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		<title>New Year SERPS &#8211; 5 SEO Tips for 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/12/27/new-year-serps-ready-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[caffeine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the anticipated launch of Google &#8216;s Caffeine in the New Year and the focus on real time  and personalised search, 2010 is promising to be a nail biting  time for webmasters.  Here are a few tips to maintain your rankings in 2010: 1) Website load time.  In 2010 website load time will be a critical factor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personalised Search and It&#8217;s Impact on SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/12/15/personalised-search-and-its-impact-on-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/12/15/personalised-search-and-its-impact-on-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personalised search]]></category>
<category>personalised search</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Google recently announced that it has defaulted it&#8217;s search results to &#8220;personalised&#8221;.  What does this mean in terms of the future of SEO?  I&#8217;ll try to explain. Before I do, let me explain how Google&#8217;s new personalised results work.  Google personalised results have always been available however previously, these results could only be viewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s July 09 Algo Change &#8211; Big Daddy 2?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/07/05/googles-july-09-algo-change-big-daddy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/07/05/googles-july-09-algo-change-big-daddy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Daddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internal links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link popularity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nofollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pagerank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 1st 2009 Google&#8217;s new algorithm kicked in much to the confusion of webmasters around the world.   Some even compared it to the now infamous Big Daddy Algo change back in 2006.  In this post I&#8217;ll summarise the different factors that could have changed and analyse their impact on rankings.  1) Internal Links and the &#8220;Nofollow&#8221; attribute. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NoFollow Attribute and Javascript Links: Did the Rules Change?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/06/13/nofollow-attribute-and-javascript-links-did-the-rules-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/06/13/nofollow-attribute-and-javascript-links-did-the-rules-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent statement by Matt Cutts at SMX advanced has caused confusion and anger among webmasters regarding the use of nofollow tags for pagerank sculpting.  It was previously believed that the use of a nofollow tag on links would prevent the pagerank flow from going to these link and instead preserving it for more important pages on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 SEO Consultants To Follow on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/29/top-10-seo-consultants-to-follow-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/29/top-10-seo-consultants-to-follow-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brett tabke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matt cutts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SEO is a fast changing industry and keeping up with the latest SEO news and techniques is paramount to a successfull SEO career.  Thankfully, the internet has provided the means to stay on top of the industry through various technologies including RSS feeds, email lists and now&#8230;Twitter! Below is a list of 10 of the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Announces Longer Description Snippets</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/25/google-announces-longer-description-snippets-in-serps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/25/google-announces-longer-description-snippets-in-serps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move hardly surprising to SEOs Google has officially announced two new &#8220;improvements&#8221; in its search results;  &#8220;longer search result  descriptions&#8221; (snippets)  and &#8220;an expanded list of useful related searches&#8221;. Longer Description Snippet   If you conduct a search for wolverine movie review you&#8217;ll notice that the description snippet under the blue title tag contains two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QDF: Query Desreves Freshness</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QDF is a term used to describe the thought process behind Google&#8217;s results for certain search queries&#8217; &#8221;deserving&#8221; of fresh and regularly updated content. QDF is Google&#8217;s way of ensuring that its users get the most up to date results for certain search queries such as a breaking news event, a major new product launch a topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Google Favouring Brands in SERPS?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/07/is-google-favouring-brands-in-serps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/07/is-google-favouring-brands-in-serps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
<category>brand</category><category>google</category><category>matt cutts</category><category>pagerank</category><category>serps</category><category>youtube</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This debate was first kicked off by Aaron Wall and has been floating around in webamaster forums for a while now.  The debate still lingers on with no absolute answer.  In response to this question, Matt Cutts, Google spokesman says&#8230; &#8220;Inside of Google, we don&#8217;t really think about brands, we think about words such as trust, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engines Agree on Canonical Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/14/search-engines-agree-on-canonical-tag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/14/search-engines-agree-on-canonical-tag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search News]]></category>
<category>canonical</category><category>canonicalisation</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An agreement was struck yesterday by the three main search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN) on the adoption of a new tag to tackle canonicalisation in the SERPs. Canonicalisation is the challenge of having multiple pages of the same page due to outdated software such as a content management system or forum. Examples of pages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Checklist for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/02/seo-checklist-for-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/02/seo-checklist-for-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lets get the new year started on the right SEO footing.  I&#8217;ve summarised below a laundry list of critical SEO items to check for the new year.     Meta Data Check all your site&#8217;s meta data and ensure that it conforms to SEO best practices incuding length (60 characters for title, 150 characters for description), keyword [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Flash &#8211; Adobe&#8217;s Product More Search Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/07/10/news-flash-adobes-product-more-search-friendly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/07/10/news-flash-adobes-product-more-search-friendly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe recently announced it is has developed its Flash technology to enable search engine spiders to read the content within it. In the past, search engines like Google were able to pick out links embedded in Flash files but unable to index the content within the Flash file.  So even though humans were able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Shopping Feeds Decrease Natural Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/05/31/google-shopping-feeds-decrease-natural-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/05/31/google-shopping-feeds-decrease-natural-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the month of April/May 2008, Google has been showing more and more shopping feeds (Google Base) on top of the Natural search results. Companies not participating in shopping feed distribution most certainly would have seen a substantial drop in their website sales as a direct result of this. Its all part of Universal Search, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canonicalisation &#8211; simpler than it sounds</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/30/canonicalisation-simpler-than-it-sounds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/30/canonicalisation-simpler-than-it-sounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>
<category>canonical</category><category>canonicalisation</category><category>canonicalization</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you dealt with the canonical challenge on your site?  In other words, have you made sure that all of the urls below are redirected to a single page? http://yoursite.com http://www.yoursite.com http://www.yoursite.com/index.html The Wikipedia definition of canonicalisation (spelt canonicalization in the US) is &#8221;the process for converting data that has more than one possible representation into a &#8220;standard&#8221; canonical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subdomains &#8211; A Best Practice Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/18/subdomains-best-practice-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/18/subdomains-best-practice-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/01/18/site-segmentation-using-subdomains/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been much debate about whether ot not the strategy of creating subdomains to improve natural search ranking works or not. Well, I&#8217;m writing here to tell you that it does, but only if you do it right. First of all, let me explain to you what a subdomain is.  Its basically what it says, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimising Images on Your Site</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/16/optimising-images-on-your-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/16/optimising-images-on-your-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A very juicy water mellon With the concept of &#8220;universal search&#8220; gaining ground, it is becoming more and more crucial to optimise all content on your site for search including videos, pdf, podcasts and images. This blog post will focus on optimising images on your site.  As an example, if you wanted to optimise an image on your site for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Keyword Cannibalisation</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/08/avoiding-keyword-cannibalisation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/08/avoiding-keyword-cannibalisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>
<category>Keyword Cannibalization</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/01/08/avoiding-keyword-cannibalization/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyword Cannibalisation is the term used for the common SEO mistake of having several of your website&#8217;s pages targeting the same keyword.  This confuses the search engines as to which page to serve back to users.  This also confuses other sites owners that want to link to your site thereby leading different sites to link to different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dead SEO Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/03/dead-seo-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/01/03/dead-seo-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A good article was published by Brett Borders on his Copy Brighter blog listing 7 SEO techniques that no longer work.  here&#8217;s the summary with links to related posts on this blog: Reciprocal links. Read: A Reciprocal Link Building Strategy that Works The &#8220;site: *** -sljktf&#8221; command (to show the supplemental index results). Read: Google’s Supplemental Results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Myths</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/09/27/seo-myths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/09/27/seo-myths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts from Google answers questions and addresses myths such as sites on the same server, IP, and including off-domain JavaScript. Enjoy&#8230; Google DirektLink]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s 950 Penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/09/11/googles-950-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/09/11/googles-950-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to look at a website today that had suddenly dropped in Google&#8217;s search results.  Now when I say dropped, I mean DROPPED&#8230; from page 1 to page 950!   My first though was they&#8217;ve been penalised by Google with the dreaded 950 penalty, that&#8217;s the penalty used for sites who&#8217;re penalised for obtaining paid links for SEO purposes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Basics Video</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/20/seo-basics-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/20/seo-basics-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Network Solutions&#8217; Snr VP Stephanie Leffler talks about how companies can ensure that their Web sites come out at the top of the search engines.  Enjoy&#8230;  {vidavee id=1807}]]></description>
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		<title>Site Redesign Best Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/13/site-redesign-best-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/13/site-redesign-best-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re thinking of redesigning your website or changing your site&#8217;s architecture for any reason, its worthwhile to keep in mind the following SEO best practices: Use the mod_rewrite (Apache) or ISAPI Rewrite (IIS) to map old URLs to new files Analyse your major traffic entry pages and ensure that these pages are not deleted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image Alt Tags for SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/12/image-alt-tags-for-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/12/image-alt-tags-for-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image alt tags, have you heard of them?  If you haven&#8217;t let me tell you. Image alt tags are basically the alternative text you see when you hover over an image.  Image alt tags describe what the image is about. here is an example of the HTML code of an image alt tag: &#60;A href="linked.html" [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keyword Usage and Placement for SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/03/keyword-usage-and-placement-for-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/08/03/keyword-usage-and-placement-for-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keyword usage and placement is an art and a science especially if you&#8217;re competing in a highly competitive market such as mortgages or insurance.  There are basic best practices that need to be adhered to in order to give your site an edge over your competition.  Here is a quick guide on how and where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing your Robots.txt File</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/18/managing-your-robotstxt-file/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/18/managing-your-robotstxt-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A robots.txt file is a text file that manages the search engines that listen to its instructions.  Major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN all listen to the robots.txt file and obey the instruction placed in it. What kind of instructions can you place in a robots.txt file?  Well for one you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional vs Web 2.0 Link Building</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/05/traditional-vs-web-20-link-building/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/05/traditional-vs-web-20-link-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Link popularity has a major influence on search engine ranking.  Afterall, Google&#8217;s algorithm and what distinguished it from its earlier rivals such as Alta Vista, was based on exactly that &#8230; Link Popularity. Given the importance of Link Popularity, its worthwhile to examine all link building methods and the best way to do that is to split Link Building into 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Press Title Tag Optimization</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/02/word-press-title-tag-optimization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/07/02/word-press-title-tag-optimization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here a quick tip to help you optimise your Word Press title tag so that it becomes more search engine friendly. Login to your site using your favourite ftp application. Open the header.php file, it can be found in root &#62; wp-content &#62; themes &#62; your theme. Find: &#60;title&#62;&#60;?php bloginfo(&#8216;name&#8217;); ?&#62;&#60;?php wp_title(); ?&#62;&#60;/title&#62; Replace with  : &#60;title&#62;&#60;?php [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO for Universal Search</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/30/seo-for-universal-search/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/30/seo-for-universal-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you optimise for universal search?  I should probably first ask if you&#8217;ve heard of universal search.  If you haven&#8217;t, here&#8217;s a quick run down. Universal Search is what most engines seem to be experimenting with these days.  Universal Search has to do with the sort of results being fed back to a users when they perform a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Supplemental Results</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/20/googles-supplemental-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/20/googles-supplemental-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2007/06/20/googles-supplimental-hell/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Supplemental results, have you heard this term before?  If you haven&#8217;t I&#8217;ll tell you, its Google&#8217;s secondary index, a place where the big G stores all the pages of your site that it doesn&#8217;t think are worth being in its main index. What&#8217;s the difference between supplemental and regular results?  A supplemental result  is clearly identified by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning SEO &#8211; how I did it</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/09/learning-seo-how-i-did-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/09/learning-seo-how-i-did-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how did I learn SEO?  &#8230; The simple answer &#8230; I taught myself. Its not that difficult really, well not the basics at least, but the best way to learn SEO is to actually practice it on one of your sites. Thats how I started.  5 years ago I decided to build my very own website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO in a nutshell</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/01/seo-in-a-nutshell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2007/06/01/seo-in-a-nutshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kattan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation (optimization if you&#8217;re an American reader) and is basically what one does to one&#8217;s website to try and make it appear higher in the Organic (Natural) Search Listings. Before we go any further, do you know the difference between Organic and Paid listings?  I&#8217;m going to assume you don&#8217;t and give you [...]]]></description>
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