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	<title>An 'Independent Web Advice' Blog</title>
	<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog</link>
	<description>Trials and Tribulations - a life on the web.</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The website manager</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-website-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-website-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My new site is finally ready for public consumption (I think). It works in Firefox, IE7 and thanks to the Etomite forums at http://www.etomite.co.uk it now works in IE6 - Hurray!!
http://www.thewebsitemanager.co.uk
Now I do have plans for this site but I also want to keep it simple. It is a sales vehicle for my commercial services. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is wrong with this site?</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/what-is-wrong-with-this-site/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/what-is-wrong-with-this-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I have finally worked out what is wrong with my own site. Why it doesn&#8217;t quite work. There has always been something slightly &#8216;up&#8217; with the whole concept. What it was I did not know and Independent Web Advice has gone through eight total reworks in just 12 months.
The problem is that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well done Mike!!</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/well-done-mike/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/well-done-mike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Mike. The founder, owner and MD of a successful engineering company. After retirement and finally having the time to explore the Internet, Mike found himself wanting his own web site. Happier fixing huge industrial machines, Mike had avoided computers all his life. A few months later, he is now running his own affiliate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God bless &#8216;Akismet&#8217; - Bye Bye Spam!!!</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/god-bless-akismet-bye-bye-spam/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/god-bless-akismet-bye-bye-spam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 23:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Akismet is amazing. Since I installed it with a FREE key supplied by Akismet my life is almost entirely SPAM FREE!!!
If you have a blog, you need Akismet.
Before Akismet I had over 500 spams a day! Can you imagine what a pain that was for me to sort through. On one record day I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just wow - try it! 93 Photo Street</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/just-wow-try-it-93-photo-street/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/just-wow-try-it-93-photo-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you come across a piece of software that is so powerful, yet simple and easy to use, that ideas start popping into your head immediately. Ideas about useful applications, great web sites that could be built as well as wondering why not more people are using it. They are called Killer Aps.
93 Photo Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You may have noticed a change :-) Continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/you-may-have-noticed-a-change-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/you-may-have-noticed-a-change-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 20:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Trivial Web Tales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Changes to this site are &#8216;nearing&#8217; (ha)  completion.
Each major section is supposed to have it&#8217;s very own Dragon on it. However, apart from this blog, I still have not found the time.
My 3 year old son, Adam, had conjunctivitis and was off from nursery for a while. Then just as he went back to Nursery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to Charging Structures</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/changes-to-charging-structures/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/changes-to-charging-structures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 13:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After completing my first year in business I am now finalising my accounts.
There is a NEED FOR CHANGE.
I need;
A new car
A new Kitchen
A new Bathroom
A holiday
Roof Repairs
Furniture, clothes,  a new laptop, more gadgets, a bigger office, an assistant and an apprentice  
It is only when you see your profits written down in Black and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Community Site</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/new-community-site/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/new-community-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 12:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am really excited by this new community site. I am tying in lots of open source systems, some of which are amazing.
Now this site is due for Initial Completion in Late July or Early August. At the moment it is too raw to reveal but I cant resist popping in a link here, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You may have noticed a change :-)</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/you-may-have-noticed-a-change/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/you-may-have-noticed-a-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 23:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wordpress is amazing. Powerful yet simple to use.  Similar to my favourite CMS, Etomite.
I am taking a gamble but I am really excited. After ranking in the top 2 on Google for &#8216;web advice&#8217; for some time now I have decided to abandon my keyword rankings for the sake of my users. Now I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh No!! Lost a ranking point - but why?</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/oh-no-lost-a-ranking-point-but-why/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/oh-no-lost-a-ranking-point-but-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 09:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has updated it&#8217;s map of the web one more time and my site has dropped from a PR5 to a PR4. I must admit that I am personally &#8216;gutted&#8217;. But is it Google&#8217;s fault or mine. I suspect it is mine.
The truth is that my site does not deserve a PR5 ranking. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Google gone Bananas again?</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/has-google-gone-bananas-again/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/has-google-gone-bananas-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of a client I was checking out the Google Page Rank for competitor sites that list more highly than my clients site. He has a site that is stuffed with useful information and is constantly being updated. It is user friendly, has hundreds of backlinks, a PR of 3 and lots of loyal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fasthosts - Get 3 Months for Free</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/fasthosts-get-3-months-for-free/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/fasthosts-get-3-months-for-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone is unfortunate enough to be using the Fasthosts hosting service then please stop doing so. You are paying too much money.
However if you insist on using such a monolith of an organisation, then at least try to cancel your account (it is not as easy as you might think) because if you do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wikipedia errors and accuracy</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/wikipedia-errors-and-accuracy/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/wikipedia-errors-and-accuracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of criticism of the Wikipedia lately, suprisingly from some of the top management there. They claim that the wikipedia is broken beyond repair and full of inaccuracies. I would like to make a few points about this.
1) The Wikipedia is not a source of news and should not be considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Easter!</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-end-of-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-end-of-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had a wonderful break but it is time to return to the world of the web. Having been offline for a while I suddenly feel all &#8216;out of date&#8217;, but my task lists are virtually empty, although milestones are looming large, and my RSS feeds are full of new material to read and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A search engine! Not another one&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/a-search-engine-not-another-one/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/a-search-engine-not-another-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am considering creating my own search engine. Obviously it will simply scrape results from the big seven, but I can control the results and perhaps provide a better niche service than is already available.
I thought about calling it &#8216;topsy turvy&#8217; or perhaps &#8216;wwearch&#8217;. But the last thing we need is another Google clone.
So I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you taken the Google Quiz?</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/have-you-taken-the-google-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/have-you-taken-the-google-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Take the Google Quiz, it is just for fun, and see how you do.
A score above 20 is very good, unless you worked out the system! It really isn&#8217;t a sophisticated quiz (just for fun) but I like it.
There is a mistake in one of the questions - not in the correctness or not of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My weakness and it&#8217;s solution</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/my-weakness-and-its-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/my-weakness-and-its-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come to realise that communication is a weakness for me.
What do I mean?
It seems that I can&#8217;t help making assumptions about other peoples knowledge of the net. I always assume too much.
I often go off at a tangent in my thinking and run ahead with a project without a proper buy-in from others.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Time and Web Time.</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/my-time-and-web-time/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/my-time-and-web-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My time is scarce and I am sure yours is too.
We live increasingly hectic lives. Occassionally we achieve great things in a day and at other times we go around and around in circles. Occassionally I can spend the morning shifting a website structure around, and spend the afternoon shifting it all back again. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The long cold January</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-long-cold-january/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2007/the-long-cold-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After a wonderful christmas comes the long dark coldness of the January blues.
After a bout of flu, a virulent and violent strain of course (men never just have a cold, it&#8217;s true!), I am finally recovering despite barely being able to breathe out of my nose.
Our faces should have an extra hole specifically for excreting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas !</title>
		<link>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2006/merry-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://independentwebadvice.co.uk/blog/2006/merry-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to say it. Sorry.
Paul  
PS Oh and a happy new year!
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