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	<title>Velvet Blues Web Development Blog</title>
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	<description>Once optional, websites are now a must-have for every business. Subscribe to our web development blog to get the latest in tips and tricks to create a compelling website, generate traffic, and outperform your competitors.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:47:04 +0000</pubDate>	<language>en</language>
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		<title>All Websites Are Not Created Equal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Web Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[cross-browser compatibility]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[html validator]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, what's 'under the hood' of your website is often just as important as what your website looks like. In this article, we address some considerations that you should make when hiring a web developer.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things Your Website Must Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning on building a successful website or wondering why your current website is not effective, our list below will help you. These are a few things which we think that all websites should have.]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Your WordPress Upgrade</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Upgrading a WordPress website is not always as easy as people say. Here are a few solutions for problems you may encounter.]]></description>
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		<title>Next Google PageRank Update</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/next-google-pagerank-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pagerank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its about that time again! In the next month, we will likely have another Google quarterly PageRank update. If you are not ready for it, don't despair. You still have time to turn your website into high quality search engine food and link-bait.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Your Business Needs A Website</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/why-your-business-needs-a-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/why-your-business-needs-a-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[traffic generation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is officially an economic crisis. Jobs are being lost. Sales in all industries are on the decline. Consumers aren't spending. And even worse, there is no end in sight. As a result, it has been more important than ever before to be resourceful and thrifty when it comes to managing a business. In this article, we discuss a few ways that having a website can help your business.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your WordPress Website Load Faster</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-make-your-wordpress-website-load-faster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-make-your-wordpress-website-load-faster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[cache]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[compressed files]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[shared hosting]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more annoying than a slow-loading website. So it is important to make sure that your website is fast, regardless of the internet connection speed that is used to view it. Here are 8 ways to speed up your WordPress website.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Compression/Decompression Software</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/free-compression-decompression-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/free-compression-decompression-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[compression software]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you download software or send bulky files, you will likely need compression and decompression software. Here are some free programs that you can use.]]></description>
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		<title>Akismet SPAM-Blocking Plugin Introduces Statistics!</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/akismet-spam-blocking-plugin-introduces-statistics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/akismet-spam-blocking-plugin-introduces-statistics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[CMS Plugins]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you thought Akismet couldn't get any better, it just did! In its most recent release, it introduced detailed comment and spam statistics.]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama &#038; Your Internet Business</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/barack-obama-your-internet-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/barack-obama-your-internet-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama took the nation by surprise when he used the internet in an unprecedented way to drum up support for his campaign. But that is not the only surprise in store for us. If you own a small internet business, you may, or may not, find a few gems in the Obama economic plan.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Reasons You Should Never Pay For Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/why-you-should-never-pay-for-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/why-you-should-never-pay-for-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[pay per click]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[press releases]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[visitor loyalty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems that webmasters have is that of getting visitors to come to their websites. The easy solution: pay for advertising. However, before you enroll in a paid advertising campaign, it is important to know that better alternatives exist. And while paid advertising is effective in bringing new visitors, it is often not the best idea.]]></description>
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		<title>Passing Variables from HTML to Flash</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/passing-variables-from-html-to-flash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/passing-variables-from-html-to-flash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most flash applications have little, if any, interaction with the web pages in which they are embedded. However, sometimes it is necessary for the page to share information with the flash application. In this tutorial, we will show you two simple methods for passing variables.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Chrome: Where Did It Go?</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-chrome-where-did-it-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/google-chrome-where-did-it-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Google released the beta version of their shiny new browser in early September, we could not have been happier. Google Chrome was fast and full of features, and had all of the things that the other browsers lacked. Not surprisingly, we predicted that it would be a huge hit. But now, only two months later, all of the hype has died down. What is the fate of Chrome?]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Real or WordPress Fake?</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/wordpress-real-or-wordpress-fake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/wordpress-real-or-wordpress-fake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, some WordPress users were surprised to find that the new version of WordPress that they downloaded was full of malicious trojans. We too were surprised when we heard about it. But there is an easy way to avoid this from happening to you.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Write A PHP Contact Form</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-write-a-php-contact-form/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-write-a-php-contact-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact forms are a great addition to any website. Read our contact form tutorial and download a complete code sample. This form works out-of-the-box and even verifies that visitors have entered valid email addresses. Download it now, for free!]]></description>
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		<title>Show Off Your WordPress Website!</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/show-off-your-wordpress-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/show-off-your-wordpress-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just recently, WordPress.org added a new section to their website which enables WordPress developers and fanatics to showcase their work. Why not submit your website?]]></description>
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		<title>How To Parse HTML Files As PHP</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-parse-html-files-as-php/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/how-to-parse-html-files-as-php/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to parse HTML files as PHP. Some webmasters do it because they are converting an old static website into a dynamic website and don't want to lose pagerank. Other websites do it because search engines favor web pages with .html endings. Still others do it for security reasons.

Fortunately, parsing HTML files as PHP easily accomplished on Linux Apache via the use of an htaccess file.]]></description>
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		<title>One Big Reason to Limit Your Use of JavaScript</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/reason-to-limit-use-of-javascript/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/reason-to-limit-use-of-javascript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JavaScript is used all over the internet to accomplish a wide variety of features such as hover menus, animation, and form validation. In fact, JavaScript is used so frequently that web developers often take it for granted, without realizing that not all browsers support it. And if that isn't bad enough, many web surfers actually disable JavaScript. Fortunately, there are easy alternatives to JavaScript.]]></description>
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		<title>Proper Use of ALT Text in HTML</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/proper-use-of-alt-text-in-html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/proper-use-of-alt-text-in-html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The alt attribute in HTML is one of the most improperly used HTML code elements. Either webmasters completely neglect to use it or simply use it in a way in which it was not intended. But by using it properly, you can take advantage of SEO benefits and achieve greater accessibility.]]></description>
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		<title>Superscripts, Subscripts &#038; the Uneven Line Height Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/superscripts-subscripts-uneven-line-height/</link>
		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/superscripts-subscripts-uneven-line-height/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many web browsers do a bad job of displaying text with superscripts and subscripts, resulting in paragraphs with uneven spacing between lines. This article shows you how to fix that problem.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Move A Large MySQL Database</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving a database can be troublesome, especially if the database is large and your web host has strict upload restrictions. In this article, we address methods to successfully import large databases on shared web hosting packages.]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Your Website Is Slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today's high-speed internet connections and advances in web development techniques, there is no reason that your website should be slow. Here are 8 possible causes for slow-loading pages.

Not sure if your website is slow? We'll help you with that too!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Content Thieves Steal Your Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You've done your research, you've spent your time, and you've written high quality content for your website. Or perhaps, you've invested money to hire a copywriter. So if you find that someone else is using or adapting your content for their websites, it can be very frustrating. So why do they do it, and what can you do?]]></description>
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		<title>Web Design Principles Change With Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 20 years, the internet has seen huge sweeping changes. And it still continues to experience regular changes. Make sure your website keeps up!]]></description>
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		<title>Our Best Advice: Website Do&#8217;s &#038; Don&#8217;t&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, we've written many articles covering a wide array of topics. In this article, we will summarize some of our most popular and useful advice. For your convenience, we've also linked to the source articles.]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for a WordPress Plugin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We like developing plugins, so if you have any ideas for plugins that aren't already created, let us know. We will develop unique or potentially popular plugin ideas.]]></description>
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		<title>6 Reasons You Don&#8217;t Get Traffic From Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your website receives very little traffic from Google, it should be cause for concern. After all, search traffic from Google is free and can help you save lots of money by minimizing the need for paid advertising. In this article, we list six reasons why your website may not be getting traffic from Google.]]></description>
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		<title>Uber Is Officially Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that Uber.com is officially down. This news follows the hopeful news that Uber announced one month ago, when they told the community that they had indeed secured temporary financing...]]></description>
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		<title>How You Could Be A Spammer And Not Even Know It</title>
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		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/you-could-be-a-spammer-and-not-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, malicious spam hackers could make you look like one of them. In this article, we let you know how they do it, and how you can protect your website from falling victim.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Audio Editing Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, we've been sharing our favorite free software picks. Today, we'll share our favorite free audio editing software. These tools are useful for creating and editing audio for your website.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways To Make Your Online Store More Profitable</title>
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		<comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/10-ways-to-make-your-online-store-more-profitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your sales do not have to follow the dips in the economy. By implementing these tips, you'll be able to improve the user experience, increase traffic, and restore your sales volume.]]></description>
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