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		<title>20 ways to improve website bounce rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of your website visitors hit your website and then leave without taking any action? Here are 20 ways to help prevent this from happening.]]></description>
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		<title>What is RSS?</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/glossary/what-is-rss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RSS is a great way to allow your site visitors to stay up to date when you update your website. Find out how.]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Web Design</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/web-design-best-practices/creative-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a badly designed website will irritate users and is bad for business. Industry statistics are showing that users are placing more and more emphasis on the design quality of a website when deciding whether to purchase from it.]]></description>
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		<title>What is Google Wave?</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/industry-news/what-is-google-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An insight into Google's latest project, Google Wave]]></description>
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		<title>We are not amused - a review of the Queen’s new website</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/deft-touch/we-are-not-amused/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of the Queen's new website, and why it is so bad.]]></description>
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		<title>CSS gallery website submission spreadsheet</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/website-marketing/css-gallery-website-submission-spreadsheet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Marketing]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once the new Deft website went live I submitted it to a couple of CSS galleries (so called because of their inclusion of well designed websites constructed using valid xhtml and CSS), just for my own interest as I had never submitted anything to these sites before.
The benefits of getting listed on these sites are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Deft website featured in CSS Creme gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/deft-touch/new-deft-website-featured-in-css-creme-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new design has only been live for a few days and already it&#8217;s getting some good feedback and has just been listed in the CSS Creme &#8220;best web flavours&#8221; gallery.
Gallery sites like these are good to get included in as they are judged by members of the design community who judge both the look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Deft website is launched</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/deft-touch/new-deft-website-is-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s finally happened. After quite a few months of trying the new site is finally live. 
Client work has been flooding in over the last 6 months so it has taken a while to find the time to finish off the last few bits. There is still a lot more portfolio work to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deft Creative Turns 5!</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/deft-touch/deft-creative-turns-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas time saw Deft turn 5 years old. 
I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has supported us over the last 5 years and look forward to continuing for at least the next 5!
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		<title>New domain? - Check your holding page!</title>
		<link>http://www.deftcreative.co.uk/articles/web-design-best-practices/new-domain-check-your-holding-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Reed - Deft Creative</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Registering a new domain name and then just forgetting about it can have some serious effects on your brand. Don't let the following happen to you!]]></description>
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