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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-531191</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought the article was well presented just wanted to touch on the lighter side.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought the article was well presented just wanted to touch on the lighter side.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Yanke</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-531190</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Yanke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finally - the comment I&#039;ve been secretly waiting for!

There are two camps on the idea of whether Ford&#039;s character was a repplicant. One (which includes Ford) that states Deckard was without a doubt human.  A second (which includes directory Ridley Scott) that states Ford&#039;s character was without a doubt a replicant.

Depending on which version of the movie you see (ie theatrical cut, Director&#039;s cut, final cut), and how you read into certain scenes (including the fabled unicorn sequence) the movie makes a strong case for both, causing constant debate among us nerds for over two decades now.

Hence the photo caption, &quot;Harrison Ford MAY have been a robot.&quot;  We may never know this for sure.

What we do know, is that SEO copywriters are not.

Thanks for the comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally &#8211; the comment I&#8217;ve been secretly waiting for!</p>
<p>There are two camps on the idea of whether Ford&#8217;s character was a repplicant. One (which includes Ford) that states Deckard was without a doubt human.  A second (which includes directory Ridley Scott) that states Ford&#8217;s character was without a doubt a replicant.</p>
<p>Depending on which version of the movie you see (ie theatrical cut, Director&#8217;s cut, final cut), and how you read into certain scenes (including the fabled unicorn sequence) the movie makes a strong case for both, causing constant debate among us nerds for over two decades now.</p>
<p>Hence the photo caption, &#8220;Harrison Ford MAY have been a robot.&#8221;  We may never know this for sure.</p>
<p>What we do know, is that SEO copywriters are not.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-531188</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harrison Ford wasn&#039;t a robot in the movie. He was hunting robots. Poor copywriting - Irony?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harrison Ford wasn&#8217;t a robot in the movie. He was hunting robots. Poor copywriting &#8211; Irony?</p>
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		<title>By: Jamie Allsop</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-531168</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Allsop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When optimising a site and implementing your keywords into the content, it is important that your site still reads well and people will understand what you are talking about. 

There needs to be a correct balance between how many times you mention your keywords and how much text is on your page, else you will find yourself saying the same keyword in every other sentence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When optimising a site and implementing your keywords into the content, it is important that your site still reads well and people will understand what you are talking about. </p>
<p>There needs to be a correct balance between how many times you mention your keywords and how much text is on your page, else you will find yourself saying the same keyword in every other sentence.</p>
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		<title>By: Heather Lloyd-Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530998</link>
		<dc:creator>Heather Lloyd-Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Mike-

You are welcome - and thanks for bookmarking my blog. We just finished the new design, and we&#039;ll be relaunching everything in just a few days. Whew!  

Thanks again for writing such a great post about SEO copywriting. Have a great weekend. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Mike-</p>
<p>You are welcome &#8211; and thanks for bookmarking my blog. We just finished the new design, and we&#8217;ll be relaunching everything in just a few days. Whew!  </p>
<p>Thanks again for writing such a great post about SEO copywriting. Have a great weekend. <img src='http://www.toprankblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mike Yanke</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530993</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Yanke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Heather -

Thank you for taking the time to comment, and please forgive my tardy follow-up.

I have bookmarked your SEO Copywriting blog, and have a feeling I&#039;ll be referencing your posts quite often in the future :)

Thanks again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Heather -</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to comment, and please forgive my tardy follow-up.</p>
<p>I have bookmarked your SEO Copywriting blog, and have a feeling I&#8217;ll be referencing your posts quite often in the future <img src='http://www.toprankblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530925</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your line about &quot;callbacks&quot; in comedy routines is a great metaphor.  

Why would anyone not want to give some of their other content a little bit of a &quot;plug&quot; by linking to it from a new post they write.  Look at it as a way to get a little more traffic to related posts.  I love being able to do that and tend to try to work at least one or two related links to other posts I&#039;ve written.  It helps to tie everything together--like a comedians &quot;callbacks.&quot;  

And you are so right that these &#039;bots were made as a reflection of the way humans think and interact with content.  Great point.  The best websites are the helpful--end of story!  A website that provides valuable information and helps people find answers and solution quickly and easily will skyrocket to the top.  Add a little SEO to it and it&#039;s golden.  

I have a question for anybody out there that I can&#039;t seem to find the answer to and this blog seems to be super authoritative, so I&#039;m in your hands.

What email marketing software/program should I use to collect email addresses and send out newsletters for my website?  I&#039;ve heard o aweber and constant contact, but it&#039;s hard to find a legit unaffiliated review out there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your line about &#8220;callbacks&#8221; in comedy routines is a great metaphor.  </p>
<p>Why would anyone not want to give some of their other content a little bit of a &#8220;plug&#8221; by linking to it from a new post they write.  Look at it as a way to get a little more traffic to related posts.  I love being able to do that and tend to try to work at least one or two related links to other posts I&#8217;ve written.  It helps to tie everything together&#8211;like a comedians &#8220;callbacks.&#8221;  </p>
<p>And you are so right that these &#8216;bots were made as a reflection of the way humans think and interact with content.  Great point.  The best websites are the helpful&#8211;end of story!  A website that provides valuable information and helps people find answers and solution quickly and easily will skyrocket to the top.  Add a little SEO to it and it&#8217;s golden.  </p>
<p>I have a question for anybody out there that I can&#8217;t seem to find the answer to and this blog seems to be super authoritative, so I&#8217;m in your hands.</p>
<p>What email marketing software/program should I use to collect email addresses and send out newsletters for my website?  I&#8217;ve heard o aweber and constant contact, but it&#8217;s hard to find a legit unaffiliated review out there.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary Rabalais</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530920</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rabalais</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wonderful advice. I definitely use all of these techniques when writing SEO copy and they work. I find that if I include the keyword phrases within the first 240 characters of the page, I get a better ranking. Today for the first time I heard that bots pick up links in RSS feeds and assit with your linking campaign - has anyone else ever heard of this?  Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wonderful advice. I definitely use all of these techniques when writing SEO copy and they work. I find that if I include the keyword phrases within the first 240 characters of the page, I get a better ranking. Today for the first time I heard that bots pick up links in RSS feeds and assit with your linking campaign &#8211; has anyone else ever heard of this?  Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Lee Odden</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530869</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee Odden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike, you just received a HUGE compliment from one of the most important people there is in the SEO Copywriting field - Thanks Heather!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, you just received a HUGE compliment from one of the most important people there is in the SEO Copywriting field &#8211; Thanks Heather!</p>
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		<title>By: Victoria Blount</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530857</link>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Blount</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post, as i currently learning about SEO and understanding all the elements required. SEO copy writing has so many factors to it, adding the keywords in the correct places that i can see how it may feel restrictive, but thanks to this post i am reassured that it can still be creative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post, as i currently learning about SEO and understanding all the elements required. SEO copy writing has so many factors to it, adding the keywords in the correct places that i can see how it may feel restrictive, but thanks to this post i am reassured that it can still be creative.</p>
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		<title>By: Heather Lloyd-Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530848</link>
		<dc:creator>Heather Lloyd-Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a great article.  It&#039;s too bad that folks think that SEO copywriting is just a bunch of keyphrases shoved into the copy and is boring to write. Sure, SEO copywriting has it&#039;s own &quot;rules&quot; and best practices. But discovering how to seamlessly add keyphrases into copy is never boring - and the process is always very creative!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a great article.  It&#8217;s too bad that folks think that SEO copywriting is just a bunch of keyphrases shoved into the copy and is boring to write. Sure, SEO copywriting has it&#8217;s own &#8220;rules&#8221; and best practices. But discovering how to seamlessly add keyphrases into copy is never boring &#8211; and the process is always very creative!</p>
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		<title>By: Sharon Wilson</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530846</link>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Wilson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SEO should be an enhancement, but for whatever reason it has become a limiter. You can usually spot a dull SEO post right away, while a creative one is like a breath of fresh air.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SEO should be an enhancement, but for whatever reason it has become a limiter. You can usually spot a dull SEO post right away, while a creative one is like a breath of fresh air.</p>
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		<title>By: Sharon Wilson</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530845</link>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Wilson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post. Love the fresh take and interesting tips.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post. Love the fresh take and interesting tips.</p>
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		<title>By: Stefanie Hartman</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530844</link>
		<dc:creator>Stefanie Hartman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One mistake made is catering too much to SEO and not enough to the reader. Like you pointed out, humans read your blog, not Google.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One mistake made is catering too much to SEO and not enough to the reader. Like you pointed out, humans read your blog, not Google.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Yanke</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530836</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Yanke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ian,

Image search engines will look at anchor text to your image from pages on the same site, from external sites, text near the image, file size, URL, as well as alt text to distinguish one image over another for search results sorting purposes.

Regarding how far to the right ‘bots will dare to travel, it might be 40 characters, it might be 75, and could vary for each type of search engine.

Focus on providing succinct, accurate information – combined with creative, compelling descriptions - within the variety of factors you can control.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ian,</p>
<p>Image search engines will look at anchor text to your image from pages on the same site, from external sites, text near the image, file size, URL, as well as alt text to distinguish one image over another for search results sorting purposes.</p>
<p>Regarding how far to the right ‘bots will dare to travel, it might be 40 characters, it might be 75, and could vary for each type of search engine.</p>
<p>Focus on providing succinct, accurate information – combined with creative, compelling descriptions &#8211; within the variety of factors you can control.</p>
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		<title>By: Diana Singleton</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530827</link>
		<dc:creator>Diana Singleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a great idea for a post! And how true... I often find that staff members want to try new things and always the first response seems to be how well it will work, instead of just trying new things because we are creative AND in the marketing business. We need to start trusting our business sense and incorporate creativity with that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a great idea for a post! And how true&#8230; I often find that staff members want to try new things and always the first response seems to be how well it will work, instead of just trying new things because we are creative AND in the marketing business. We need to start trusting our business sense and incorporate creativity with that.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom - Home Business Marketing Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530817</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom - Home Business Marketing Tips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are a few SEO things you need to have in place for the article/post to rank, that is keyword in the headline, in the first paragraph, twice in the body text.Also, with Wordpress &quot;all-in-one-seo plugin&quot; you will get most of the hassle done automatically.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are a few SEO things you need to have in place for the article/post to rank, that is keyword in the headline, in the first paragraph, twice in the body text.Also, with WordPress &#8220;all-in-one-seo plugin&#8221; you will get most of the hassle done automatically.</p>
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		<title>By: Stephanie Valentine</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530788</link>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Valentine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A very unique take on how SEO can be creative. I love unique points of view and you definitely have one! Thanks for making what can be a tedious approach to online marketing, like, fun again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very unique take on how SEO can be creative. I love unique points of view and you definitely have one! Thanks for making what can be a tedious approach to online marketing, like, fun again!</p>
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		<title>By: Website News</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530776</link>
		<dc:creator>Website News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good points, Mike.

I&#039;ve also found that incorporating the key words or phrase(s) into an H tag also helps with the SEO optimization. 

And also, deviating from advice of many SEO &#039;experts&#039;, don&#039;t be afraid of including relevant external links for fear of leaking &#039;link juice&#039;. Our impression is that including external links to relevant external sources can now actually help the ranking of a page.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good points, Mike.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also found that incorporating the key words or phrase(s) into an H tag also helps with the SEO optimization. </p>
<p>And also, deviating from advice of many SEO &#8216;experts&#8217;, don&#8217;t be afraid of including relevant external links for fear of leaking &#8216;link juice&#8217;. Our impression is that including external links to relevant external sources can now actually help the ranking of a page.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/03/seo-copywriting/#comment-530739</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In regards to the keyword to left issue and photo galleries I&#039;m wondering about how far the bots go to decide a title is different?

Right now if I have two photos of you at an event, the title tags generated are:

Photo 1 Mike Yanke &#124; 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala
Photo 2 Mike Yanke &#124; 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala

Should I change that to say:

Mike Yanke &#124; 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala (Photo 1)
Mike Yanke &#124; 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala (Photo 2)

Will a bot still go that far right to see them as different?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In regards to the keyword to left issue and photo galleries I&#8217;m wondering about how far the bots go to decide a title is different?</p>
<p>Right now if I have two photos of you at an event, the title tags generated are:</p>
<p>Photo 1 Mike Yanke | 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala<br />
Photo 2 Mike Yanke | 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala</p>
<p>Should I change that to say:</p>
<p>Mike Yanke | 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala (Photo 1)<br />
Mike Yanke | 15th Annual Yanke Marketing Gala (Photo 2)</p>
<p>Will a bot still go that far right to see them as different?</p>
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