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		<title>Building a High Traffic Web Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to realize that there&#8217;s not a lot of tricks to building a sticky website. I&#8217;m constantly scouring the internet for the best tips on attracting more visitors to my website, yet time and time again I find the same advice that can be summed up in three words. Create quality content. It&#8217;s not [...]


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		<title>Article Marketing with Free Directories</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/article-marketing-with-content-directories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular tips you&#8217;ll find out there for growing your website traffic is to write articles with your website link in the author byline. Not only will this grow your backlinks and get you some decent targeted traffic, but there&#8217;s the possibility of other webmasters republishing your content as well. Chances are [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.opensourcehack.com/cms/article-friendly/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Article Friendly'>Article Friendly</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/blog-marketing-with-press-releases/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Blog Marketing with Press Releases'>Blog Marketing with Press Releases</a></li>
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		<title>AWeber Email Marketing Software</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/aweber-email-marketing-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/aweber-email-marketing-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an open source newsletter manager called PhpList before I ever tried it. My post mentioned the industry standard of AWeber and the giant underdog that is PhpList. I just want to say that I understand now. After spending a little time with PhpList and a lot of [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.opensourcehack.com/social-networking/elgg/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Elgg Social Networking Software'>Elgg Social Networking Software</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.opensourcehack.com/cms/dolphin-social-dating-software/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dolphin Social Dating Software'>Dolphin Social Dating Software</a></li>
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		<title>Blog Traffic Building with Trackbacks</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/blog-traffic-building-with-trackbacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/blog-traffic-building-with-trackbacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Steps to Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog traffic tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my ongoing quest to attract more visitors by trying out new traffic generating ideas, I came across an informative post with a great video about using trackbacks. I&#8217;ve been playing around with WordPress for quite awhile now and I have to admit I never understood what trackbacks even were and why people bothered. The [...]


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		<title>Blog Marketing with Press Releases</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/blog-marketing-with-press-releases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/blog-marketing-with-press-releases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A press release is an announcement of something considered newsworthy by the submitter in hopes if it getting picked up by the media. If you&#8217;ve ever come across all those lists out there for best website traffic building ideas, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen press releases mentioned in most of them. I was always under the [...]


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		<title>Free Website Traffic with Blog Carnivals</title>
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		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/free-website-traffic-with-blog-carnivals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While searching for new ideas on how to attract more visitors, I came across something called a blog carnival, yet I still am no exactly sure how it works. Despite my inability to wrap my head around the concept, I found a number of articles where people raved about how successful they are at bringing [...]


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		<title>Building Backlinks with Blog Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/how-to/building-backlinks-with-blog-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/how-to/building-backlinks-with-blog-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often read that by commenting on other blogs you can build backlinks for your site which pushes you higher in search engine rankings. The three recurring tips I&#8217;ve come across make it absolutely clear that these are tried and true steps one should follow in order to achieve the greatest possibility of comment backlink [...]


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		<title>Changing WP Blog to Thesis Thesis</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/blogs/changing-wp-blog-to-thesis-theme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/blogs/changing-wp-blog-to-thesis-theme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I changed the theme here to the popular Thesis Theme by Chris Pearson. It&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve gone the premium theme route. Even though I know my way around WordPress pretty well, I&#8217;m still not a programmer. I don&#8217;t want to spend a year adding content to my blog [...]


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		<title>Strongest Links</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/strongest-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Steps to Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adding to directories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a directory of directories called The Strongest Links that lists each sites Alexa rank, page rank, and accepted submission type (free of paid) offered. There&#8217;s also an &#8220;Info&#8221; link next to each listing where you can view the Alexa traffic chart for the specific directory and read more about the submission process. The [...]


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		<title>John Chow</title>
		<link>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/john-chow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opensourcehack.com/steps-to-success/john-chow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Steps to Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging for a Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Rowse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Making Money Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yaro Starak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part of my focus on this site is to take the trial and error approach to building a successful website based on the advice of others. I figure there&#8217;s no better way to accomplish this by &#8220;standing on the shoulders of giants&#8221; so to say. I&#8217;ve become familiar with Darren Rowse, Yaro Starak, ShoeMoney and [...]


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