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		<title>Fox News goes after SEO too</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/07/fox-news-goes-after-seo-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t that long ago that NYT began a series of hit jobs investigative articles about Google and shady search engine optimization practices.  Fox News has now decided that they need to jump on the Google-bashing bandwagon now with an article that is even less deep and accurate than those in the  New York Times.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A management lesson from the Dallas Museum of Art</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/04/a-management-lesson-from-the-dallas-museum-of-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Dallas Museum of Art hosted a celebration for Dr. Seuss and his birthday.  This event was obviously kid-friendly so the entire family joined.  The DMA has a wonderful wing with lots of family activities and most of the celebrations were held there. The kids wing The Dr. Seuss activities included a scavenger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;ll never call a person a resource again.</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/02/why-ill-never-call-a-person-a-resource-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It just took a few words for me to sound like a corporate drone.  As  a start-up veteran, It was painful to realize that I uttered the following words: &#8220;I&#8217;m looking to get a resource to&#8230;&#8221; My head is saying that I have some money to hire someone, and I&#8217;m ambivalent as to how they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtoearth did not fail</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/02/downtoearth-did-not-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stir Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OkCupid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online dating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading the news that OKcupid was acquired today for $50 million, I couldn&#8217;t help but think back to my experience at Downtoearth.  I suspect that commentors that have a long memory will remember Match&#8217;s experiment there and say that it is evidence that it failed.   I&#8217;d know better than anyone that it&#8217;s far from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being the hero</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/01/being-the-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife called me out one day on my desire to always be the hero.  It&#8217;s a very strong word, and it was clear that it was pointed out as a character flaw more than an admirable feature.  Rather unsuprisngly, she&#8217;s quite right. If a friend has a problem, I&#8217;ll do what it takes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Flexibility in search engine marketing</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2011/01/job-flexibility-in-search-engine-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adwords editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data warehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search engine marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At current, I have what most people would call an unusual schedule.  I leave my office around 2 every Monday and Wednesday to pick up my daughter.  From there she spends some time at home while I work.  It has to be one of the best parts about search engine marketing for work-life balance; as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Lifetime Value to manage bids</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/11/customer-lifetime-value-to-manage-bids/</link>
		<comments>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/11/customer-lifetime-value-to-manage-bids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Customer lifetime value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-brand search terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine marketers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a considerable amount of time that&#8217;s spent for most search engine marketers in managing bids.  As a result there are some fantastic tools out there automate and assist with the process.  They can use very sophisticated algorithms to determine an optimum bid and take in to account time of day, location and tons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ethics of black hat SEO</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/10/the-ethics-of-black-hat-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/10/the-ethics-of-black-hat-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine ideals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[search engine rules]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people evaluate the validity and ethics of tactics in search engine optimization according to the color of your hat.  Tactics which people view as unethical and against search engine ideals are tagged as &#8220;black hat&#8221; while those that are above board are called &#8220;white hat.&#8221;  Black hat SEO is viewed with a combination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four top internet search tools</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/10/four-top-internet-search-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/10/four-top-internet-search-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClickTale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compete.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favorite overall tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEOmoz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stevenhammer.com/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a few tools that I can&#8217;t imagine doing search marketing with out having in my tool belt.  A few are functional as free, but get a lot more powerful with the paid services.  The last one is paid only, but well worth it for a program of any size. One of my favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Business Models</title>
		<link>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/05/internet-business-models/</link>
		<comments>http://stevenhammer.com/2010/05/internet-business-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 04:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure lots of people have tried plenty to make money of the internet, but it really comes down to two basic options.  The first, make a lot of money off of a few people.  The second is make a little of of a lot of people.  There are a few that manage to make a [...]]]></description>
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