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	<title>Internet Marketing Blog Australia - First Rate &#187; Search Engine Optimisation</title>
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		<title>Common SEO Issues: Canonicalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Canonicalization has always been an issue for SEOs. Years ago Google was notoriously bad at working out some pretty basic issues, but these days it’s not too bad with the simple issues, and provides easy tools to help sort them. Gone at the days when site.com, www.site.com, www.site.com/index.php etc were the biggest canonicalization problems. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SEO eCommerce Checklist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Our consulting team is often asked about what areas should be focused on when thinking about search for purchase driven or etail sites, as in today’s retail market companies really need to gain that competitive advantage. So, we’ve compiled this checklist as a foundation for what we like to call a ‘search friendly’ site.
The ultimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Case Studies: Search Optimisation for Bookabin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Hartford Technologies is a global specialist in online booking of refuse disposal services. Its online booking engine offers consumers value for money by offering the lowest available price for refuse disposal services.
First Rate was contracted by Hartford to assist with increasing website visitors and online sales in key markets, including the USA where they operate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IAB Award Winning Case Study: Focus Property</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oakley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download our award winning case study
The Power of Longtail: Focus Property


First Rate increases leading brand&#8217;s search engine rankings, powering their online business so that they rank above their competitors.
We have 30 consultants across Sydney, Perth and Auckland managing over 100 Google Adword Campaigns and generating over 1 million clicks a month and are proudly Google Analytics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Rate Wins IAB Award for Organic Search (SEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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First Rate has taken the top prize for the IAB Australia Awards 2011, in the Organic Search (SEO) category for our client Focus Property.
The awards were held last night in Sydney and we&#8217;re all stoked to have claimed the top prize amongst a high calibre of entrants. Judges commented that our entry was
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