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	<title>Brent Crouch - My Online Journal &#187; SEO</title>
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		<title>Tracking Newsletter Subscribers, Affiliate Links, Downloads, and Outbound Links With Google Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/12/31/tracking-newsletter-subscribers-affiliate-links-downloads-and-outbound-links-with-google-analytics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excellent article I found written by Chris Casarez on how to track any outbound link using Google Analytics.  This is perfect for tracking newsletter sign-ups, affiliate links, product downloads, or any other outbound link.    
http://www.seoracle.com/google-analytics-how-to-tutorial/track-outbound-links-and-file-downloads-with-google-analytics

You can get similar information from Google Support at the link below, but they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Beat The I.R.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/05/03/i-beat-the-irs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Beat The I.R.S.
Targeted backlinks from blogs are very effective.  I've been trying to rank one of my sites for the term "government tax sales".  The term is semi-competitive and gets over 6,000 searches a month.  At the top of the pack on page one is the IRS website.
When I started targeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AcnePreventionEtc.com &#8211; Backlinks That Make A Difference</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/19/acnepreventionetccom-backlinks-that-make-a-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/19/acnepreventionetccom-backlinks-that-make-a-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bookmarking demon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AcnePreventionEtc.com - SEO Project #2 - Update 5
2 1/2 Hours Spent On Paid Directory Links, &#38; Creating A Wordpress.com Blog, Expired Domains, and Bookmarking - 31 Hours Left
$104.96 Spent On Directory Links
$15 Spent On Expired Domains
$400 Left
I spent the last 2 1/2 hours working on my SEO project site.  My focus today was building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Keyword Stuffing Your Pages &#8211; It&#8217;s Stupid!</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/04/stop-keyword-stuffing-your-pages-its-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/04/stop-keyword-stuffing-your-pages-its-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AcnePreventionEtc.com - SEO Project #2 - Update 2
1 Hour Spent on Cleaning Up Keyword Stuffed Pages - 39 Hours Left
In the words of my 7 year old daughter, "Keyword stuffing is so first grade."  It may have worked when Google was in it's mere infancy, but now it is easily detectable and you'll have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keyword Research &#8211; The Foundation Of Good SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/03/keyword-research-the-foundation-of-good-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/04/03/keyword-research-the-foundation-of-good-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AcnePreventionEtc.com - SEO Project #2 - Update 1
2 Hours Spent On Keyword Research - 40 Hours Left
I started this acne prevention site a little more than a year ago.  It earns less than $20 a month and doesn't rank for much.  It is no mystery why this site isn't a good earner.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Effective Strategy For Getting Relevant High PR Backlinks For Free</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/25/my-most-effective-link-building-method-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/25/my-most-effective-link-building-method-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've primarily relied on getting backlinks from article marketing, paid directory submissions, and most recently Bookmarking Demon.  While these techniques have proven to be effective, they each have their flaws.  Just today, I've tweaked a link building strategy that netted me a PR6 link, 4 - PR5 links, 12 - PR4 links, and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Click Through Rate By Search Rank</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/23/click-through-rate-by-search-result/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/23/click-through-rate-by-search-result/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[search result]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search results]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brentcrouch.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was naive to believe that if my site showed up on the first page of the search results, I had as good of a chance of a visitor clicking on my site as the next guy.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  When my project SEO site moved from position 5 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Says I&#8217;m The &#8220;Smartest Guy On The Planet&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/19/google-says-im-the-smartest-guy-on-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2009/01/19/google-says-im-the-smartest-guy-on-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is the top search engine in the world because they are known for delivering the most relevant results. So when I visit Google and type in the phrase, smartest guy on the planet, my expectation is to get a list of relevant results that will tell me who the smartest guy on the planet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Project #1 &#8211; Ranked #1 For My Top Keyword &#8211; Update #21</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2008/12/29/seo-project-1-ranked-1-for-my-top-keyword-update-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2008/12/29/seo-project-1-ranked-1-for-my-top-keyword-update-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I noticed an increase in traffic from one of my project sites TaxLienProperties.net.   After some checking, I realized my site was now ranking #1 for my primary keyword in Google.  At first, I thought it was no big deal.  I've had my sites bounce all over the place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozilla Firefox Locking Up Frequently and Slow At Times &#8211; Download Upgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2008/12/07/mozilla-firefox-locking-up-frequently-and-slow-at-times-download-upgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brentcrouch.com/2008/12/07/mozilla-firefox-locking-up-frequently-and-slow-at-times-download-upgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Crouch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a Firefox user.  I was very frustrated with Firefox for a while.  One of the releases I downloaded was frequently locking up and using all my system memory.  It would never fail, I'd be in the middle of an important task and Firefox would lock up and I'd lose my data.  [...]]]></description>
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