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		<title>Could Google+ be better for business than Facebook?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that Google+ has received a mixed response so far, but Monday’s launch of Google+ business pages could potentially change this initial public apathy. As of Monday, Google+ is allowing businesses and brands to create their own &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/could-google-be-better-for-business-than-facebook/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	There is no doubt that Google+ has received a mixed response so far, but Monday’s launch of Google+ business pages could potentially change this initial public apathy. As of Monday, Google+ is allowing businesses and brands to create their own … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/could-google-be-better-for-business-than-facebook/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>Bamboozled By Panda?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questionare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See what we did there? BAMBOOzled. All punning aside, the truth is that the rabid Panda big G released from its caged laboratory early this year, came along and feasted on the sour underbelly of the Internet. &#8220;Hooray,&#8221; we hear &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/bamboozled-by-panda/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	See what we did there? BAMBOOzled. All punning aside, the truth is that the rabid Panda big G released from its caged laboratory early this year, came along and feasted on the sour underbelly of the Internet. “Hooray,” we hear … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/bamboozled-by-panda/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>Finding Crowd Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Donahoe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowd funding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re anything like me then you’ve got at least a couple projects stewing in your brain, but not enough scratch to get one of them off the ground. Well, once again the internet has come to the rescue, and &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/finding-crowd-funding/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	If you’re anything like me then you’ve got at least a couple projects stewing in your brain, but not enough scratch to get one of them off the ground. Well, once again the internet has come to the rescue, and … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/finding-crowd-funding/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>Creative Domain Naming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Donahoe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domain hacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domain names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[searchability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[top level domains]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all been there, you have a great idea for an online business, or you’re trying to get your brick and mortar business online, but the .com domain is either taken, parked on by a domain squatter, or for sale &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/creative-domain-naming/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	We’ve all been there, you have a great idea for an online business, or you’re trying to get your brick and mortar business online, but the .com domain is either taken, parked on by a domain squatter, or for sale … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/creative-domain-naming/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>The Rise of Smart Phones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Tech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[app]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report is claiming that consumers are using mobile applications more than the actual web. Flurry likened its mobile data statistics to comScore and Alexa, finding that consumers spent 81 minutes per day using mobile apps, compared to 74 minutes &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/the-rise-of-smart-phones/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	A new report is claiming that consumers are using mobile applications more than the actual web. Flurry likened its mobile data statistics to comScore and Alexa, finding that consumers spent 81 minutes per day using mobile apps, compared to 74 minutes … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/the-rise-of-smart-phones/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>Google Just Got Personal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adama</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new mission by Google called The Google + Project is adding some pretty sweet features to personalized web browsing, making sharing, communication, uploading, and bookmarking all the sweeter. &#160; The first feature is known as Circles, which allows you &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/google-just-got-personal/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	A new mission by Google called The Google + Project is adding some pretty sweet features to personalized web browsing, making sharing, communication, uploading, and bookmarking all the sweeter.   The first feature is known as Circles, which allows you … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/google-just-got-personal/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>ThoughtLab Superhero</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Donahoe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime fighting suit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowd sourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our illustrious owner here at ThoughtLab, Mike Harker, has asked us to help him try out the success of crowd sourcing funding for projects. He’s decided to start with a personal project for his son—who’s arguably the most adorable four-year-old &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/thoughtlab-superhero/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	Our illustrious owner here at ThoughtLab, Mike Harker, has asked us to help him try out the success of crowd sourcing funding for projects. He’s decided to start with a personal project for his son—who’s arguably the most adorable four-year-old … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/thoughtlab-superhero/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>ICANN Announces New Address Changes</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtlabBlog/~3/zWIiJ1_4tyg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/icann-announces-new-address-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[URL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web address]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get ready boys and girls for more changes in our website addressing system. The ICANN (Internet Corporation of Assingend Names and Numbers), yes this actually exists, will upsurge the amount of Internet address endings from the current 22 to literally &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/icann-announces-new-address-changes/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	Get ready boys and girls for more changes in our website addressing system. The ICANN (Internet Corporation of Assingend Names and Numbers), yes this actually exists, will upsurge the amount of Internet address endings from the current 22 to literally … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/icann-announces-new-address-changes/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>Selling Your Soul… to the Internet?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtlabBlog/~3/1OafLRnhU2M/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/selling-your-soul-to-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empire avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portfolio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shares]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/?p=1347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  It was only a matter of time before the internet owned us; come on, don’t act surprised. A new social media website called Empire Avenue gives users the ability to invest in what they are calling ‘social currency’, or &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/selling-your-soul-to-the-internet/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	  It was only a matter of time before the internet owned us; come on, don’t act surprised. A new social media website called Empire Avenue gives users the ability to invest in what they are calling ‘social currency’, or … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/selling-your-soul-to-the-internet/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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		<title>QR-Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 23:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rory Donahoe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guerilla marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile device]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although QR codes have been around for nearly two decades, they’ve really only caught ground in America in the last couple years. Harnessing new technology and making it work for your business can take some time, and it can be &#8230; <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/qr-tips/" class="read-more">read more&#187;</a>]]></description>
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	Although QR codes have been around for nearly two decades, they’ve really only caught ground in America in the last couple years. Harnessing new technology and making it work for your business can take some time, and it can be … <br /><a href="http://www.thoughtlab.com/blog/index.php/qr-tips/" class="read-more">read more»</a>
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