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	<title>Upright Communications</title>
	<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog</link>
	<description>Turning Website Visitors Into Customers</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Optimizing for the Long Tail</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/long-tail-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conversion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[convert web traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[increase sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[increase traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[keywords]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[long tail effect]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[more website leads]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The long tail effect is what happens when your site starts ranking for a ton of keyword terms that you didn&#8217;t really focus on optimizing for. What&#8217;s cool about the long tail is that it can account for half or more of your traffic from the search engines. That&#8217;s right - 50% or more of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing Functionality and SEO in Website Development</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/01/balance-design-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/01/balance-design-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barlow</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aesthetics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had $3.75, so I could at least buy a gallon of gas, for every time we’ve met with a prospective client that just had a new website built, only to find it was nowhere to be found on the search engines.  The websites were generally well branded, had a good look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/22/happy-earth-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alternative fuel engines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[century bank direct]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clopay garage doors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[earth day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[earth friendly hardwood veneer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly roofing products]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[formwood industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[going green]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green garage door]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green roofs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jasper engines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[non toxic paints]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online banking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organic materials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real milk paint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[titan roof systems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




April 22nd is officially &#8220;Earth Day&#8221; and some even celebrate the entire week surrounding this date.  This is the time of year where we are inspired to &#8220;go green&#8221; and do what we can to make this big blue marble a better place to live for ourselves and generations to come. In honor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spot a Bad SEO Firm</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/16/how-to-spot-a-bad-seo-firm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/16/how-to-spot-a-bad-seo-firm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buying multiple domains]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cloaking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[duplicate content]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google algorithm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Cincinnati]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO firm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upright communications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/16/how-to-spot-a-bad-seo-firm/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting recently made an interesting post in his &#8220;Ramblings About SEO&#8221; blog titled &#8220;11 Ways to Recognize a Bad SEO Firm&#8221;. We liked it enough to share it with our readers as well. Here&#8217;s our summary of what he had to say, but you can also click the link above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you linked to a bad neighborhood?</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/bad-neighborhood-link-checker-free-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/bad-neighborhood-link-checker-free-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building Strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authority sites]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad neighborhood link checker free tool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cincinnati Ohio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ethical SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inbound links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[increase web site traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[link strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quality links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine rankings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upright communications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/bad-neighborhood-link-checker-free-tool/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You probably already know that inbound links to your site are good, and a quality inbound link from a topic-related site can bring great quality traffic and even help your search engine rankings. What you might not have known though, is that linking out to other quality sites within your subject can also help your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Myth #3 - If I put my keywords in my meta tags, this helps my rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/03/meta-keyword-tags-ignored-by-search-engines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/03/meta-keyword-tags-ignored-by-search-engines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Myths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meta keywords tag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meta tags]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine rankings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Cincinnati]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo myths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upright communications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/03/meta-keyword-tags-ignored-by-search-engines/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s surprising that people still believe that meta tags are how you get your site ranked. If you&#8217;re not in the business of SEO, though, this common misconception is widely accepted. However, all SEOs know that all the major search engines completely ignore the meta keywords tag. And if you find an SEO that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Myth #2 - Buying multiple domains will help my ranking</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/24/seo-myth-2-buying-multiple-domains-will-help-my-ranking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/24/seo-myth-2-buying-multiple-domains-will-help-my-ranking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Myths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[301 redirect]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[domain forwarding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[multiple domains]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ROI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine rankings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Cincinnati Ohio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upright communications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web site traffic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/24/seo-myth-2-buying-multiple-domains-will-help-my-ranking/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a common misconception that buying up additional domain names and pointing them to your main domain will help your site rank better. I only wish it were that easy. If it were, I&#8217;d be at GoDaddy buying up every combination of SEO-search-engine-optimization-cincinnati.com, .org, .biz, .info&#8230; you get the picture.
There are occasions when you might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Continues Search Dominance</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/20/google-continues-search-dominance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/20/google-continues-search-dominance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Frye</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comScore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MSN]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Search Rankings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/20/google-continues-search-dominance/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[comScore released the February 2008 U.S. Search Rankings report this week.  Google almost doubled the number of searches of MSN &#38; Yahoo combined.  Google&#8217;s share of all U.S. searches was 59.2%, which was a slight increase of 0.7% over January 2008.  Yahoo&#8217;s share was 21.6% and MSN&#8217;s 9.6% in February. The number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Myth #1 - Changing hosting will affect my rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/seo-myth-1-changing-hosting-will-affect-my-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/seo-myth-1-changing-hosting-will-affect-my-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Kulage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Myths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[moving site to new server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new hosting company]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine rankings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Cincinnati]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upright communications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web site hosting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/14/seo-myth-1-changing-hosting-will-affect-my-rankings/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question often arises - &#8220;If I move my web site to a new host or a new server, will it affect my search engine rankings?&#8221; The short answer is no, as long as you do it right.
Clients move their web sites to a new host or a new server for a variety of reasons. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are trade shows a waste of time?</title>
		<link>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/10/are-trade-shows-a-waste-of-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.walkupright.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/10/are-trade-shows-a-waste-of-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Frye</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Offline Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trade shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1980&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s, trade shows were a very popular way for many of my clients to market their products and services.  But as online promotion continues to command  more and more of the marketing budget, it seems that clients&#8217; participation in trade shows has been drastically reduced.  And those clients [...]]]></description>
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