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		<title>Real-Time Search &amp; Social Media: What does it mean for Marketers?</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/real-time-search-marketers</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike McDonald of Web Pro News spoke with Vanessa Fox, founder of Nine by Blue, and Avinash Kaushik, Google’s analytics evangelist at SMX West in Santa Clara. Both spoke about how real-time search and social search affects marketers.
What does this all mean for marketers?

More WebProNews Videos
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		<title>How does Google rate links from sites like Twitter and Facebook?</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/links-from-sites-like-twitter-and-facebook</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/links-from-sites-like-twitter-and-facebook#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts from Google explains in this video how all links are created equal, even those from Twitter and Facebook.

My thoughts
Even though links from Facebook or Twitter may not count towards page rank (if they are no follow links), I think they&#8217;re still important for driving traffic to your site. So, should you work towards building inbound links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Personalized Search Kills Keyword Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/personalized-search-kills-keyword-rankings</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/personalized-search-kills-keyword-rankings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been hearing about personalized search since 2007. We&#8217;ve even seen some advancements from Google in 2008 with the launch of the SearchWiki. To make even more advancements with personalized search, earlier in December, 2009 Google announced that they made even more enhancements. Now, whether a searcher is signed in to Google or not, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Caffeine: Organic Search on Steriods</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/google-caffeine-live-search</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/google-caffeine-live-search#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as if Google&#8217;s been talking about revising their search engine forever, but soon, in the next few weeks, Caffeine will be live. We&#8217;ll talk about the algorithm implecations in a moment, but first, let&#8217;s look at an example of what a search engine results page (SERP) will look like on the new Google:

What you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging. Is it right for all businesses? YES!</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/blogging-is-it-right-for-all-businesses-yes</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/blogging-is-it-right-for-all-businesses-yes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=98</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation today with a client who asked if I could email her reasons why their business should blog. She needed to share this info with her boss, so that her boss would &#8220;buy-in&#8221; to the whole blogging idea. Seeing how blogging has helped me and my business, I&#8217;m a true believer. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How long does it take to rank well on Google?</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/rank-well-on-google</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/rank-well-on-google#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think this question has been asked ever since the dawn of Google. Website owner after website owner have pondered over this question, while SEO after SEO have tried to give a definitive answer.
Recently, the good folks over at Search Engine Roundtable released the results to their April 1st poll: &#8220;How Long Should it Take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Fresh &amp; Beneficial Website Content is Crucial in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/website_content_2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/website_content_2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years we&#8217;ve all heard the over-used saying coined by the SEO industry: &#8220;content is King&#8221;. Well, it&#8217;s true. Search engines LOVE fresh content. However, I&#8217;m going to take this concept one step further by saying &#8220;beneficial content is King of the jungle&#8221; in 2009.
In today&#8217;s tough economic times it&#8217;s more important than ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Journalists Eligible for Pulitzer Prize: SEM Industry Unite!</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/online-journalists-eligible-for-pulitzer-prize-seo-industry-unite</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/online-journalists-eligible-for-pulitzer-prize-seo-industry-unite#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[search engine marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read a blog post by my friends at Beaupre, a high-tech PR firm in Portsmouth, NH, that got me thinking. Mike McGrail wrote a post about the recent announcement that the Pulitzer Committee is now accepting submissions from online-only publications. This announcement is great news for the Search Marketing industry.
As a search marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Marketing in a Tough Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/online-marketing-economy</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/online-marketing-economy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[internet marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=60</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I participated in a marketing seminar sponsored by the Greater Somersworth Chamber of Commerce. The topic of the seminar was how to use marketing as a way to survive a downward economy.
During the seminar Kathleen Soldati, Director of Marketing at The Music Hall (also a co-presenter), brought up a great point. Companies that continued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website Design, SEO, and the Call-to-Action</title>
		<link>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/webdesign_seo</link>
		<comments>http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/webdesign_seo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativemindsearchmarketing.com/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re a business owner who has spent thousands of dollars on a new website. You can&#8217;t wait for all of the response and customers you&#8217;ll receive from said website. Months pass and &#8230;. nothing happens. Your website can&#8217;t be found on the internet; customers aren&#8217;t flooding your in box with inquiries; and the only people [...]]]></description>
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