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		<title>Website Design Strategies</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/website-design-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James P</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a web site for your business is a lot like starting a new business. There are lots of things to consider. Your strategy is just one of those. However, many of the decisions you will have to make can be made easier if you have a solid strategic plan. How do you develop a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=101&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Requirements for an effective website</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/5-requirements-for-an-effective-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James P</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A successful web site is one that helps you meet your business goals! Do you want your web site to help you grow your business? Creating an effective web site is not rocket science. It is the science of business which can be much more demanding. Webation&#8217;s development methodology guides our design with the use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=114&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good website design</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/good-website-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James P</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just about every web page designer has a different view of what good web page design is. Some consider graphic design the deciding factor. Others consider interactive Flash. And still others consider good use of technology, or content or copy or navigation or… Webation takes a completely different approach to web design. To us, there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=76&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Email Marketing Relationships</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/email-marketing-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James P</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Webation Active]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A web site offers many benefits for a business &#8211; communication and marketing are the two main benefits. Now I don’t want this article to be about general marketing concepts, you can discover this for yourself by picking up a good marketing book or doing a quick search on the internet. I want to talk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=94&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better search engine rankings</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/better-search-engine-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James P</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Search engine optimization (SEO: modifying your website to boost rankings) is an ongoing business operating cost if you want to stay at the top of the rankings. This is because, at any time Google or Yahoo etc can change their search engine ranking algorithms to change how rankings are calculated and your ranking could either go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=82&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whitespace or Wasted space?</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/whitespace-or-wasted-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webation Active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;whitespace&#8221; is commonly used by graphic designers and refers to blank or negative space around text and objects. It does not mean that it is white in colour necessarily, that is just the term to describe the term. Have you ever found yourself feeling overwhelmed at the mass of information being squashed into the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=68&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Create an attractive 2-column layout for text</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/create-an-attractive-2-column-layout-for-text/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Webation Active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[readability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=50</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a website with alot of textual information, you may want to think about using columns to make your information easier to read. Reading from a screen is very different from reading a book or a newspaper. Most people can only read from a screen for a limited time firstly because it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=50&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Add interest to your Images</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/add-interest-to-your-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Webation Active]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Adding images to your content should be a relatively easy process for you, as you would have done so many times using Webation Active. I could not count the number of images i have inserted into websites, and for that reason I am continually looking for ways to make them look interesting. . On [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=39&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Logos, Identity &amp; Branding</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/logos-identity-branding/</link>
		<comments>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/logos-identity-branding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webation.wordpress.com/?p=15</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A logo can be described as a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, text trademark, abbreviation, etc. An Identity is something that is unique to each company, something like a flavour. Identities can be molded, and often incorporated into every aspect of a company. Branding is similar to Identity, it can be described [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=15&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Front page design: Gateway to your website</title>
		<link>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/front-page-design-gateway-to-your-website/</link>
		<comments>http://webation.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/front-page-design-gateway-to-your-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Products]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Analytics is a great tool for monitoring your bounce rate, which displays the percentage of bounces, how long it took to bounce, and where the user was directed from (ie. Google, another website etc). Using this great tool you can monitor the effectiveness of changes you have made to your website so you know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=webation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4536977&amp;post=6&amp;subd=webation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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