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	<title>Andy Sweet</title>
	<link>http://andysweet.com</link>
	<description>Internet marketing and traffic monetization</description>
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		<title>Domain Giveaway Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, my work is focused on gathering and monetizing traffic.  At its root, that&#8217;s pretty much what EVERYBODY who does business on the web does whether they describe it that way or not.  There are so many ways to accomplish this and I&#8217;ve addressed a few of the ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/09/10/domain-giveaway-competition/</link>
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		<title>Marchex domains pulling rank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was searching today for one of my recently launched mini-sites to see if it had been indexed yet and came across an interesting (at least to me) find.  I found a Marchex domain ranking #1 in Google!
As many domainers know, Marchex is a big domain portfolio owner.  Back in 2004, they bought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/08/20/marchex-domains-pulling-rank/</link>
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		<title>Click Fraud Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I gave a talk to the Cambridge SEO Meetup group about 10 ways advertisers can reduce their exposure to click fraud.  If you would like to download the presentation, you can do so here.
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		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/08/04/click-fraud-presentation/</link>
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		<title>GRCity.us - A Question of Domain Selection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from a vacation in Michigan with my wife and son.  My wife grew up in East Grand Rapids, so we spent a couple of days there before heading up to Crystal Mountain for some golf, hiking and boating.
While in East Grand Rapids, I was reading the newspaper and saw an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/07/15/grcityus-a-question-of-domain-selection/</link>
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		<title>My Presentation at Click Quality Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished my presentation regarding click fraud and click quality to the Click Quality Council (try saying that 3 times fast.)
I was pretty nervous, not because I don&#8217;t feel confident in my knowledge about the subject matter, but because I know how fired up I can get about this stuff.  So, to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/06/25/my-presentation-at-click-quality-council/</link>
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		<title>CashCall.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of working at home is that I get to catch up on a little bit of TV over lunch while I step out of the &#8216;office&#8217;.  I&#8217;ll usually check out Sports Center or Law &#38; Order.  I get all my news and stock info from the web so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/06/24/cashcallcom/</link>
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		<title>Better SEO Through Google Analytics Sources Overview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use Google Analytics to track your site&#8217;s performance, there&#8217;s a little graphical display pie chart called Traffic Sources Overview that gives a breakdown of where your site&#8217;s traffic is coming from.  I use it to provide an indicator of where I need to focus my traffic generation energy.
There are three sources:1. Direct [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/06/17/better-seo-through-google-analytics-sources-overview/</link>
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		<title>Quick Link</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick link while watching the Celtics and the lakers. Found a great blog today and wanted to share with you.  Dave Davis at RedFly Marketing, good stuff.

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		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/06/05/quick-link/</link>
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		<title>America.com Auction Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like there was no sale of America.com.  Last I saw, and that was with approximately 6 hours remaining in the auction, the bid was at $1,050,000 and had not yet met the reserve price.  Whether the bid was by a legit bidder or a friend of the seller trying to drive up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/05/30/americacom-auction-results/</link>
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		<title>10 Ways You Can Reduce Click Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent a LOT of time studying click fraud.  You can find other posts here detailing some of my battles.  In that time, I&#8217;ve caught dozens of parties engaging in it and studied them to figure out how they&#8217;re pulling it off so that I can fight back against it.  I&#8217;ve created [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andysweet.com/2008/05/27/10-ways-you-can-reduce-click-fraud/</link>
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