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	<title>Rob Garner</title>
	<link>http://www.rgarner.com</link>
	<description>Search Engine Marketer</description>
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		<title>DFW Search Engine Marketers meet in Richardson tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next DFW SEM Association meeting is tonight, and local search engine marketers will meet to discuss brand and reputation management in search and social.
The meeting is at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, TX, and starts at 6:30.
Visit the DFWSEM web site for more information, or follow @dfwsem on Twitter.
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		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/05/dfw-search-engine-marketers-meet-in-richardson-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Optimizing for Local Search - featured at April 22, 2009 DFW SEM meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next DFW SEM meeting will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas.  The program features a presentation on local search optimization.  Visit the DFWSEM site for more details.
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		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/04/optimizing-for-local-search-featured-at-april-22-2009-dfw-sem-meeting/</link>
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		<title>My last column hit the front page of Digg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After publishing my column on MediaPost&#8217;s Search Insider a couple of weeks ago (&#8221;Google Share of Search To 72%; Yahoo, MSN Continue to Tank&#8221;), I went over to Digg to read the headlines, and to my suprise, the column had went popular and was on the front page.
Without going into all the details on my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/03/my-last-column-hit-the-front-page-of-digg/</link>
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		<title>DFWSEM Association meets this Thursday - keyword research is the focus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next DFWSEM Association meeting is this Thursday at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, in the Telecom Corridor.  Christine Churchill and Shelley ellis will be speaking on the topic of keyword research. 
In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, meetings are now going to a monthly format.  This means more networking opportunities, more information on search, and more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/02/dfwsem-association-meets-this-thursday-keyword-research-is-the-focus/</link>
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		<title>DFW SEM meeting w/ Brett Tabke was a great one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just want to drop a word here about Brett Tabke&#8217;s presentation at the last DFW SEM Assoc. meeting.  The group is picking up momentum in terms of attendance, diversity of attendees and organizations, and content, and is because of the great volunteers in the organization, and also presentations like Brett&#8217;s.  Brett gave an overview of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/02/dfw-sem-meeting-w-brett-tabke-was-a-great-one/</link>
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		<title>Forrester Names iCrossing best in both SEO and Paid Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forrester Research has issued their 2009 Search Wave report, which assesses top search engine marketing agencies on their full-service SEM capabilities, using the standard industry definition of both paid search, and natural search engine optimization.
iCrossing came in at #1 for not just one component, but for both paid search and search engine optimization, beating out all other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/01/forrester-names-icrossing-best-in-both-seo-and-paid-search/</link>
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		<title>DFW SEM meets Thursday, Jan. 15 Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld speaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next DFW SEM Association meeting is tomrrow night at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson.  The speaker will be Pubcon organizer and WebmasterWorld publisher Brett Tabke, who will be discussing search engine marketing, and also Pubcon Austin in March. 
Corporate and individual memberships are available at the door, and the general public is welcome. 
Go to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2009/01/dfw-sem-meets-thursday-jan-15-brett-tabke-of-webmasterworld-speaks/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Smart Business Online, talking search engine marketing and SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed for a sidebar article in Smart Business magazine, a unique publication that customizes articles for 20-plus major markets, and is targeted at business executives.  The interview in the link below was run as part of a bigger feature in the print edition.  My uderstanding was that this was released across multiple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2008/12/interview-with-smart-business-online-talking-search-engine-marketing-and-seo/</link>
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		<title>Search Engine Marketer Journal 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My latest post for MediaPost Search Insider is up, and covers a number of columns I wrote in 2008, along with additional commentary.  Generally I try to write about roads less traveled in the search engine marketing space, which forces me to often think about search in a different way.  One example of this was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2008/12/search-engine-marketer-journal-2008-mediapost/</link>
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		<title>Google SEO starter guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has just released a 22 page PDF document outlining recommendations for basic web site optimization principles.  The guide covers a number of basic elements, such as titles, meta descriptions (yes, meta tags are not dead), no follow link attributes, and more. 
Download the PDF here: http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
and read the full release info on the Google blog here: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rgarner.com/2008/11/google-seo-starter-guide/</link>
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