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		<title>Top Five Search Engine Marketing Essentials As Seen by A Recent College Grad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 21:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here typing the first legitimate post on my shiny new blog, I am realizing just how much value it has. This post will be a public repository for the articles and insights I uncover in the quest for a logical Search Engine Marketing research and work flow. Feel free to leave anything [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I sit here typing the first legitimate post on my shiny new blog, I am realizing just how much value it has. </p>
<p>This post will be a public repository for the articles and insights I uncover in the quest for a logical Search Engine Marketing research and work flow.</p>
<p>Feel free to leave anything in the comments that you might like to see or know more about.</p>
<p>#1-: <a href="http://www.pixelsilk.com/support/seo-support/seo-basics">SEO Basics from PixelSilk</a></p>
<p>Distillation: Every page should have its own Title, Description, and Meta Tags that are capitalized, and spaced, with commas.</p>
<p>#2 &#8211;  <a href="http://tools.seobook.com/">Free SEO Tools from SEO Book</a></p>
<p>Distillation: Use these tools to help populate the above categories, begining with the homepage&#8217;s.</p>
<p>#3- Use <a href="http://quintura.com">Quintura</a>,<a href="http://compete.com">Compete</a>, and <a href="http://analytics.google.com">Google Analytics</a></p>
<p>Distillation: Quintura will help you find related keywords, Compete to measure traffic and keywords, and Google for a take specific to your site.</p>
<p>#4- lol: WordPress <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/"> All-In-One SEO</a> (if you use wordpress like me) </p>
<p>Distillation: This will make your life <strong>a lot</strong> easier, as you enter titles, descriptions, and tags for each post and page on your site or blog.</p>
<p>#5- <a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/comprehensive-guide-to-keyword-research.php"> Keyword Guide by Searchengineguide.com</a></p>
<p>Distillation: </p>
<blockquote><p>As you dig down into your keyword research you&#8217;ll be able to learn three important insights:</p>
<p>How your customers search?<br />
What words do they use?<br />
What&#8217;s their intent?</p></blockquote>

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