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		<title>Google Penguin and Downfall of &#8216;Improper&#8217; Link Building</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/google-penguin-and-downfall-of-improper-link-building-4063.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The extent of Google Penguin&#8217;s impact can be illustrated by the amount of blog entries I posted and the sudden flurry of articles since an apparent hibernation of this blog for months. It is believed that Google Penguin, which is primarily targeted  at websites that previously made use and benefited from the so-called &#8220;unnatural links&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Penguin Update: What You Need to Know About &#8212; So Far</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/google-penguin-update-links-4045.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Penguin&#8217;s announcement on April 24 created quite a stir in search engine marketing circles even if Google tried to reassure in that announcement that the impact will likely affect only 3.1% of total queries, a fraction of the number of sites affected by Google Panda&#8216;s first release. Although findings remain inconclusive, no thanks to another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping Cart Optimization: 16 Tips on Ideal E-Commerce Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/shopping-cart-optimization-tips-on-ideal-e-commerce-websites-3993.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Sites]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/?p=3993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, Google releases algorithm update (Panda, Penguin, Pigeon, Puppet, Parrot). That could mean high rankings we enjoy today could be just be history tomorrow. SEO should be much more than just optimizing websites for search engine visibility; it should go further and ensure user experience is also taken into consideration. After all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bad Side of Getting Inbound Links from Client Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/inbound-link-web-design-client-sites-3878.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attention web design companies. If you are fond of putting your link at the footer section of websites you built, make sure you ensure the website is thoroughly tested and error-free when tested. And if installed with content management system, make sure that pages will not display undesirable content even when client&#8217;s designated staff makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps Paid Version</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/google-maps-paid-version-3872.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News reports that Google Maps will soon be a paid service &#8212; to websites deemed heavy users of the supposed free service. &#8220;Heavy&#8221; is certainly a subjective word but the report says starting Jan 1, 2012, Google will start charging websites for using Google Maps API when they reach above the 25,000 map hits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Site SEO Audit Checklist</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/60-site-seo-audit-checklist-3799.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Adwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Webmasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keywords]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviewing SEO in an audit sometimes can be overwhelming. We all want to make a systematic approach so we are able to address two important issues: a) Make use of time efficiently and b) Ensure we don&#8217;t miss any relevant SEO issue. Hence this SEO audit checklist for webmasters who don&#8217;t want to engaged with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BarCamp Hong Kong 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/barcamp-hong-kong-2011-3815.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since it was first held in Hong Kong in 2007, I will be joining BarCamp, a gathering of enthusiasts not necessarily like-minded but collectively embrace the culture of open learning. Described as &#8220;an ad-hoc &#8220;unconference&#8221; born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment&#8221;, BarCamp provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site Structure Pitfall No. 238: Failure to Add Index Pages for Subfolders</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/missing-subfolder-index-pages-3801.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/missing-subfolder-index-pages-3801.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Sites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I sometimes encounter on local websites is the &#8217;404 Error&#8217;. Although seeing the custom 404 is an upgrade over the generic error message generated by web browsers or web servers, such errors are deemed unnecessary and paints a bad impression of the website. Not that we clicked on a broken link [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spell Check: Low PageRank Value May Be Caused by Spelling Errors</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/bad-spelling-pagerank-value-relation-3768.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/bad-spelling-pagerank-value-relation-3768.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/?p=3768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A relationship between low Google PageRank and bad spelling and grammar has been revealed in a video just made public. In the video, shown below, Matt Cutts, a software engineer at Google makes a correlation between site content littered with poor spelling and grammar structure and low PageRank value. In a response to a question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Webmaster Reports in Google Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/google-webmaster-analytics-reports-3755.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.seo-hongkong.com/blog/google-webmaster-analytics-reports-3755.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elmer W. Cagape</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Webmasters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Google Webmaster Tools was introduced, its purpose was distinctive from other notable tools such as Google Analytics, provided by Google for free. It helps webmasters diagnose accessibility problems, view search engine activity statistics and set preferences such as preferred domain or crawl rates. As Google Analytics and Google Webmasters started to introduce more tools, [...]]]></description>
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