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		<title>Technologies We&#8217;ll be Watching in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CSS3]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 was an exciting time for the Web and Web-related technologies as technology advancements saw further shifts in the way we interactive with content and data online. 2010 looks set to be just as exciting as we see these trends advance further, as existing technologies continue to develop and new ones come into the picture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ants Walking on a Wire Helps Understand Web Usability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post in a 3 part series discussing Web Usability and the impact It has on user experience. Usability ultimately works in two ways &#8211; it can positively affect your viewer&#8217;s user experience or it can negatively impact the perception of your company. At times, when a web development firm mentions web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>tr.im resurrected. Rules Still Firmly Apply in URL Shortening Caution.</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/trim-resurrected-rules-still-firmly-apply-in-url-shortening-caution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/trim-resurrected-rules-still-firmly-apply-in-url-shortening-caution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VB Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[URL Shortening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Empowerment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I reported Sunday that tr.im had announced it was terminating its URL shortening service which, would have the knock on effect of discontinuing all links shortened with the service starting early 2010. Nambu, the development firm behind tr.im today announced it will be retracting this decision, making its service available once more, and with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>tr.im is Terminating Service. URL Shortening Cautions Personified.</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/trim-is-terminating-service-url-shortening-cautions-presonified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/trim-is-terminating-service-url-shortening-cautions-presonified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a coincidental, but shockingly relevant turn of events, the URL shortening service tr.im as of Sunday August 9th 2009 has announced it will be terminating its URL shortening service, effective immediately. Regretfully, we here at Nambu have decided to shutdown tr.im, the first step in shutting down all of our products and services within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shorten URLs with Caution. Here&#8217;s why.</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/shorten-urls-with-caution-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/shorten-urls-with-caution-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VB Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[URL Shortening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Empowerment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/?p=383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rise of URL shortening Anyone familiar with Twitter will no doubt have used URL shortening. URL shortening is a technique used to, as the name clearly suggests, shorten the number of characters required for a given URL/link. With Twitter&#8217;s 140 character limit, this has become an invaluable technique for adding links to tweets. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimized Research</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/search-engine-optimized-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/search-engine-optimized-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[semantics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This has been bugging me for a while now and I even started writing about it back in April. I thought perhaps it was just me being overly sensitive since we build Google optimized websites. My curious mind and affinity for crunching numbers went to work (finally I get to use my Math minor). I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking The Web From Anywhere &#8211; Mobile Devices and The Web Part 2 &#8211; Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/unlocking-the-web-from-anywhere-mobile-devices-and-the-web-part-2-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/unlocking-the-web-from-anywhere-mobile-devices-and-the-web-part-2-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second post concerning the mobile web. In following posts I&#8217;ll consider in more detail some of the tasks that can increase your mobile web productivity and some of the tools that can be used to conduct these tasks. This installment will concentrate on mobile blogging. Blogging Finding the time to write blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web 3.0 Are You Ready?</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/web-30-are-you-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/web-30-are-you-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semantics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getvisualblaze.com/blog/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe it? There is already a forecast for what Web 3.0 is going to &#8220;look&#8221; like! Just as Web 2.0 is really taking shape; new ways of web marketing, mobile device integration, data connections and much more. It only makes sense. Continually pioneering and pushing technology to the limit makes advancement possible. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking The Web From Anywhere 	- Mobile Devices and The Web Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/unlocking-the-web-from-anywhere-mobile-devices-and-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/unlocking-the-web-from-anywhere-mobile-devices-and-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Web]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getvisualblaze.com/blog/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post looks at how mobile devices are unchaining us from our computers. And also how the ability to access digital information from anywhere can help you better keep up with your clients, customers, bolster your knowledge and generally boost your online presence. Ok so, I’m definitely &#8220;that guy.&#8221; Inline at the store, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Decline in Online Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.getvisualblaze.com/blog/the-decline-in-online-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data driven decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online advertising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent Visual Blaze blog posting, where I briefly mentioned the TechCrunch article on the First Quarter decline in online advertising, I wanted to circle back and talk a litte further about it and what it might mean. I do not find it surprising to see the numbers gradually decline and then during the [...]]]></description>
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