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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Business Website Resources</title><subtitle type="html">Links, notes and articles about how a quality web site can strengthen and empower small businesses.</subtitle><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61129.1">Community Server</generator><updated>2005-11-30T21:29:00Z</updated><entry><title>RSS and Yahoo</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/16/382.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/16/382.aspx</id><published>2005-12-16T13:19:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T13:19:00Z</updated><content type="html">Here's a&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://publisher.yahoo.com/rssguide"&gt;guide to distributing content with Yahoo and RSS&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=382" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="RSS" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/RSS/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Search Engine Optimization's Most Effective Practices</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/380.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/380.aspx</id><published>2005-12-16T02:51:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T02:51:00Z</updated><content type="html">Yaro Starak has two articles on SEO.&amp;nbsp; Part 1 discusses &lt;A href="http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/331/search-engine-marketing-part-1/"&gt;internal SEO for your site&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Part 2 focuses on &lt;A href="http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/336/search-engine-marketing-part-2/"&gt;exterior SEO for your site&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=380" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="SEO - Technical" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/SEO+-+Technical/default.aspx" /><category term="SEO - Content" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/SEO+-+Content/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Starting a Web Design Business</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/379.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/379.aspx</id><published>2005-12-16T02:31:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T02:31:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;P&gt;These articles are more for my personal reference, but also have a quality startup suggestions for any business.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.garrettdimon.com/archives/steps-to-becoming-a-freelance-web-developer"&gt;Steps to Becoming a Freelance Web Developer by Garrett Dimon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.designinflight.com/05November/how_to_be_a_successful_freelancer_pt_1.html"&gt;How to Become a Successful Freelancer by Ryan Carson&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/small_biz_101_how_to_get_started.php"&gt;How to Get Started - Signal vs. Noise by RyanC&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=379" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="Starting a Business" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/Starting+a+Business/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Business Startup Articles</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/378.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/15/378.aspx</id><published>2005-12-16T02:24:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T02:24:00Z</updated><content type="html">Here are articles on &lt;A href="http://particletree.com/features/a-guide-to-starting-your-business/"&gt;starting a business by the guys at ParticleTree&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;A href="http://www.strangebrand.com/93/the-first-year-7-lessons-learned.html"&gt;lessons learned in the first year of business&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=378" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="Starting a Business" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/Starting+a+Business/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Google Sitemaps Resources</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/05/356.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/05/356.aspx</id><published>2005-12-05T16:42:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-05T16:42:00Z</updated><content type="html">John Jantsch posted a brief &lt;A href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/weblog.php?id=P382"&gt;overview of Google's new Sitemaps service&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I hope to post more on the service when I have the opportunity to look into it further.&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=356" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="SEO - Technical" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/SEO+-+Technical/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Using RSS for Online Stores</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/03/353.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/12/03/353.aspx</id><published>2005-12-03T19:20:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-03T19:20:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;P&gt;Lance Ulanoff hits the nail on the head in his article &lt;A href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1894072,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585"&gt;'Goodbye' RSS&lt;/A&gt;.  I'm amazed how few online stores use &lt;a href="http://whodurun4.com/FAQ.aspx#q120"&gt;RSS feeds&lt;/A&gt; to broadcast sales and coupons.  Although many online stores have functionality that allows customers to be emailed when a specific product reaches a predefined price, RSS offers more options.  Personally, I've never used that functionality because I'm more tied to price, features and quality than make, model or store.  Broadcasting prices and features for products in a category such as MP3 players, would enable customers to use &lt;a href="http://whodurun4.com/FAQ.aspx#q140"&gt;feed aggregators&lt;/A&gt; to easily and quickly be notified when your store offers what they want with the potential to link directly to the online store.  I'll be recommending my customers use RSS to at least allow customers to monitor sales.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=353" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author><category term="RSS" scheme="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/tags/RSS/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Starting Again</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/11/30/350.aspx" /><id>http://whodurun4.com/Community/blogs/business_resources/archive/2005/11/30/350.aspx</id><published>2005-12-01T02:29:00Z</published><updated>2005-12-01T02:29:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;P&gt;With my new venture, &lt;a href="http://whodurun4.com/"&gt;whodurun4 Web Design&lt;/A&gt;, I am starting my fourth blog.&amp;nbsp; It will be focused on small business and the web.&amp;nbsp; I hope to combine links I see as valuable resources worth&amp;nbsp;referencing with original content of value to any seeking to learn about the web as it relates to business.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://whodurun4.com/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=350" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>whodurun4</name><uri>http://whodurun4.com/Community/members/whodurun4.aspx</uri></author></entry></feed>