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	<title>WebConnoisseur &#187; Search</title>
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	<description>Dustin Woodard&#039;s thoughts on search, social media, web analytics and the web in general.</description>
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		<title>Dustin Interviewed About SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domaining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Search Engine Journal was kind enough to interview me about various SEO topics, including: evolution of SEO, using UGC to drive SEO, Domainers vs. SEOs, and making the transition from in-house SEO to out-house SEO (working out of my house as an SEO consultant).

I didn&#8217;t realize it until now, but this is my 2nd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Use Google Webmaster Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/time-to-use-google-webmaster-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the SEO community, there&#8217;s been debates as to whether you should bother using search engine webmaster tools. Thanks to the latest set of data Google is providing, there is more reason then ever before to create a webmaster tools account for your sites.
On the positive side of having an account were points like these:

Ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making LinkedIn Links Count</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/making-linkedin-links-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOs have long been preaching the importance of anchor text in links and have long pointed out LinkedIn as a great place to gain keyword-rich links. Hundreds of thousands of LinkedIn users have followed this great advice, but something changed late last year that no one else seemed to notice.
Note from Dustin: This SEO tip [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mike Siwek Lawyer MI Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To better explain Wired magazine&#8217;s reference to mike siwek lawyer mi searches, I created this experimental blog post. Wired&#8217;s excellent article on Google&#8217;s algorithm links off to the search phrase: &#8220;mike siwek lawyer mi&#8221;, which sends you off to Google&#8217;s search results page for that query.
The mike siwek search phrase was used as an example [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reflections of a Pivotal Point in My Career</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/general/seo-career-reflections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/general/seo-career-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Something recently reminded me of an event early in my web marketing and SEO career. For me, it was a very pivotal moment of my career; for you, it might be an entertaining story of a consulting douche bag and how SEO battles don&#8217;t change much.
Roll back the clock to a little over a decade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking at Pubcon</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/speaking-at-pubcon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/speaking-at-pubcon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pubcon is always a great conference and tends to attract more practitioners then some of the other major search conferences, which is something I highly value. I&#8217;ll be speaking at Pubcon next week on UGC SEO (optimizing user-generated content to drive large volumes of natural search traffic). Surprisingly, this is my first time speaking at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Little Known Twitter Search Commands</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/little-known-twitter-search-commands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/little-known-twitter-search-commands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter search seems fairly basic, which often leads to people using 3rd party Twitter tools for searching. Most people don&#8217;t realize it, but Twitter some handy search command abilities:
Basic Twitter Search Commands (no surprises here):

Multi-word queries: if you search multiple words, Twitter&#8217;s default search will search tweets containing both (or all words).
Example:  big doggy [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Follow Google&#8217;s No-Follow Recommendations?</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/do-you-follow-googles-no-follow-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/do-you-follow-googles-no-follow-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After attending SMX Advanced (or listening in), then reading Matt&#8217;s post about no-following, many SEOs, both beginning and advanced, are running around like chicken&#8217;s with their heads cut off, scrambling to decide what to do.
The more we pin Matt down on no-follow, the more confusing things become. If you were to read Matt&#8217;s post and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>25 Things</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/uncategorized/25-things/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/uncategorized/25-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reputation Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are on Facebook and haven&#8217;t had the pleasure of reading a 25 Random Things About Me note about one of your friends yet, you are missing out. Normally not a fan of chain letters or tagging memes, I will admit the 25 Things activity on Facebook is fascinating.
History of Facebook 25 Things Notes
Facebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO For Independent Filmmakers</title>
		<link>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/seo-for-independent-filmmakers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/seo-for-independent-filmmakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a guest post over and IndieGoGo, a cool fund raising and awareness tool for filmmakers, on the topic of using SEO (and SEM) to attract an audience for your film.
Here&#8217;s a teaser:
Making a film is a big enough challenge in itself, but if you are like most low-budget independent filmmakers, you’ll quickly discover [...]]]></description>
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