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		<title>Keyword Targeting Strategy in Your Site</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once the keywords have been decided for the site one has to come up with a strategy to target those keywords across the site. Here is a primer on that. Keywords Targeting Strategy for Keyword of Single word: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Keyword of Single word is useful to attract general audience and helps in getting high rank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Once the keywords have been decided for the site one has to come up with a strategy to target those keywords across the site. Here is a primer on that.</p>
<p>Keywords Targeting Strategy for Keyword of Single word:<br />
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<p>Keyword of Single word is useful to attract general audience and helps in getting high rank ,if the web site is new. Keywords Targeting Strategy for Keyword of Single word is that they should be more used in the root level pages or top level domain pages. This is because these pages are the ones that attract the general traffic &amp; are generally the pages which do not specify specifics. Hence single word keywords based on themes can be targeted for on these pages.</p>
<p>Keywords Targeting Strategy for Keyword of Multiple words:<br />
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<p>Keyword of Multiple words are useful for attract targeted audience therefore should be used topic wise for each page according to subject of that web page. Relevant set of Keywords should be use in Title tag, Header Tag, Meta tag, Body tag, Alt tag, Anchor tag, Comment tag and in the url (uniform resource locator) of that specific web page. Use underscore or hyphen to differentiate Keywords. These keywords are normally targeted upon in deeper level or sub directory level pages.</p>
<p>Keywords Targeting Strategy for Keyword based on Theme:<br />
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<p>Keyword based on theme is useful to attract targeted audience therefore they are strongly recommended to be used. Typically, although it is not a hard and fast rule but in theme based keyword we use general keywords in root level and uses specific keyword in directory level.</p>
<p>Overall one can safely say that in keyword targeting one uses a dart board strategy. Wherein the smallest circle attracts your core audience &amp; hence should have theme oriented multiple word keywords. As we move up on the theme (dartboard) the circle ( traffic) tends to get larger &amp; the keywords tends to get simpler( singular) even though they are theme based.</p>
<p>KEYWORDS and KEYPHRASES usage in Domain Name:<br />
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<p>Keywords and keyphrases use in Domain Name &amp; urls of directory pages is also a factor in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as well as it helps to inform targeted audience, about the sites content . Therefore, special care should be exercised in choosing a domain name. All the search engines start reading each web page with its respective domain name.</p>
<p>Having said that, let me add that there is a raging debate amongst the seo community to determine the exact importance of keywords in the domain name. One camp believes that it is hugely important to have keywords in domain whereas the other maintains that brand building domain name is more important than keywords incorporating one.</p>
<p>Whether keyword is a factor or not is debateble however it has been observed that domain name extensions do definitely play a part in rankings. Search engines ( specially google) have a predilection for sites having extension .gov,.edu,.mil in domain name. Search engines believe that information available at these domains would have a greater likelihood of being authentic as no commercial interest is served here.</p>
<p>Domain Name can be classifieds into two categories:</p>
<p>1. Keyword Specific</p>
<p>2. Brand Name Specific</p>
<p>Keyword Specific Domain Name<br />
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<p>When Keywords and Keyphrases are used in a Domain name then its called Keyword specific Domain name.</p>
<p>Keyword in the domain name to my mind has two advantages.</p>
<p>One It is better to have a keyword domain name for it is worth remembering that most of the people link to you using your URL. If your URL has the keyword or the keyphrase then you are automatically using the keyword in the very important anchor tag.</p>
<p>Secondly, though marginally, in a ranking scenario with every other parameter remaining equal, the Keyword Specific Domain Name will enjoy a slight edge over the other web site. However remember Keyword used in Domain name should be primary and generic. Specific keywords can be used in the sub domains. Read about the use of subdomains.</p>
<p>Keywords and Keyphrases uses with hyphen/underscore in Domain name are said to preferred as they are read by search engines as separate words. So the domain name can have a search phrase incorporated into it. However the flip side of it is that domain names with hyphen or underscore are inconvenient to carry.</p>
<p>Brand Name Specific Domain Name<br />
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<p>When company or organizations’ name is used in Domain Name to brand it then it’s called as Brand Name Specific Domain name.</p>
<p>Brand Name Specific Domain Name does not help online searches at all. However they are very powerful tools for company identification in the mind of users. In the anonymous online world a brand spells loyalty, trust &amp; value. So if you choose to go for building your brand rather than deep rooted optimization, one way of incorporating keywords is through your directories &amp; pages names.</p>
<p>KEYWORD DENSITY<br />
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<p>Keyword Density is a proportion of the searched term ( Keyword or Keyphrase) against the whole words written on a given page. The ideal Keyword Density is 6%-8% though various search engines have various tolerance levels before their spam filters get activated. Higher Keyword Density does help to boost a pages’ ranking.</p>
<p>Keyword Density can be increased by using target keywords repeatedly in Title tag, Header tag, Body tag, Comment tag, Alt tag, Anchor tag, Paragraph Tag , Domain name and in diretory/page names.</p>
<p>However one disadvantage of trying to hike the keyword density is that the visible text on the page starts to look spammy if it is not carefully crafted. That makes for a bad copy.</p>
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		<title>What are SEO Back Link?</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Site promotion guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back links]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back links are an important part of most successful websites on the net and are almost essential in order to get reasonable listings on search engines. Back links are quite simply, links from other websites. As part of most search engines algorithms it is obvious to see they rely heavily largely upon the amount of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Back links are an important part of most successful websites on the net and are almost essential in order to get reasonable listings on search engines. Back links are quite simply, links from other websites. As part of most search engines algorithms it is obvious to see they rely heavily largely upon the amount of quality incoming links your website has. I would like to reiterate, quality links, there are many unscrupulous link farms and link schemes that if you participate in, will get you banned from the major search engines. Search engines see links from other, usually established, websites as a mark of respect and that you probably have something to offer.</p>
<p>If you your website is just starting out or you are new to the world of SEO then you should know that back links are a crucial part to a website, almost as much as any content on it. With just one link to you from another indexed site you can usually get a few search engine bots visiting your site within hours instead of days, or even weeks through manual submission. Back links usually mean that you can achieve some reasonable key words in some search engines within weeks if you have a good quality site.</p>
<p>Armed with the above information it is easy to see how vital back links are, so now you are wondering where to get them. Well you are advised to stay away from disreputable sources like I previously mentioned but they rarely work any way, instead you should visit places like the Sitepoint Forums &amp; WebHostingTalk where many professional webmasters can be found. It is recommended you aim to link swap with websites that have a better google page rank than yourself</p>
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		<title>Google Voice User Story: A Way with Words</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the third installment of Google Voice user stories, we heard from Grant Barrett, the co-host of A Way with Words, a radio show about words and language. Tell us about your organization A Way with Words is run by a nonprofit with an educational mission: to further understanding of language, to encourage life-long learning, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">For the third installment of Google Voice user stories, we heard from Grant Barrett, the co-host of A Way with Words, a radio show about words and language.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Tell us about your organization</strong><br />
A Way with Words is run by a nonprofit with an educational mission: to further understanding of language, to encourage life-long learning, and to promote human understanding through better communication. It airs in 73 different cities and at a lot of different times, so, our toll-free number is a necessity. We can&#8217;t be there at all hours to answer.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>How are you using Google Voice?</strong><br />
Calls go from the <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/free-calls-home-from-gmail-for-all-u-s-service-members/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>toll-free number to a local number to voicemail</em></span></a> &#8212; Google Voice &#8212; where we archive them and use them to plan future shows. Five of us look at the transcripts and listen to the calls. We use the notes field to indicate which are feedback for follow-ups, which are new questions that we might want to turn into segments, and which are stories from listeners who want to be heard but maybe don&#8217;t want to be on the air. We mix those with what we get via email and social media, and in that way put together a show.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now that we have more than 2800 calls saved on Google Voice we can use it like we already use our email: as a repository of questions and comments from listeners. So if one person asks about, say, why bell peppers are called mangoes in part of the country, we can search through the voicemail transcripts (which, while imperfect, are good enough), and our email, and begin to get an idea of what a lot of <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com" target="_blank"><em>people want to know about that topic.</em></a> It helps tailor each segment of the show.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is an insatiable need &#8212; a hunger, even &#8212; to have questions about language answered. People ask us more questions in a given week than we could possibly ever answer in a weekly, hour-long show. But we&#8217;re doing more than we were before, and Google Voice is a part of that.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you or someone you know is using Google Voice in a unique way, we’d love to hear about it! Fill out this short form and your story may get featured on<a href="http://www.elggvoices.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong> the Google Voice blog</strong></em></span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted by Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager</p>
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		<title>American Idol 11 fully operational by March</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s American Idol March 11 on his program when to start the first week of the finals. There are no changes to the format of last season. You can hear eight episodes (including a special episode to air after the NFC Championship game, Sunday, Jan. 22). Three episodes of Hollywood, the challenge to Las Vegas [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Here&#8217;s American Idol March 11 on his program when to start the first week of the finals. There are no changes to the format of last season.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can hear eight episodes (including a special episode to air after the NFC Championship game, Sunday, Jan. 22). Three episodes of Hollywood, the challenge to Las Vegas performance (Top 60 50 sing songs, according to some sources) and reveals the semi-finalists.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The semifinals will again be the sudden death, with the top 24 (?) Carryover two nights. The second semi-final show will celebrate a special exhibition on American Idol 4ooth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The finalists will be announced, including judges wildcards, Thursday, 1st of March.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The finalists for the first time on Tuesday to perform on March 7, the results show for the second night on March 8 broadcast.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Read the press release at:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The journey is unbelievable, is to be American Idol, America&#8217;s No. 1 back for his 11 th Top remarkable season. With host Ryan Seacrest and judge Randy Jackson back, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, American Idol returns with a two-night event at the extraordinary talent of the nation Wednesday, January 18 8/7c and Thursday 19 January 8/7 c. The hearings will continue with a special range of prime transmission AMERICAN IDOL Sunday, January 22 (10.00 to 11.00 clock ET / PT 7.00 ea 20.00 clock), after the NFC Championship game on FOX.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The show&#8217;s judges &#8211; Jackson, Lopez and Tyler &#8211; went to Savannah, Aspen, Galveston, Texas, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego and St. Louis in search of candidates with the talent and potential that the next American Idol. Hearings continue on Wednesday, January 25 8/7c and Thursday, January 26 8/7c, Wednesday, February 1 8/7c and 8/7c Thursday, February 2 and Wednesday, February 8 8/7c on FOX.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The candidates who impress the judges travel to Hollywood for the last test in Rounds &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; aired Thursday, February 9th 8/7c, Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 8/7c is taken Feb. 8 / 7c.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, February 22 8/7c, those who have to do with Hollywood, take the &#8220;Performance Challenge&#8221;, where the jury one last time before the best male and female semi-finalists top reveals Thursday, February 23, 8/7 c.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The judges have their say after every performance, but the spectators, who have decided to promote themselves in the next round of the competition and go home. In step 400 episode that aired on a special evening, Tuesday, February 28 8/7c, take the first set of semi-finalists on stage to sing for American votes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The following evening, Wednesday, February 29 8/7c, and the remaining semi-finalists will perform. The competition takes a turn for the results in real time intensive two-hour show on Thursday, March 1st 8/7c vote shows how America&#8217;s first group of finalists, then the remainder of the last chance for the judges, the game in 2012 completed the finalists of American Idol with their wild card picks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The following week, the competition heats up when the finalists on stage Wednesday, March 7 8/7c. A finalist in the Travel America reveals the voice, Thursday, March 8th 8/7c.</p>
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		<title>The voice 2012 : Part 4 Blind Auditions Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Voice 2012 The voice continued to train their teams in 2012 to 12 and the closer they come to build on that magic number, the more they get fussy. So, of course, we have seen many great artists who during this week&#8217;s episode brought a blind audition. Before entering the slum, we talked briefly [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The voice continued to train their teams in 2012 to 12 and the closer they come to build on that magic number, the more they get fussy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, of course, we have seen many great artists who during this week&#8217;s episode brought a blind audition. Before entering the slum, we talked briefly about what so many artists today. Along the lines of: American Idol, X Factor and sound, we heard strange voices of women with this gadget.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once unique and interesting. Now he just made a kind of forced and tips are annoying. I often find myself asking, &#8220;not just someone who is more used to sing?&#8221; Do not know what that means? It&#8217;s a bit like Florence and the Machine mixed with Zooey Deschanel. I&#8217;m not saying it was a bad voice, it&#8217;s just so unnatural and excessive hours.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Along the way &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Soloist</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jonathan. These people have the girls in the audience goes wild. This type of show would lose its uniqueness if the public reacts to the appearance of the players. I think people were a bit &#8216;flat, but Christina and Cee Lo loves her enough to fight for him. Xtina at the end of the recovery team.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Monique Benabou. He has a great sound and very consistent. This is not my favorite or anything, but demanded Christina loves her enough to change, so I thought I should mention here. Now the team is Christina.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Naia Kete. This is one sound that I mentioned. He has a beautiful voice and it is certainly interesting. Blake and Cee Lo is the choice of a team and go with Blake.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Charlotte Sometimes. Is it true? Charlotte also has a thing going on here, sounds of nature. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I was very impressed with this phenomenon disturbed. Maybe I&#8217;m just crazy. The coaches all love and he took Blake. It is on a roll.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tony Vincent. It&#8217;s a little showtune-y, but not a bad thing. He has great strength in his voice, which can control a live audience. Thus, with proper guidance, could become a significant competitor. Cee Lo decided to give his skills as a coach.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jamie Lono. This is probably my favorite singer of the people of the night. His voice is unique, yet natural and strong, but flexible. Adam and Cee Lo and turn around and pick the team Cee Lo.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mathai. FINALLY. A woman with a unique sound that seems forced or not the gadget. It sounds like no other. It is credible and easy to hear. And his confidence is stronger than his voice. Go with a team of Adam.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is supposed</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ducky. I can not bear to see, but I liked his energy and sound. I think it&#8217;s unique, that&#8217;s what coaches are looking for, but never returned. I think they have lost.</p>
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		<title>Introducing the Voice-alyzer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wake up after a long night and see you called a bunch of exes but don&#8217;t remember what you said? We&#8217;re sure you haven&#8217;t, but, well, we&#8217;ve heard it happens. Quite a bit. That’s why we’re excited to announce that today we’re launching the Voice-alyzer setting to hopefully prevent this from ever happening again. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Ever wake up after a long night and see you called a bunch of exes but don&#8217;t remember what you said? We&#8217;re sure you haven&#8217;t, but, well, we&#8217;ve heard it happens. Quite a bit. That’s why we’re excited to announce that today we’re launching the Voice-alyzer setting to hopefully prevent this from ever happening again.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The next time you know an eventful night is in store, head to the Calls tab in Google Voice Settings. Check the <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/port-your-existing-mobile-number-to-google-voice/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>“Enable Voice-alyzer”</em></span> </a>box, and set the hour that you want the feature to go into effect.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NL_CqfDKiZc/TZT-n5K1I0I/AAAAAAAAAjU/gtxn3FMofsc/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-03-31%2Bat%2B9.26.21%2BAM.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590372998788227906" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NL_CqfDKiZc/TZT-n5K1I0I/AAAAAAAAAjU/gtxn3FMofsc/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-03-31%2Bat%2B9.26.21%2BAM.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With Voice-alyzer enabled, our IVR will prompt you to spell everyday words with your keypad, like “embarrassed”, ”dizzy” or ”Czechoslovakia”, before we connect your call.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If the Voice-alyzer determines that you are not in a fit state to be having a conversation, it will prevent the call from connecting and send you a text message with contact info for 3 local cab companies instead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Concerned about sending poorly thought out texts? Don’t be, we’ve got you covered there as well. All text messages sent while Voice-alyzer is enabled are scanned for accuracy and held in your outbox if fat-fingered words or more than 2 exclamation points or question marks are detected. This new feature will be rolling out gradually to all Google Voice users over the next 24 hours.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/free-calls-home-from-gmail-for-all-u-s-service-members/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>We hope that you find it to be helpful,</em></span></a> and as always, recommend dialing responsibly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted by :Tina Donaldson, Anti-Embarrassment Enforcement Officer</p>
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		<title>Google Voice turns 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fans Worth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since our first birthday, we’ve been working hard to bring new features to Google Voice and make it available to as many users in as many places and on as many devices as possible. As we mark this milestone, we want to thank all of our users in the Google Voice community. All of your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Since our first birthday, we’ve been working hard to bring new features to Google Voice and make it available to as many users in as many places and on as many devices as possible.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As we mark this milestone, we want to thank all of our users in the Google Voice community. All of your support, feedback and stories have helped us improve the Google Voice experience.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We’ve seen the product evolve significantly over the last two years. In the last year alone, Google Voice went out of invite-only mode and became <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/free-calls-home-from-gmail-for-all-u-s-service-members/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>available to all US users</em></span></a>, we brought calling to Gmail, <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/google-voice-is-now-truly-mobile/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>launched apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad</em></span></a>, and made it possible to get the full set of <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/port-your-existing-mobile-number-to-google-voice/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Google Voice features on your existing mobile number</em></span> </a>by porting it to Google Voice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ybaHY3AC7F8/TXp0rNVDhEI/AAAAAAAAAig/Mk1tsRxq3uM/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-03-08%2Bat%2B11.10.51%2BAM.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582902973740319810" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ybaHY3AC7F8/TXp0rNVDhEI/AAAAAAAAAig/Mk1tsRxq3uM/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-03-08%2Bat%2B11.10.51%2BAM.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We’ve got a bunch of new features and updates in the works and are working hard to bring Google Voice to even more users in 2011. Thanks to our users again for all of the support!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted by Vincent Paquet, Google Voice Product Manager</p>
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		<title>Google Voice &amp; the Snowpocalypse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fans Worth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Google Voice blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Voice & the Snowpocalypse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re often inspired by the creative and interesting ways that individuals and organizations use Google Voice, so we thought it was time to start sharing some of their stories. In the first of what we hope to be an ongoing series of interviews, we chatted with Todd Stanfield, an Associate Professor from Jackson, TN, who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">We’re often inspired by the <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/make-multiple-calls-in-gmail/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>creative and interesting</em></span></a> ways that individuals and <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/port-your-existing-mobile-number-to-google-voice/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>organizations use Google Voice</em></span></a>, so we thought it was time to start sharing some of their stories. In the first of what we hope to be an ongoing series of interviews, we chatted with Todd Stanfield, an Associate Professor from Jackson, TN, who used Google Voice to communicate with his students during the snowpocalypse of 2011.</p>
<p>1. Tell us a little bit about you.<br />
I am Todd Stanfield, PhD. I am an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Union University in Jackson, TN. I teach both undergraduate and graduate social work students.</p>
<p>2. How are you using Google Voice?<br />
I collect phone numbers from students via a Google Docs form, then I text them via Google Voice to let them know when class is cancelled. Google Voice makes it possible to reach them instantly via their phones (which they always have with them) in addition to their email (which they may only check when at a desktop).</p>
<p>Some of them don&#8217;t have smart phones, so getting the text message in addition to an email means the difference between finding out about class being canceled during a 2 hour drive vs. arriving at campus only to find out class has been canceled.</p>
<p>I also have them respond with an SMS confirming they got it so I can quickly mark off everyone who has responded, and I have a record that they did so.</p>
<p>3. Sounds effective. How else has Google Voice helped you out?<br />
I also use Google Voice as a second voicemail service that puts a layer of protection between my personal cell phone and my students. They call my Google Voice number, I get a transcript of their message via SMS and email, then I decide whether I need to respond right then. Helps me set boundaries between my personal and professional time.</p>
<p>If you or someone you know is using Google Voice in a unique way, we’d love to hear about it! Fill out this short form and your story may get featured on the <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Google Voice blog</strong></em></span></a>.</p>
<p>Posted by Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager</p>
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		<title>I just called (with Google Voice) to say I love you</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fans Worth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roses are so 2010. Whether you see your special someone every day or you’re in a long distance relationship, Google Voice gives you a bunch of one-of-a-kind ways to let your sweetheart know that you’re thinking about them on Valentine’s Day. Record a love song, poem, or extra special message as your custom voicemail greeting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Roses are so 2010. Whether you see your special someone every day or you’re in a long distance relationship, <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/what-is-google-voice/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><em>Google Voice gives</em></strong></span> </a>you a bunch of one-of-a-kind ways to let your sweetheart know that you’re thinking about them on Valentine’s Day.</p>
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<li>Record a love song, poem, or extra special message as your custom voicemail greeting that only they can hear.</li>
<li>Stay in touch with your other half with free calls within the U.S. and to Canada with Google Voice (or calling in Gmail).</li>
<li>Connect across continents with some of the lowest international calling rates around.</li>
<li>Send free text messages throughout the day from your desk or <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/google-voice-mobile-app-for-blackberry-and-android/" target="_blank">mobile app.</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Happy Valentine’s Day from Google Voice!</p></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.elggvoices.com/google-has-done-it-again-the-google-voice-local-search/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Google Voice is available in the U.S. only.</em></span></a></div>
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<div>Posted by : Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager</div>
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		<title>Port your existing mobile number to Google Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fans Worth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Port your existing mobile number]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[867-5309 could be one of the most iconic phone numbers of all time, but it’s not the only number that a lot of us remember by heart. Many of us have a phone number that we&#8217;ve shared with family, friends, and contacts over the years and are reluctant to let go. One of the most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">867-5309 could be one of the most iconic phone numbers of all time, but it’s not the only number that a lot of us remember by heart. Many of us have a phone number that we&#8217;ve shared with family, friends, and contacts over the years and are reluctant to let go.</p>
<p>One of the most frequent requests we hear from people who use (or want to use) Google Voice is that they’d like to get all of <a href="http://www.elggvoices.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><strong>Google Voice’s features</strong></em></span></a> without having to give up their long-time phone numbers.</p>
<p>Today, we’re excited to announce that Number Porting is available for all existing Google Voice users. This means you can make the mobile number you’ve always used your Google Voice number, so it can ring any phone you want—or even your computer.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To get started with Number Porting, log in to your Google Voice account, visit the Settings page and click on “Change / Port” next to your Google Voice number.</p>
<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3HxtsTDYQZA/TT72jmtoiRI/AAAAAAAAAgI/dgFPmGfdmVk/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-01-21%2Bat%2B1.23.09%2BPM.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566157281024313618" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3HxtsTDYQZA/TT72jmtoiRI/AAAAAAAAAgI/dgFPmGfdmVk/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-01-21%2Bat%2B1.23.09%2BPM.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Porting your number to Google Voice costs $20 and is usually completed within 24 hours. You may incur additional charges, including early termination fees, from your wireless carrier. Contact your carrier to get more details about the charges applicable to you.</p>
<p>After porting your number to Google Voice your mobile service plan will be cancelled, and there are a couple of steps that you’ll have to take to continue making and receiving calls on your mobile device. For more detailed instructions on how Number Porting works and to find tips for making the process as smooth as possible, visit the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=1065667">Google Voice Help Center</a>.</p>
<p>Number Porting is currently available for existing Google Voice users and will become available to new users within the next few weeks, and at this time, Google Voice is available in the U.S. only</p>
<p>Posted by Robert Dong, Software Engineer</p>
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