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		<title>Tip Number 1 &#8211; Add Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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The number one thing you can do to improve your website is add content.  Content is the key to driving traffic to your site.  Your content needs to be page specific.  What I mean by this is that each page should have very detailed information regarding that page title.  If your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 2 &#8211; Edit Your Existing Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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You can edit your existing content to improve your rankings on search engines.  Once you know where you rank and where your competition ranks then you can formulate a plan.  Review your competitor&#8217;s website to determine what they might be doing to be ranked well on a particular search engine.  Read their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 3 &#8211; Improve Your Titles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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Titles are an important factor in ranking well.  Think of the newspaper, if they didnâ€™t have titles for the articles, then no one would read the articles.  These titles help the search engines identify relevant pages to deliver to the search engine user.  If you donâ€™t have a title page that includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 4 &#8211; Improve Your Page Names</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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To improve your page names, you first need to determine what the page has for a focus.  The content and title should clearly indicate this to you.  Now, review the page name in address bar of your web browser.  Is the page name similar to the content?  Does it give you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 5 &#8211; Figure Out Where You Rank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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You need to understand where your website ranks and for what key phrases it does well for.  Once you have identified what you want to show up for, start running ranking reports.  Any reputable SEO company can run a ranking report for you for under $100.  Sometimes it can be as low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 6 &#8211; Research What You Want To Show Up For</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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In order for you to improve results on your site you need to determine what you want to show up for.  One great way to do this is to review your competitorâ€™s website, and view their major topic points.  In addition you can view their Meta keywords which are sometimes a good indicator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 7 &#8211; Know Your Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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You need to know who your competition is and what websites they own and operate.  Many of your competitors will have multiple websites, this is the new thing out there.  They focus each website on a division of their business.  Make sure you review each and every website that they have in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 8 &#8211; Limit Your Form Fields</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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Many studies have been done regarding submission forms.  Itâ€™s been proven that 3 data collection fields are ok, however when you go to the 4th field, the ratio of completed forms drops by over 50%.  This is a key determining factor in how many fields your form should be.
In almost every case, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 9 &#8211; Build Links from other websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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Building links from other websites is a key to getting traffic.  Google sees links that point to your site as an indicator that your site is important.  It is also important to note the text used to point to your site.  Be sure to use the same text, when possible, to point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip Number 10 &#8211; Work On Your Site Monthly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ward</dc:creator>
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Working on your site is not an incredibly difficult thing to do, however getting the time to do it always is difficult.  Rarely do you have extra time in your business day to do this type of work, therefore let me recommend the best way to do this.  Schedule 1 hour per week. [...]]]></description>
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