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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Google</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views from a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web 2.0</description>
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		<title>Must Read: Google Robots.txt Parsing Weirdness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google search bot (Googlebot) parses robots.txt file to find excluded sections of the site like any good webbots. However unlike the other bots, Google bot behaves differently when you have a section for all bots (*) as well as a section specifically for Googlebot.
Let&#8217;s say you have a section in robots.txt for all bots beginning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/must-read-google-robotstxt-parsing-weirdness/</link>
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		<title>Warning: XML SiteMap Generator Plugin for WordPress May Report Fewer URL&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arne Brachold&#8217;s popular XML Sitemap generator plugin for WordPress may report fewer URL than that exists on your website. This in turn means less URL&#8217;s which you are submitting to search engines for indexing. 
I found out that in my case 25% of the actual number of url&#8217;s (posts) were being reported. I haven&#8217;t investigated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/warning-xml-sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress-may-report-fewer-urls/</link>
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		<title>How To Report Spam From GMail Account</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you believe if I said that GMail does not provide an email address to report spam? After some investigation I found how you can report GMail spam to Google.
You have received spam from GMail user in your GMail account
This one is simple to address. Check the message in your GMail Inbox and click on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-report-spam-from-gmail-account/</link>
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		<title>How To Display &#038; Share Google Analytics Statistics (Web &#038; RSS Feed)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gadging.com is a new (free) service which allows you to share your Google Analytics statistics with the world of just for your tools or application, get it as RSS feed for displaying on your blog, compare how your site ranks with others and more. And it takes less than a minute to configure.
Benefits of joining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-display-share-google-analytics-statistics-web-rss-feed/</link>
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		<title>Guide: How To Recover Google AdSense Password</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recovering Google AdSense password is now relatively easy because of its recent integration with Google Account. I have provided a step-by-step guide to recover your AdSense password for every situation. Save this page for emergency.
Case 1: You remember your AdSense Login (email address) but forgotten your password
Do you have access to the email address used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/guide-how-to-recover-google-adsense-password/</link>
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		<title>Simple Formulas for Context Sensitive Advertising &#038; PPC Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have commonly heard terms like eCPM, CPM, CTR, Page Impressions, Page Views etc. What do they really mean. How are they related to each other? Let&#8217;s explore these terms and their relations.
Page Views / Page Impressions
 = Number of pages in your site which were viewed by a human visitor. In Google AdSense or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-formulas-for-context-sensitive-advertising-ppc-advertising/</link>
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		<title>Google AdSense Increases Electronic Fund Transfer Facility To 27 Countries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google AdSense now supports automatic Electronic Fund Transfer to local bank accounts in 27 countries. With EFT, your earnings will be directly deposited into your bank account so won&#8217;t need to wait for checks to arrive in the mail and clear at the bank. 
Signing-up for EFT simply just involves entering your bank account information, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-adsense-increases-electronic-fund-transfer-facility-to-27-countries/</link>
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		<title>Google Kills Anti-Scientology Site&#8217;s AdSense Account</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google killed the AdSense account of an anti-scientology site - Enturbulation. Google&#8217;s explanation to Enturbulation was:
&#8220;While going through our records recently, we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers,&#8221; read Google&#8217;s letter to Enturbulation, a kind of home base for the now famous Anonymous movement. &#8220;Since keeping your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-kills-anti-scientology-sites-adsense-account/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Yahoo Merger Finally a Reality?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35. Do the math.
At this point, unless I missing something really big, the merger appears to be a foregone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-yahoo-merger-finally-a-reality/</link>
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		<title>MicroHoo To GooHoo?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pressure of one unholy alliance (Microsoft + Yahoo) may lead to another (Google + Yahoo). According to WSJ:
Yahoo is closer to outsourcing its core ad search business to Google, after favorable testing of Google&#8217;s advertisements on its search pages, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ cited people familiar with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microhoo-to-goohoo/</link>
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