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	<title>Masterlink Interactive Blog</title>
	
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	<description>Dallas Internet Marketing &amp; Web Design</description>
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		<title>The Anatomy of a Successful Facebook Marketing Gimmick</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimber Cook</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Want free ice cream? Just click around Facebook a couple of times.
According to Web Pro News:
Baskin-Robbins Facebook fans can sign up for “Group Scoop” on Facebook and start their own group or joins someone else’s. Once the number of people in a “Group Scoop” reaches 31, the organizer and all 30 other members will receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Places FAQ — How LBS Can Help Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/facebook-places-faq-how-lbs-can-help-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/facebook-places-faq-how-lbs-can-help-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimber Cook</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interactive Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foursquare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gowalla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is Facebook Places?
It’s Facebook’s new location-based service (LBS), built on a Bing Maps platform, and it’s a giant twist in the race between all the major search engines and social media platforms to perfect local search capabilities. LBS allows mobile smartphone users to broadcast out via Twitter, Facebook, or LBS-specific platforms where they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready Bing?</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/are-you-ready-bing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Adams</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[msn adcenter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ppc]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MSN Adcenter has been around for awhile with increasing smaller traffic results. Bing has reversed this trend in the last year or so, but their numbers are about to jump significantly. Yahoo Sponsored Search results will cease to exist before the end of September; they will be all MSN Adcenter based ads!
Of course, most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make (Facebook) Friends and Influence People</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/how-to-make-facebook-friends-and-influence-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/how-to-make-facebook-friends-and-influence-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Frazier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a place for friends to connect, to catch up, to plan parties, and to upload embarrassing and political-career-destroying pictures of said parties.
So just how much, really, can businesses, products, and brands fit into the ever-expanding and evolving Facebook landscape?
Google has been trying to explore exactly that question, and has dug up some interesting numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Places Makes It Easier to Talk Back To Your Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/google-places-makes-it-easier-to-talk-back-to-your-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/google-places-makes-it-easier-to-talk-back-to-your-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Davis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google places]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reputation management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the Internet, the customer doesn’t always have to be right.
A few weeks ago, we talked about how it’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage your online reputation. There are just too many prominent platforms online for angry customers, nefarious competitors, or criticizing chaos cravers to take unfair shots at your business.
With the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Design Tips: Three Ways Good Design Sells</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/web-design-tips-three-ways-good-design-sells/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/web-design-tips-three-ways-good-design-sells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimber Cook</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bounce rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conversion rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internet sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we talked a bit about why your site visitors might not stick around long enough for you to make a sale and how to improve  high “bounce rates”. Cluttered design and navigation issues, poor website performance, and boring, muddled content can each send a site visitor packing.
But let’s say you’re consistently getting them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Design Tip - 3 Ways To Improve Bounce Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/web-design-tip-3-ways-to-improve-bounce-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/web-design-tip-3-ways-to-improve-bounce-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Hair</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bounce rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Web Design Matters: Bounce Rates
A new web design is more than just a fresh coat of paint.
At Masterlink, our web designs are sleek, professional, pleasing to search engines, and welcoming to first-time visitors. But if they didn’t draw visitors further into your site (and ultimately effectively sell your products and services), the design would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Reputation Dead? How We Can Help With Online Reputation Management</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/is-reputation-dead-how-we-can-help-with-online-reputation-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/is-reputation-dead-how-we-can-help-with-online-reputation-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Molloy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reputation management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yelp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Depending on how you look at it, it’s either the golden age of customer service or the cutthroat age of bullying business. Regardless, it’s the era of Twitter reviews, Chowhound critiques, and Facebook rants. Welcome to the Yelp generation.
For the most part, the web and social media have created a wonderful, vibrant community built on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kids Are All Right - Social Media Is Here To Stay</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/the-kids-are-all-right-social-media-is-here-to-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/the-kids-are-all-right-social-media-is-here-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Frazier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sick of social media, sorry it was ever invented, sad about the direction it’s taking our society, and skeptical about its importance for small businesses?  Well&#8230; sorry.
According to Web Pro News:
Millennials are expected to make online sharing a lifelong habit, according to new research from Pew Internet and Elon University.
In an online survey of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Experimenting With Local Search Results Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/google-experimenting-with-local-search-results-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masterlink.com/blog/index.php/google-experimenting-with-local-search-results-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimber Cook</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google maps]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterlink.com/blog/?p=560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facts and strategies are cheap in the search engine optimization (SEO) world, as one day’s success-certified SEO formula is the next day’s waste of code.
Last week, we talked briefly about how Google’s increasing emphasis on local search could dramatically change SEO. Specifically, we showed how the page placement of local search results (the Google map, [...]]]></description>
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