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	<title>Omar Kattan - Search Engine Marketing Expert</title>
	
	<link>http://www.omarkattan.com</link>
	<description>search in a nutshell</description>
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		<title>Google’s July 09 Algo Change - Big Daddy 2?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/07/05/googles-july-09-algo-change-big-daddy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/07/05/googles-july-09-algo-change-big-daddy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Big Daddy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internal links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[link popularity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nofollow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pagerank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 1st 2009 Google&#8217;s new algorithm kicked in much to the confusion of webmasters around the world.   Some even compared it to the now infamous Big Daddy Algo change back in 2006.  In this post I&#8217;ll summarise the different factors that could have changed and analyse their impact on rankings.
 
1) Internal Links and the &#8220;Nofollow&#8221; attribute.
Internal links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NoFollow Attribute and Javascript Links: Did the Rules Change?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/06/13/nofollow-attribute-and-javascript-links-did-the-rules-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/06/13/nofollow-attribute-and-javascript-links-did-the-rules-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/?p=403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent statement by Matt Cutts at SMX advanced has caused confusion and anger among webmasters regarding the use of nofollow tags for pagerank sculpting. 
It was previously believed that the use of a nofollow tag on links would prevent the pagerank flow from going to these link and instead preserving it for more important pages on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Time Search - The Twitter Model</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/05/27/real-time-search-the-twitter-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/05/27/real-time-search-the-twitter-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 07:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[qdf]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
<category>google</category><category>qdf</category><category>twitter</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think back, way back.  Remember when Alta Vista was senonomous with search?  How time flies.  Google came along and re-defined what search means and the rest is history, or is it?
Is Twitter the next Google?  Maybe not yet, but to a large extent, Twitter is re-defining what search is by introducing the concept of Real Time Search. 
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 SEO Consultants To Follow on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/29/top-10-seo-consultants-to-follow-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/29/top-10-seo-consultants-to-follow-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brett tabke]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[matt cutts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SEO is a fast changing industry and keeping up with the latest SEO news and techniques is paramount to a successfull SEO career.  Thankfully, the internet has provided the means to stay on top of the industry through various technologies including RSS feeds, email lists and now&#8230;Twitter! Below is a list of 10 of the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Directories</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/23/top-10-directories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/23/top-10-directories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Directories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/?p=318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, Directories were the backbone of the internet.  Actually, Yahoo started it&#8217;s life out as a small human edited directory attempting to organise the millions of websites out their into logical categories. Then Google came along!
Another prominent directory on the net is DMOZ aka the Open Directory Project (ODP) is  an open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Linkbaits of All Time</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/13/top-10-linkbaits-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/04/13/top-10-linkbaits-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Baiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Top 10]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Linkbaiting (aka viral marketing) is the process of creating  content designed to attract loads of natural links from all around the web.  Most linkbait ideas are simple and some are not intended as you&#8217;ll see in this list.  The reason they become linkbait material is that they are fresh and someone managed to think them up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Announces Longer Description Snippets</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/25/google-announces-longer-description-snippets-in-serps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/25/google-announces-longer-description-snippets-in-serps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
<category>ctr</category><category>meta description snippet</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/25/google-announces-longer-description-snippets-in-serps/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a move hardly surprising to SEOs Google has officially announced two new &#8220;improvements&#8221; in its search results;  &#8220;longer search result  descriptions&#8221; (snippets)  and &#8220;an expanded list of useful related searches&#8221;.
Longer Description Snippet  
If you conduct a search for wolverine movie review you&#8217;ll notice that the description snippet under the blue title tag contains two lines and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QDF: Query Desreves Freshness</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
<category>qdf</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/24/qdf-query-desreves-freshness/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QDF is a term used to describe the thought process behind Google&#8217;s results for certain search queries&#8217; &#8221;deserving&#8221; of fresh and regularly updated content.
QDF is Google&#8217;s way of ensuring that its users get the most up to date results for certain search queries such as a breaking news event, a major new product launch a topic that always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest-Based Advertising - Privacy Infringement?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/16/interest-based-advertising-privacy-infringement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/16/interest-based-advertising-privacy-infringement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adsense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/16/interest-based-advertising-privacy-infringement/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On it&#8217;s official Adwords blog Google has announced Interest-based ads, a new advetising model that serves ads based on what a user has previously viewed in their browser. 
This, according to Google will allow them to serve better targeted ads to users of their network including YouTube.  But how does this fair in terms of privacy concerns? 
Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media CyberSquatters</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/13/social-media-cybersqautters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/13/social-media-cybersqautters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Optimisation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/13/social-media-cybersqautter/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cybersquatting has been a threat to businesses from the inception of the internet. 
The term refers to individuals who buy domain names associated with big brands and sit on them for future profit or gain.
Legislation has since been passed to protect brands against cyber squatting and many companies have successfully managed to claim their URLs back.  However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ORM on a Shoestring</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/12/orm-on-a-shoestring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/12/orm-on-a-shoestring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/12/orm-on-a-shoestring/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to monitor and manage your online reputation but don&#8217;t have the budget for it? 
Here&#8217;s a list of some of the top Online Reputation Management Tools on the Net that can help you keep track of your online reputation across a spectrum of sites, blogs, forums and social media.  
In order to manage your reputation, you would need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Google Favouring Brands in SERPS?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/07/is-google-favouring-brands-in-serps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/07/is-google-favouring-brands-in-serps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SERP Analysis]]></category>
<category>brand</category><category>google</category><category>matt cutts</category><category>pagerank</category><category>serps</category><category>youtube</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/07/is-google-favouring-brands-in-serps/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This debate was first kicked off by Aaron Wall and has been floating around in webamaster forums for a while now.  The debate still lingers on with no absolute answer. 
In response to this question, Matt Cutts, Google spokesman says&#8230;
&#8220;Inside of Google, we don&#8217;t really think about brands, we think about words such as trust, authority, reputation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outbound Links, Nofollows &amp; Link Juice Dilution</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/06/outbound-links-nofollows-link-juice-dilution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/06/outbound-links-nofollows-link-juice-dilution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>
<category>internal links</category><category>nofollow</category><category>outbound links</category><category>pagerank</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/03/06/outbound-links-nofollows-link-juice-dilution/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the SEO arguments out there is the detrimental effect of outbound links on &#8220;link juice&#8221; and PageRank dilution. While not completely inaccurate this is somewhat of a myth that requires further explaination.
Outbound links are links pointing from your website to external sites. Over time, as your website becomes more popular (more and more sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Google Alerts Using Yahoo PIPES</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/20/multiple-google-alerts-using-yahoo-pipes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/20/multiple-google-alerts-using-yahoo-pipes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gadgets & Tools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>
<category>google</category><category>google alerts</category><category>rss</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/20/multiple-google-alerts-using-yahoo-pipes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google provides an alert service for monitoring various keywords in it&#8217;s search index as well as news, blogs and other properties it owns. This can be very useful for monitoring online reputation.  Here are 10 easy steps to create a Mega Google alerts RSS feed using Yahoo PIPES.
1. Sign up or Login to Yahoo! pipes
2. Click on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LinkBaiting Process - The Guardian Example</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/19/linkbaiting-process-the-guardian-example/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/19/linkbaiting-process-the-guardian-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Baiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/19/linkbaiting-process-the-guardian-example/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link baiting is a powerful strategy to build one way links from relevant sites and improve a site&#8217;s overall popularity.  How do you go about baiting links?  Here are a few steps to follow in order to conduct a powerful linkbait campaign.


Arrange a brainstorm session that includes various people from your organisation including marketing, IT, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engines Agree on Canonical Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/14/search-engines-agree-on-canonical-tag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/14/search-engines-agree-on-canonical-tag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search News]]></category>
<category>canonical</category><category>canonicalisation</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/14/search-engines-agree-on-canonical-tag/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An agreement was struck yesterday by the three main search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN) on the adoption of a new tag to tackle canonicalisation in the SERPs.
Canonicalisation is the challenge of having multiple pages of the same page due to outdated software such as a content management system or forum. Examples of pages that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link Building Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/08/link-building-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/08/link-building-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/08/link-building-strategies/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link building is probably the most frustrating part of SEO.  How do you build links to your website if you do not have the time or the inclination to do so.  This post will explore a few techniques that will allow you to achieve one way links to your site without having to spend time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google AJAX Results - Death of Analytics?</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Measuring Success]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Site Side Analytics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has been experimenting with AJAX search results meaning that referal strings from Google will no longer show the keywords typed by a user to find a website. What does this mean for Analytics programmes such as Omniuture, WebTrends et al?
If Google&#8217;s experiment becomes reality, Analytics programms mentioned above will no longer be able to provide accurate and/or insightful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Optimisation</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/29/social-media-optimisation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/29/social-media-optimisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Optimisation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/29/social-media-optimisation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past few years, the internet saw a surge in social media properties including the grand daddy of them all&#8230; My Space as well as Facebook (the reigning king), YouTube (social video sharing), Flickr (social photo sharing) Digg and Delicious (social tagging), Yahoo Answers (social knowledge), Wikipedia (social collaboration), Twitter (rising micro blogging star). The list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ORM - Managing Your Brand’s Reputation Online</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/18/orm-managing-your-brands-reputation-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/18/orm-managing-your-brands-reputation-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2009/01/18/orm-managing-your-brands-reputation-online/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With more and more people using search engines to research brands and products, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure that your brand has a positive reputation online.  
The internet has become a vehicle for disgruntled customers/clients/employees to air their views about negative experiences they&#8217;ve had with a brand. While this is a good thing for the democratisation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Webmaster Tools - Setup and Data Usage</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/17/google-webmaster-tools-setup-and-data-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/17/google-webmaster-tools-setup-and-data-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gadgets & Tools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Site Side Analytics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2009/01/17/webmaster-tools-setup-and-data-usage/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Webmaster Tools is a free service provided by Google which allows webmasters to have an insider&#8217;s view on how Google views a website.   Google Webmaster Tools also provides webmasters with a commnication channel with Google to provide them with info such as reporting spam in the Google index, reporting paid links (eg by competitiors ;-)) and most crucially,  submitting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Checklist for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/02/seo-checklist-for-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/01/02/seo-checklist-for-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Best Practices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2009/01/02/seo-checklist-for-the-new-year/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets get the new year started on the right SEO footing.  I&#8217;ve summarised below a laundry list of critical SEO items to check for the new year.    


Meta Data
Check all your site&#8217;s meta data and ensure that it conforms to SEO best practices incuding length (60 characters for title, 150 characters for description), keyword optimised (for density, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 PPC Tips for the Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/30/5-ppc-tips-for-the-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/30/5-ppc-tips-for-the-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category>
<category>credit crunch</category><category>optimisation</category><category>ppc</category><category>roi</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/12/30/5-ppc-tips-for-the-credit-crunch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no denying it, the credit crunch is upon us, it&#8217;s severe and for the foreseeable future, its here to stay.  Everyone is tightening their belts to get though it and so must advertisers.  How do you &#8220;tighten your belt&#8221; as a PPC advertiser?  Follow these 5 simple PPC optimisation tips.    


Focus your ad copy on low prices, value and savings


Create very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximising Adsense Revenue on IPB Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/16/maximising-adsense-revenue-on-ipb-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/16/maximising-adsense-revenue-on-ipb-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adsense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Community Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Competitor Analysis]]></category>
<category>adsense</category><category>code</category><category>communty</category><category>forums</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/12/16/maximising-adsense-revenue-on-ipb-forum/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many Adsense users believe that Adsense revenue derived from forums is not as lucrative as revenue generated from regular content sites (all things being equal).  Well, I&#8217;m here to set the record straight and say it is very lucrative, but you need to know what you&#8217;re doing.
First of all, unless your website is generating at least 1000 unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top SEO Sites on the Net</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/08/top-seo-sites-on-the-net/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/12/08/top-seo-sites-on-the-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Site Reviews]]></category>
<category>reviews</category><category>seo</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/12/08/top-10-seo-sites-on-the-net/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I get started, let me first define what I deem good SEO sites / blogs. 


The essential factor of determining a good seo site from an average one is the continuous provision of regualrly updated, unique and interesting content.  The lack of this very important element means that the site will not have the latest news/tips, search engine algo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Search Wiki</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/11/24/google-search-wiki/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/11/24/google-search-wiki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search News]]></category>
<category>google</category><category>search wiki</category><category>wikia search</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/11/24/google-search-wiki/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Google officially launched its much anticipated &#8220;Search Wiki&#8221; application found within its personalised Google search accounts.  This move was hardly a surprise especially as Google&#8217;s been dabbling with the idea of search Wiki as an experiment for some time now.
The idea behind search Wiki is simple.  Google now allows users to custom design their search results from within their personalised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Alerts Now in RSS</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/11/09/google-alerts-now-in-rss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/11/09/google-alerts-now-in-rss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Feeds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Online Reputation Management]]></category>
<category>google alerts</category><category>reputation management</category><category>rss</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/11/09/google-alerts-now-in-rss/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you subscribe to Google alerts?  If you do then you&#8217;ll be happy to know that Google has now begun offering the option to recive them via RSS!.  Yes thats right RSS!
Benefits of reciveing Google alerts via rss as opposed to to email include the ability to include them in your favourite reader, or even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHP Code to Grab Google PageRank</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/php-code-to-grab-google-pagerank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/php-code-to-grab-google-pagerank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/256/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the code to grab Google pagerank for any website.  This can be very useful in Buzz Monitoring applications or tools that measure importance of backlinks (including competitors)  
Code:
&#60;?php
  define(&#8217;GOOGLE_MAGIC&#8217;, 0xE6359A60);
  function _zeroFill($a, $b){
    $z = hexdec(80000000);
    if ($z &#38; $a){
      $a = ($a&#62;&#62;1);
      $a &#38;= (~$z);
      $a &#124;= 0&#215;40000000;
      $a = ($a&#62;&#62;($b-1));
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHP Code to Grab Alexa Traffic Ranking</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/php-code-to-grab-alexa-traffic-ranking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/php-code-to-grab-alexa-traffic-ranking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/10/24/php-code-to-grab-alexa-traffic-ranking/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a php code that lets you retrieve a website&#8217;s alexa ranking, useful in web applications that measure importance of webpages (such as bespoke link popularity tools).
For this code snippet to work CURL library for php needs to be enabled on your server.
Code:
 &#60;?php
 function alexaRank($domain)
 {
$ch = curl_init(&#8217;http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=&#8217;.$domain);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 50);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, &#8221;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1&#8243;);
    $curl_ret = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    
    $curl_ret = explode(&#8217;Visit http://aws.amazon.com/awis for more information about the Alexa Web Information Service.&#8211;&#62;&#8217;, $curl_ret);
    $curl_ret = array_shift(explode(&#8217;&#60;br&#8217;,$curl_ret[1]));
    $ret = &#8221;;
    $ignore = false;
    for($i=0;$i&#60;strlen($curl_ret);$i++)
    {
  if ( is_numeric($curl_ret{$i}) &#38;&#38; !$ignore )
   $ret .= $curl_ret{$i};
  else if ( $curl_ret{$i} == &#8217;&#60;&#8217; )
   $ignore = true;
  else if ( $curl_ret{$i} == &#8217;&#62;&#8217; )
   $ignore = false;
}
    return (int)$ret;
 }

To display the Alexa ranking, use the following code :
echo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo’s Paid Inclusion Programme (Search Submit)</title>
		<link>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/04/yahoos-paid-inclusion-programmesearch-submit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omarkattan.com/2008/10/04/yahoos-paid-inclusion-programmesearch-submit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Feeds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo Search Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omarkattan.com/2008/10/04/yahoos-paid-inclusion-programmesearch-submit/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo offers a programme that allows your site to show up in it&#8217;s natural results pages on a per click basis.  The programme is called Yahoo  Search Submit aka Paid Inclusion.
In a nutshell, the programme works as follows: 1) You provide Yahoo with a live Feed (IDIF) that includes all the pages of your site.  2) [...]]]></description>
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	</channel>
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