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	<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog</link>
	<description>Internet and website related musings from LandingNet Ltd</description>
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		<title>Appeal for Richard Branson to launch “V-Bay” to combat Rip-Off eBay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Should Richard Branson combat the increasingly expensive online auction giant, eBay. Or maybe a Dragons Den business guru?...<a href = "http://landingnet.co.uk/blog/2008/10/appeal-for-richard-branson-to-launch-%E2%80%9Cv-bay%E2%80%9D-to-combat-rip-off-ebay/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/appeal-for-richard-branson-to-launch-%e2%80%9cv-bay%e2%80%9d-to-combat-rip-off-ebay/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Battle-browser Google-actica&#8217;  - Google Chrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google's Evil Empire attacks again! - Or does it? Following the release of Google Chrome, some important questions are raised...<a href = "http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/2008/09/battle-browser-google-actica-google-chrome">Read More</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/battle-browser-google-actica-google-chrome/</link>
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		<title>Knol-velty? Google Knol: Knols have goals&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...but what are they? Google Knol beta version is now available online - commentators have displayed mixed feelings and search engine marketeers appear confused...<a href = "http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/2008/07/who-knols-where-google-knol-will-take-us">Read More</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/who-knols-where-google-knol-will-take-us/</link>
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		<title>Hold onto your hairpiece - this next one is gonna be fierce!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey in NMA showed that 23% of businesses fail to update their website content on a regular basis. Guess who&#8217;s also guilty&#8230;.? Yeah - it&#8217;s us! It&#8217;s a fair cop!

But all our wrong-doings will soon be rectified with the launch of our new brand and (brand-new) website!
It&#8217;s taking longer than planned, due to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/hold-onto-your-hairpiece-this-next-one-is-gonna-be-fierce/</link>
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		<title>Website Accessibility Rules - When will they become regulated?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surely, it&#8217;s only a matter of time until the first high-profile case hits the media?


At present, websites offering full interactivity for those with disabilites are rare.
The UK Disability Discrimation Act (DDA) 2005 offers only a vague statement regarding the obligations of website owners, but it&#8217;s general stance, that anyone with a disability should never be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/website-accessibility-rules-when-will-they-become-regulated/</link>
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		<title>Loading&#8230;..&#8221;Hurry Up or Cough Up&#8221; says Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding to the increasing complexity of the AdWords &#8220;Quality Score&#8221; algorithm, Google has announced that page loading times will soon become a key factor.
The intention is that sites runing advert-heavy pages will be penalised in an effort to improve the &#8220;user experience&#8221;. Google claims conversion rates are lower when page loading times are poor, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/loadinghurry-up-or-cough-up-says-google/</link>
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		<title>Businesses need to bid Smarter NOT Higher!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As more and more businesses realise the potential of advertising via search engines, the &#8220;bidding war&#8221; on search terms is hotting up.

Increasing bids on paid advertising on Google, MSN and Yahoo may increase your position in the listings, but with systems such as AdWords &#8220;Quality Score&#8221;, the bid is only the tip of the iceberg.
Quality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/businesses-need-to-bid-smarter-not-higher/</link>
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		<title>Yahoo + Microsoft = a threat for Google?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The media has been inundated over the last few days with details of the proposed Yahoo buy-out by Microsoft for Â£23bn.
Google is said to be concerned and wants regulators to oversee the deal, as it would allow one company too much control over email and instant messaging accounts.
Over the last few years, both MSN and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/yahoo-microsoft-a-threat-for-google/</link>
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		<title>Google Adsense Video Units</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google have introduced video units on Google Adsense.
Google have teamed up with around 100 YouTubers to supply relevant videos for people who have adsense on their site.  
Video units enable AdSense publishers to display videos from several YouTube content partners. The video units are ad-supported, and the ads are relevant to both the video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/google-adsense-video-units/</link>
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		<title>Google AdWords Conversion Optimizer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google have  introduced a new Conversion Optimizer tool for adwords campaigns.
The conversion tool enables you to apply a maximum cost per click for keywords you wish to target in you adwords campaigns and then looks back at  your historical data to automatically generate a cost per click on each of your ad campaigns.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.landingnet.co.uk/blog/google-adwords-conversion-optimizer/</link>
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