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	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New google algorithm - Fact or fiction?</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2008/03/11/new-google-algorithm-fact-or-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Search Engines</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Technology</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Money</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Google</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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Over the past few days I have noticed some major changes in the rankings of several of my websites.  Typically, a google update may move my rankings around slightly however these recent changes were drastic.
One of my sites which has been ranked #5 for it&#8217;s best keyword for over 6 months, suddenly dropped to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Godaddy.com the perfect host for domain thieves?</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2008/02/14/is-godaddycom-the-perfect-host-for-domain-thieves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2008/02/14/is-godaddycom-the-perfect-host-for-domain-thieves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a recent rash of fraudulent domain name purchases at forums such as Digital Point.
One or more scammers are using phishing techniques to acquire the usernames and passwords of forum members and  then capitalizing on the hacked members good will and purchasing domain names from other , unsuspecting members.
It appears that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Registerfly.com in the News. Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/10/registerflycom-in-the-news-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/10/registerflycom-in-the-news-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears my post of 2 days ago was overly optimistic.
In what appears to be a bizarre ruling by the New Jersey courts ex Registerfly.com CEO Kevin Medina was awarded back his postion of CEO.
Most of their DNS has probably updated already and attempts to transfer out may be in vein but I suggest that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Registerfly making a comeback?</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/08/registerfly-making-a-comeback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/08/registerfly-making-a-comeback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Registerfly.com
Official Statement from Unified Names, Inc. Wednesday March 7th, 2007
Important Announcement concerning recent events&#8230;
If we&#8217;ve learned one thing at RegisterFly, it&#8217;s that the actions of a few can affect a great many people. It&#8217;s no secret that we&#8217;ve been experiencing significant problems here at RegisterFly, and how these problems have affected our customers.
First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big List of Mac User Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/06/big-list-of-mac-user-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/06/big-list-of-mac-user-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Search Engines</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Mac</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Technology</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Computers</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Blogging</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED STATES
Alabama &#124; Alaska &#124; Arizona &#124; Arkansas &#124; California &#124; Colorado &#124; Connecticut &#124; Delaware &#124; Florida &#124; Georgia &#124; Hawaii &#124; Idaho &#124; Illinois &#124; Indiana &#124; Iowa &#124; Kansas &#124; Kentucky &#124; Louisiana &#124; Maine &#124; Maryland &#124; Massachusetts &#124; Michigan &#124; Minnesota &#124; Missouri &#124; Mississippi &#124; Montana &#124; Nebraska &#124; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adsense, MFAs and Minimum bids</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/03/03/adsense-mfas-and-minimum-bids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Adsense</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Google</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sheer number of MFA (made for Adsense) sites has been causing a rapid decline in adsense earnings for the rest of us for some time.
The problem isn;t that these pseudo sites exist it&#8217;s the PPC advertising using Adwords which is influencing the EPC in a large number of niches and growing.
If you don&#8217;t understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSN Messenger for Blackberry (RIM) Coming Mid March</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/28/msn-messenger-for-blackberry-rim-coming-mid-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/28/msn-messenger-for-blackberry-rim-coming-mid-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>BlackBerry</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has always been one thing missing from my blackberry and that is MSN Messenger.
I have tried every application I could find and although some worked marginally well like the Free MSN Messenger from handango.com  most were not worth downloading.
Recently there was some speculation that MSN and Research in Motion had &#8220;burried the hatchet&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spam and more Spam! Who the hell is ShopNSaveToday.com?</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/16/spam-and-more-spam-who-the-hell-is-shopnsavetodaycom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/16/spam-and-more-spam-who-the-hell-is-shopnsavetodaycom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok I have been trying to get removed from this spam list for too long now.
ShopNSaveToday.com must be one of the most ruthless spammers I have met yet. The domain name itself is absolutely terrible which is the earmark of a spammer but they will not remove you from their list.
Their removal process is set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumbleupon - Lots of traffic but how good is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/15/stumbleupon-lots-of-traffic-but-how-good-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/15/stumbleupon-lots-of-traffic-but-how-good-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been using stumbleupon for a while now and have seen huge traffic spikes however the traffic does not seem to convert very well.
A couple of weeks ago I noticed a one day spike of about 1000 unique visitors from stumble however my earnings for that day were pretty much unchanged. This was while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play arcade games, win Prizes!</title>
		<link>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/10/play-arcade-games-win-prizes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.erodtech.com/2007/02/10/play-arcade-games-win-prizes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Games</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>iPod</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we finished our free online game site Gametopia.com. Gametopia.com launched on February 9th 2007.
With thousands of free arcade sites we felt it was important to have good &#8220;hook&#8221; to both generate new memberships and retain our members.
As part of our ongoing promotion we will be giving away prizes to members on a regular [...]]]></description>
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