-feed-converters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/12/recommended-rss-to-html-feed-converters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With RSS publishers no longer need to be concerned with email spam &#8220;accusations&#8221; and stringent privacy guidelines.
If you are a webmaster and are not using RSS to distribute your content to your users and publishers, you are missing out big time.
RSS can now deliver information published on blogs, article directories, forums and so on &#8230;.even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web 2.0 - What is it all about?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/06/web-20-what-is-it-all-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/06/web-20-what-is-it-all-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Roger Riche
There has been a new term thrown around the internet describing the next phase in website development and design. Web 2.0. But what exactly defines a Web 2.0 website? In this article, I will attempt to cover what aspects of design and development would be considered as this second generation of websites.
&#8220;The term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Web - 15th Anniversary &#124; Milestones</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/05/the-web-15th-anniversary-milestones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/05/the-web-15th-anniversary-milestones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years ago today, the web went worldwide. The software that underpins the web and the concept were released to the public for the first time.
The timeline below traces the explosion of the web from a tool for physicists to an indispensable part of everyday life.
6 August, 1991 - Tim BernersLee releases web software
Tim BernersLee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Matt Cutts Answers the Questions Webmasters Most Want To Know</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/04/googles-matt-cutts-answers-the-questions-webmasters-most-want-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/04/googles-matt-cutts-answers-the-questions-webmasters-most-want-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is Matt Cutts? Matt is our liaison into the brain trust at Google. Matt also sits on many of the panels at the Search Engine Strategies Conference series. More about Matt. Just recently, Matt created a few short videos that cover a few important topics relating to what Google deems appropriate and inappropriate with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE Webmaster Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/02/free-webmaster-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/02/free-webmaster-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
CODING TOOLS - HTML to PHP, ASP, PERL, JSP, JAVASCRIPT, SWS &#124; PHP-NUKE TOOLS &#124; ENCODERS: Full list of tools - HTML to PHP, HTML to ASP, HTML to JSP, HTML to Perl, HTML to Javascript, HTML to SWS, Module Creator, Block Creator, Online HTML Editor, Meta Tag Creator, Scrollbar Creator, Popup Creator, Hex Colors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Prevent Blind SQL Injection Attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/01/how-to-prevent-blind-sql-injection-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/08/01/how-to-prevent-blind-sql-injection-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If your website has been hacked before then this article and all the references attached to it are a must read!
Wikipedia defines an SQL Injection Attack as follows: SQL injection is a security vulnerability that occurs in the database layer of an application. The vulnerability is present when user input is either incorrectly filtered for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Google indexes (spiders) websites</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/19/how-google-indexes-spiders-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/19/how-google-indexes-spiders-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Google currently is reported to have indexed 8 billion pages and counting. Google utilizes an array of bots A.K.A spiders or crawlers.
Among the specialized bots Google uses include: The web spider Googlebot, the Adsense spider MediaBot, the image spider ImageBot, the AdWords spider AdsBot, the RSS feed spider FeedFetcher-Google, and Googlebot-Mobile spider for mobile devices.
Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is a web designer?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/19/who-is-a-web-designer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/19/who-is-a-web-designer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By definition a Web Designer is a person who creates web sites.
Web designers may use Web Authoring software such as Microsoft Frontpage or Dreamweaver or an HTML editor to create the actual pages, or they may design the overall look and let a Web master do the actual coding. Some designers use a plain text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools For Realtime Content - RSS Parsing, Atom &#038; Encryption Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/18/tools-for-realtime-content-rss-parsing-atom-encryption-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/18/tools-for-realtime-content-rss-parsing-atom-encryption-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is becoming more and more important, and webmasters need to take note and prepare their websites for RSS. With the official launch of the new Windows Operating System by Microsoft - Windows Vista (A.K.A. LongHorn) looming near, RSS is set to go mainstream.
With windows enjoying a far superior market share in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of a custom ERROR 404 page in WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/16/the-importance-of-a-custom-error-404-page-in-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/16/the-importance-of-a-custom-error-404-page-in-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few times I have attempted to access this blog only to find all posts and comments gone!
The first time it happened I almost got a heart attack. I panicked thinking that my blog had been hacked. Each time I clicked on a category or a link leading to a post I got the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO - Search Engine Optimization Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/12/seo-search-engine-optimization-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/12/seo-search-engine-optimization-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have just ported a terrific collection of Search Engine Tools at this location.
This array of tools (continually updated) consists of:
 1. Tool of the Month &#038; Year
 2. New SEO Tools
 3. Alexa Tools
 4. Backlink Tools
 5. Code Validation Tools
 6. Keyword Suggestion Tools
 7. Domain Tools - Bad Neighborhood Checker &#124; Domain Age Tool &#124; SandBox Detection Tool and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Chokes - Blank Page After Posting An Article</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/05/wordpress-chokes-blank-page-after-posting-an-article/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/05/wordpress-chokes-blank-page-after-posting-an-article/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time, after clicking the PUBLISH OR SAVE button when posting, I have been getting a blank page with post.php at the end of the URL&#8230;. An annoying problem.
Here are the possible causes and remedies:
Causes:
1. A ping list containing a url of a site that is not responding to a ping from WordPress - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worried About Your Blog Content Being Stolen By Sploggers (Spam Bloggers)?</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/01/worried-about-your-blog-content-being-stolen-by-sploggers-spam-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/07/01/worried-about-your-blog-content-being-stolen-by-sploggers-spam-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Angsuman Chakraborty, has a solution for you.
He has developed a WordPress Plugin which automatically adds a copyright message to your RSS/ATOM Feeds - Angsuman’s Feed Copyrighter Plugin
Spam blogs, sometimes referred to as splogs, are blogs which are created for one sole purpose: To &#8216;play&#8217; the search engines. Sploggers  auto-generate content which in most instances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new Google CheckOut Service</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/30/the-new-google-checkout-service-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/30/the-new-google-checkout-service-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
This new service (Google Checkout)just out yesterday is touted by Google as a faster, safer and more convenient way to shop online.
Instead of managing multiple online accounts and passwords, a shopper can now quickly and easily buy from stores across the web and track all orders and shipping in one place.
Even though Google assures that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Marketing - Changing URLs</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/23/search-engine-marketing-changing-urls-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/23/search-engine-marketing-changing-urls-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered the SEO impact of changing the URL structure of web pages in an established website?
Changing the URLs of a website that has aged over the years can have a devastating effect on your Search Engine rankings. Beware, you will take a huge traffic hit.
All incoming links that you have accumulated over the years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noteworthy Webmaster Tools - 06/20/2006</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/20/noteworthty-webmaster-tools-06202006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/20/noteworthty-webmaster-tools-06202006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few tools you may want to bookmark for use on your website:
1. Privacy Policy Generator - A quick and easy way to construct privacy policies for all of your websites.  
2. Favicon Generator - Instantly creates cool favicons. 
3. Email Address Obfuscator - Keeps your email safe from harvesters. 
4. Color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Blogging Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/17/essential-blogging-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/17/essential-blogging-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Authoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you already have a blog and want to go beyond the basics or if you are contemplating owning a blog, I have fished out a couple of articles from our directory that will lead you in the right direction.
The articles below are meant for both novices &#038; semi to seasoned bloggers, and Internet Marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple SEO Truths</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/15/simple-seo-truths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/15/simple-seo-truths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the 1998 Georgia Tech GVU User Survey, 85 percent of respondents found Web pages from search engines. Since then, other studies have reported 50 to 80 percent of Web site traffic comes from search engines. Searching is second only to email as the most popular online activity.
Unfortunately, there are many marketers who simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Jagger Update &#124; Bigdaddy Infrastructure Upgrade Re-visited</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/12/googles-jagger-update-bigdaddy-infrastructure-upgrade-re-visited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/12/googles-jagger-update-bigdaddy-infrastructure-upgrade-re-visited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 2005, Google began implementation of a three-part algorithm update that became known as the Jagger Update. Shortly after completing the algo update in late November, Google began an upgrading of their server and data storage network that was dubbed the Bigdaddy Infrastructure Upgrade. The Bigdaddy upgrade took several months to completely roll out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! Search Resources for Webmasters</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/08/yahoo-search-resources-for-webmasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/06/08/yahoo-search-resources-for-webmasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Useful links on Yahoo! for site owners and webmasters looking for information on content guidelines, search community, webmaster support and feedback, site promotion, and search marketing. 
Search Happenings and People
• http://www.ysearchblog.com
Search Information, Guidelines, &#038; FAQs
• http://help.yahoo.com/search
Search Content Guidelines
• http://help.yahoo.com/search/contentguidelines
Report Search Spam
• http://help.yahoo.com/search/reportspam
Search Support
For feedback regarding the status of your site in the Yahoo! Search Index.
• [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to protect your Google Adsense account from &#8216;Accidental Clicks&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/31/how-to-protect-your-google-adsense-account-from-accidental-clicks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/31/how-to-protect-your-google-adsense-account-from-accidental-clicks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 11:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many site owners get their adsense accounts terminated due to &#8216;invalid clicks&#8217; arising from accidental clicks by the site owners. 
Whereas it&#8217;s much easier for Google to detect invalid clicks from the Site Owner&#8217;s geographic location, its very difficult and sometimes almost impossible to assign blame when the fraudulent clicks emanate from malicious competitors or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to master CSS [Cascading Style Sheets]</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/30/how-to-master-css-cascading-style-sheets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/30/how-to-master-css-cascading-style-sheets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 02:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Still creating websites using tables? 
Who else wants to make more money, save more time and create websites with less headaches?
Whether you are a newbie or an accomplished webmaster/developer, this ebook is tailored for any person looking to learn how to use CSS for building better and more flexible websites. It covers nearly everything you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSN allows opting out of Open Directory listing descriptions for webmasters</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/25/msn-allows-opting-out-of-open-directory-listing-descriptions-for-webmasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/25/msn-allows-opting-out-of-open-directory-listing-descriptions-for-webmasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 06:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Even though these human-edited descriptions provide a lot of value, with human editing may come human error, bias, descriptions getting outdated, or the editor’s text may simply not suit the webmasters who want to be represented in their own way.&#8221; - MSN
I have been a victim of what I consider bias by the so-called &#8216;human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Blogging Software</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/23/best-blogging-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/23/best-blogging-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 08:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes: Miles Evans
The blogging platform wars are getting really interesting and much of the discussion I find myself in lately revolves around what is happening with various CMS systems. The market can essentially be defined into 3 major camps: remotely hosted, self hosted, and community based systems. I have used pretty much every blogging platform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why your site may not be fully indexed by Google</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/23/why-your-site-may-not-be-fully-indexed-by-google/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/23/why-your-site-may-not-be-fully-indexed-by-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 06:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writes:  Joe Balestrino- Mr SEO 
Traditional methods of link exchange and buying links is not the answer. The answer is knowing how to get people to link to you voluntarily. You need to view your site as another site owner would and ask yourself if you would want to link to your site? Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Bookmarking &#124; Social bookmarking bookmarklets</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/17/social-bookmarking-social-bookmarking-bookmarklets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/17/social-bookmarking-social-bookmarking-bookmarklets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To help bloggers and website owners generate traffic, Social Bookmarking is a great tool you can use. Social bookmarking is a web based service, where shared lists of user-created Internet bookmarks are displayed. Social bookmarking sites generally organize their content using tags. Such sites are an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up Permalinks &#124; Rewriting URLs in WordPress 2.0.1</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/17/setting-up-permalinks-rewriting-urls-in-wordpress-201/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/17/setting-up-permalinks-rewriting-urls-in-wordpress-201/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 05:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two days I have had headaches setting up URL re-writes for this blog&#8217;s Permalinks.
At first I went with the inbuilt option: Date and name based which re-writes the links to this format: /blog/wordpress/index.php/2006/05/17/sample-post/ (No .htaccess updates required). I needed to get rid of the &#8220;index.php&#8221; in the URL plus the Comment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on how to select a reliable Web Hosting Provider</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/14/tips-on-how-to-select-a-reliable-web-hosting-provider/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/14/tips-on-how-to-select-a-reliable-web-hosting-provider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 10:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To conduct a successful marketing campaign on the Internet, your website or blog must be hosted by a reliable web hosting company. Selecting the &#8216;wrong&#8217; provider can prove very costly along the line.
When selecting a hosting company, there are many critical issues that you must consider. Here are some of them:
1. The costs involved
2. Future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE Webmaster &#124; Marketing E-Books</title>
		<link>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/13/free-webmaster-marketing-e-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afroarticles.com/blog/wordpress/2006/05/13/free-webmaster-marketing-e-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 10:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Opiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Available For Immediate Download:
Drop Down Menu Creator: Create Java Script drop down menus for your web pages in seconds!. Select the options you would like in your pull down menu, enter the text &#038; URL for each listing and click a button to generate source code. That&#8217;s it. The rest is cut &#038; paste! 
30 [...]]]></description>
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