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		<title>Improve Search Engine Rankings &#8211; SEO Ranking Factors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improve Search Engine Rankings, on and off page factors that influence web search, what remains useful and what new signals are growing in importance.]]></description>
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		<title>SMX Advanced &#124; SEOmoz &#124; Black Hat vs White Hat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh no! Not another report from <a href="http://searchmarketingexpo.com/advanced/" class="extlink">SMX Advanced</a> in Seattle, June &#8217;08. Everyone else reported on the sessions and Amplify-Interactive has a very good detailed one! I have decided to report on the Expo Hall.<br />
<img style=' float: left; padding: 4px;&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Rand Fishkin &#124; Jason Calacanis &#124; SMX Social</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>At SMX Social in Long Beach, California, April 22 &#8211; 23 I had the privilege of asking <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63" class="extlink">Rand Fishkin</a> of <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/" class="extlink">SEOmoz</a> some questions. </p>
<p>Rand answered candidly about such things as who was his open sharing inspiration, small business SEO&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>SMX Social &#124; Yellow Shoes &#124; Rand Fishkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am sitting in the Westin Long Beach, California waiting for SMX Social to begin.<br />
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<strong>Social Media Marketing Essentials</strong><br />
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		<title>SEMpxd SearchFest &#8217;08 &#124; What I learned, Heard, and Won</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/sem/"target="_blank"rel="external"title="Search Engine Marketing" >SEM</a>pxd SearchFest &#8217;08</strong></p>
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<li>What I learned</li>
<li>What I Heard</li>
<li>What was Won</li>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.seomoz.com" class="extlink">SEOmoz</a> meets <a href="http://www.seopdx.com" class="extlink">SEOPDX</a></strong></p>
<p>Rebecca Kelley- Rand Fishkin &#8211; Gary Pool &#8211; Shirley de Rose</p>
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<p>WOW! another SearchFest has come and gone.</p>
<p>And for you my faithful readers&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>SEMpdx SearchFest &#8217;08 &#124; Rand Fishkin Keynote</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright" src="http://www.sempdx.org/Resources/Category/000010/0000/SEMpdxlogo-1.gif" alt="SEMpdxlogo 1 SEMpdx SearchFest 08 &#124; Rand Fishkin Keynote"  title="SEMpdx SearchFest 08 &#124; Rand Fishkin Keynote" /><a href="http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/sem/"target="_blank"rel="external"title="Search Engine Marketing" >SEM</a>pdx SearchFest &#8217;08 was a total success. If you were there you know what I&#8217;m talking about.</p>
<p>SEMpdx SearchFest &#8217;08 was put on by SEMpdx the premiere <a href="http://sempdx.org" class="extlink">Search Engine Marketing Professionals</a> group in Portland.</p>
<p>If this years SearchFest is any indication of&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Rand Fishkin at SearchFest 2008 in Portland March 10th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.seomoz.org/team/randfish" class="extlink">Rand Fishkin</a> will head the bill at Searchfest 2008, Oregon’s annual search marketing conference March 10, 2008, at the Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Crest Banquet Center.</p>
<p>Take a look at the agenda for SearchFest 2008. You won&#8217;t want to pass this up. Portland, Rand Fishkin:&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Link Juice &#124; Link Alternatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Link Alternatives is the topic of <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63" class="extlink">Rand Fishkin</a>&#8216;s <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-sir-linksalot" class="extlink">Whiteboard Friday &#8211; &#8220;Sir Links-A-Lot&#8221;</a> video this week.</p>
<p>The topics included this week are:</p>
<p><strong>Image Links</strong></p>
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<li>Link in the image tag (alt tags)</li>
<li>CSS image replacement</li>
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<p><strong>Form Links</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>check</li></ol><p>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>White Hat vs. Black Hat &#124; Link Wars</title>
		<link>http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2007/09/white-hat-vs-black-hat-link-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Putting Pandora Back into the Box.</em></strong></p>
<p>In this week&#8217;s <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-link-wars" class="extlink">Whiteboard Friday &#8211; Link Wars</a>, <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63" class="extlink">Rand Fishkin</a> discusses the &#8220;war&#8221;  that happens in the spam game.  He takes a look at how Google interprets link manipulation, how spammers combat this, and&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Based Keyword Research</title>
		<link>http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2007/09/search-engine-based-keyword-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keyword research is the backbone for REAL SEO.]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Time to Take SEO &#8211; SEM Inventory?</title>
		<link>http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2007/09/is-it-time-to-take-seo-sem-inventory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Pool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In this weeks <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-state-of-the-industry" class="extlink">Whiteboard Friday</a> <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63" class="extlink">Rand Fishkin</a> from <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/" class="extlink">SEOMOZ</a> hits the nail on the head. Rand discusses the Search industry and the reasons for it being there.</p>
<p>Rand is sporting his fresh new look direct from Montreal with&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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