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		<title>More on .Edu Links and Their Value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our last post, we talked about the value of .edu links for SEO.  After considering comments by Google&#8217;s Matt Cutts and the nature of most .edu links, we concluded that there is some substantial SEO power in obtaining inbound links from .edu domains.
Some new information seems to support that conclusion.  A blog post at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/more-on-why-edu-links-and-their-value/</link>
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		<title>Are .Edu Links REALLY that Important?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, people considered backlinks from .edu domains one of the most powerful SEO tools.  Google, they argued, trusted the .edu extension more than the .com, .net, etc.  That made links from an .edu domain more powerful in terms of improving a site&#8217;s SEO performance.   
After awhile, however, some folks started doubting that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/are-edu-links-really-that-important/</link>
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		<title>Patience is an SEO Virtue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internet moves fast.  You move fast.  You do things today because you want results tomorrow.  Sound familiar?  It probably does.  That&#8217;s the way of the online world.  Speed is a necessity.
Guess what?  It&#8217;s time to slam on the brakes.  Right now.
Because SEO doesnt&#8217; move fast and if you don&#8217;t get out of that &#8220;hustle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/patience-is-an-seo-virtue/</link>
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		<title>What Makes a WordPress Theme &#8220;SEO Friendly&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve undoubtedly seen WordPress themes that are touted as being &#8220;SEO friendly&#8221;.  
We all know that WordPress naturally tends to perform well in SEO terms and that there are a variety of plug-ins available to aid even more in terms of search engine performance.  Is there something special about some themes, though, that makes them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/what-makes-a-wordpress-theme-seo-friendly/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 6)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, let&#8217;s wrap this discussion up.
The bottom line is that UGC can be your best friend if you really make a point of encouraging and managing it.  Its value will be minimal if you don&#8217;t get the snowball rolling and its negative repercussions can be severe if you&#8217;re not willing to tend to it correctly.
Think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-6/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 5)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No good deed goes unpunished.
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch.
Okay, you get the idea.  
UGC is a great SEO device, but it does have a dark side.  That dark side is pretty scary, too.  It&#8217;s always scary when you relinquish some control, after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-5/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, by now you should be convinced that UGC can be a huge gift in terms of SEO.  Now it&#8217;s time to ask yourself how to make use of it.
That really boils down to one thing:  attractive opportunities for interaction.  If you can create reasons and ways for your site&#8217;s visitors to lend their voice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-4/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, we can think of those users who would contribute content to your website as your free writing staff.  If you can effectively encourage them to supply the site with a lot of topic-related material, you&#8217;re going to see a few things happen.
First, you&#8217;ll start to notice more search traffic from keywords for which you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-3/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we noted in the first part of this series, the old saying that &#8220;content is king&#8221; is still a cornerstone of effective SEO.  Search engines are designed to put users in touch with content that meets their needs.  If you don&#8217;t have the content it&#8217;s pretty darn hard for them to broker that little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-2/</link>
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		<title>User Generated Content and SEO (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you love or hate the phrase &#8220;Web 2.0&#8243; you have to admit one thing&#8230;  The move toward more participatory websites has really changed the Internet&#8217;s landscape.  Interactivity was once a novelty.   The rise of comment opportunities, user pages and other opportunities has made it pretty commonplace.
And, on balance, that&#8217;s good news.  All of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://semscoop.com/seo-articles/user-generated-content-and-seo-part-1/</link>
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