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	<title>Microedge website design</title>
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	<description>Creating attractive, accessible and usable websites.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Build a successful business online</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/build-a-successful-business-online.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/build-a-successful-business-online.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you have heard the stories of how people have earned thousands or even millions in the dot com boom years. Well if you have tried getting a new business set up online and getting traffic to the site you will know how difficult it is.
For example some people have a website and are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Day Challenge Manchester Seminar</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/30-day-challenge-manchester-seminar.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/30-day-challenge-manchester-seminar.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well this weekend is going to be very busy as first thing Friday morning I will be travelling to The Spinningfields area of Manchester for a 3 day seminar hosted by Ed Dale and The 30 Day Challenge. The seminar is basically titled as &#8220;Three Days of Awesome in Europe&#8220;.
Usually these large seminars are held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - do you need it?</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/search-engine-optimization-seo-do-you-need-it.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/search-engine-optimization-seo-do-you-need-it.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Website Optimization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If your website is competing against everyone else in your market and it is important to get higher rankings on search results, you are going to need to optimize your website. If you get more than enough work from word of mouth but you want your potential customers to see your portfolio, then you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing a website designer</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/choosing-a-website-designer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/choosing-a-website-designer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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Making the right choice
If you are looking for a website designer the first question is &#8220;Where do I find one?&#8221;
Most people will either use a Google search to find a web design company, Yellow Pages, Word of mouth or follow a link direct from a website to a web design company. Any of  these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I increase my online sales?</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/how-do-i-increase-my-online-sales.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/how-do-i-increase-my-online-sales.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce Web Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce cart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.microedge.co.uk/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My job as an ecommerce website designer is by using a blend of ecommerce and web design to take your customer from your product page to the purchase page as smoothly as possible. Increasing the usability and accessibility of your website will improve your sales.]]></description>
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		<title>Search engine optimization tips</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/search-engine-optimization-tips.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/search-engine-optimization-tips.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Website Optimization]]></category>

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Make more web pages of useful content on your website. 
PageRank is a patented trademark of link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page and used by Google. This assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of web pages.  Hyperlinks do not create PageRank.  The only thing that creates and holds PageRank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Twitter went down</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/when-twitter-went-down.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/when-twitter-went-down.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To people who don&#8217;t use Twitter, the thought of it being down for a day is hardly even newsworthy. To those who do though, a day can seem like a week. Is it back yet? Is it? Is it? People trying over and over again escalated the problem.
Why is it so scary when web 2.0 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Usable and accessible web design</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/usable-and-accessible-web-design.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/usable-and-accessible-web-design.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When your customer lands on your website, whether it is from a search engine or from typing in your website address, they have to have a really good first impression. Otherwise they will just click off your site and go elsewhere. 
Your site needs to look professional and trustworthy. Once the customer has stayed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I choose Dreamweaver</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/why-website-designers-choose-adobe-dreamweaver.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/why-website-designers-choose-adobe-dreamweaver.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK as a web designer, you might expect me to use Dreamweaver, and as a web developer, you might expect me to hand code. However, I think Dreamweaver is a by far the best tool for combining the two. This article is not an advert for Dreamweaver, Adobe are not paying me (I wish) it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few points for a website designer</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/points-for-a-website-designer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/points-for-a-website-designer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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Which tools work best for website designers?

Adobe, after taking over Macromedia have all the software packages required for web designers. Photoshop is probably the very first Adobe product I ever used and probably one of the most used in the industry. Photoshop can easily and effectively create a beautiful graphic design for use within a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration for Website Designers</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/inspiration-for-website-designers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/inspiration-for-website-designers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where do website designers gather their inspiratoin?

Finding Inspiration From Environment
How can a website designer gain inspiration if they are stuck infront of a computer screen?
The slide show above from Nick La demonstrates how he gains inspiration from his environment. I have spoken to many designers who gain inspiration from going out for a walk, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s all the Twittering about?</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/whats-all-the-twittering-about.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/internet-marketing/whats-all-the-twittering-about.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter. Barack Obama does it. Stephen Fry does it. CNN does it. But why should you?
At face value Twitter seems totally irrelevant. Why would you want to know what someone is doing right now? Well if they just posted that they were making a cup of tea, or putting the dustbins out, it probably would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecommerce and social media for business.</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-development/ecommerce-and-social-media-for-business.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-development/ecommerce-and-social-media-for-business.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Large businesses often do not understand social media, in fact they probably do not like social media and try to ban it, (For example not allowing youtube in the office!). However there are many benefits of social media for business if used correctly.
Do be realistic at all times, do not just use it as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get on websites for free.</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/get-on-websites-for-free.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/website-optimization/get-on-websites-for-free.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Optimization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.microedge.co.uk/?p=64</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the internet has grown along with the introduction of web 2.0 there is aÂ  whole manner of ways of getting on websites of various kinds from simply adding links and comments, right up to building your very own website.
Building your own website
First off you can now build and entire website of our own, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why it is important to keep your website up to date</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/why-it-is-important-to-keep-your-website-up-to-date.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/why-it-is-important-to-keep-your-website-up-to-date.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The internet has so much information it can be overwhelming. You want your customers or clients to get the right information when they enter something into a search box - whether it is on your site or on a search engine.
Imagine your company sells products online that are time specific, for example old models or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessibility - JAWS is the screen reader of choice</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/accessibility-jaws-is-the-screen-reader-of-choice.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/accessibility-jaws-is-the-screen-reader-of-choice.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WebAIM has released initial findings from their recent screen reader survey.
As reported by the Web Standards Project here are some of the main findings

The most common screen readers used are JAWS (74%), Window-Eyes (23%), NVDA (8%), and VoiceOver (6%).
75% of screen reader users upgrade to the newest version within one year.
12% of respondents use a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website designer or web developer - What is the difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/website-designer-or-web-developer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/web-design/website-designer-or-web-developer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eccommerce design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Web developers describe designers as people who like to play around with coloured pencils and web designers call developers &#8216;geeks&#8217;!

In short, a web designer makes a page look graphically pleasing to the eye and a web developer makes it work. Usually these are described as two seperateÂ job titlesÂ however in realityÂ they both need to work together.
Imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Custom ecommerce site - The benefits of bespoke design</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/custom-ecommerce-site.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/ecommerce-web-design/custom-ecommerce-site.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are several good reasons to build a custom ecommerce site and not buy an &#8216;off the shelf&#8217; one.
Think about what you need your website to actually do. If you are selling your products online, your website needs to be even better than a &#8216;real&#8217; shop.

Why?
Visual impact
Online customers can&#8217;t feel products before they buy them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simpler the better? For ecommerce design and usability.</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/user/simplicity-for-ecommerce-design-and-usability.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/user/simplicity-for-ecommerce-design-and-usability.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.microedge.co.uk/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it important to get as much infomation as possible onto your website?
The easy answer is NO!
Why do your customers use the internet instead of the high street - because it is quicker and easier. They do not want to be bombarded with information, banners, ads, polls or sign in areas.
They want to buy their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People will judge you on what you can build</title>
		<link>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/people-will-judge-you-on-what-you-can-build.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.microedge.co.uk/news/people-will-judge-you-on-what-you-can-build.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.microedge.co.uk/?p=57</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of Barak Obama&#8217;s speech said &#8220;people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.&#8221; This can be applied to building a website.
People (your customer&#8217;s) will judge you and your company on your website and how it is built. Your website is a testimony of you and your company. This is [...]]]></description>
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