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	<title>The SEO Mantra &#187; SEO</title>
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		<title>Google Adwords Optimization Tips &#8211; My top 10</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2009/04/29/google-adwords-optimization-tips-my-top-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
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 Here are a few optimization tips from my little experience with Adwords.
1. Experiment often &#8211; No matter what you think, how sure you are, it is always good to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find out a site&#039;s traffic with Google Ad Planner</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2009/04/24/find-out-a-sites-traffic-with-google-ad-planner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know a way to find out your competitor site&#8217;s traffic details including visitor count and pageviews pretty accurately, way better than Alexa, Compete or Quantcast?
Enter Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO &amp; Online Press Releases &#8211; Some tips</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2009/04/12/seo-online-press-releases-some-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing press releases about new features is an important part of promoting any online portal, or offline business. Press releases are cost effective, and they can give a great ROI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canonical issues of domain (www vs. non-www)</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/09/09/canonical-issues-of-domain-www-vs-non-www/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/09/09/canonical-issues-of-domain-www-vs-non-www/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[URL canonicalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know for sure that domain names are very important for branding and business. But most of the people would expect http://www.example.com and http://example.com to be the same sites, right? But theoretically it's not so.]]></description>
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		<title>Google uncle, please visit my home more often :)</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/08/24/google-uncle-please-visit-my-home-more-often/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/08/24/google-uncle-please-visit-my-home-more-often/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crawling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google crawl rate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all want Google crawler to crawl our site or blog more often, and update the changes that we make as soon as possible in its index&#8230;Here are some ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO &amp; Keywords: Plural or Singular, Ek or Anek?</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/07/11/seo-keywords-plural-or-singular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/07/11/seo-keywords-plural-or-singular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keywords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keywords Stemming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plural vs. Singular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optmization (SEO)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semantic Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keywords is one of the most important things to do while doing SEO. A human can easily distinguish whether a person means different things by singular or plural forms of a word, but it's not so easy for a search engine!]]></description>
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		<title>Nofollow Links &amp; SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/07/10/nofollow-links-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/07/10/nofollow-links-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nofollow link is a mechanism to tell a crawler not to follow a link. A link with nofollow has no "link juice". When should we use them? How should we get backlinks if everyone uses "the nofollow condom"?]]></description>
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		<title>SEO: Does Google care about Traffic &amp; CTR?</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/19/seo-does-google-care-about-traffic-ctr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/19/seo-does-google-care-about-traffic-ctr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They should&#8230;shouldn&#8217;t they? If a site has a high CTR (Click Through Rate) and a high traffic in general (possibly tracked through Google Toolbar), it&#8217;s reasonable to assume that they&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old is Gold? SEO &amp; Age of the Domain</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/13/old-is-gold-seo-age-of-the-domain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/13/old-is-gold-seo-age-of-the-domain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO & Domain Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say wine tastes best when it&#8217;s old&#8230;
Even Google thinks so!
Why should it matter? If I think I just started afresh and I am god damn better than the old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO: How Important is Domain Name?</title>
		<link>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/13/seo-how-important-is-domain-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theseomantra.com/2008/06/13/seo-how-important-is-domain-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumedh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO & Domain Name]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I am no SEO expert. But certainly getting interested in the field&#8230;
So, I&#8217;ll try to find out whatever questions I face as I learn more and more about SEO [...]]]></description>
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