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	<title>Web Matters Christchurch Website Designers &#187; Web Stuff</title>
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		<title>Great Social Networking Explanation from Commoncraft</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/08/great-social-networking-explanation-from-commoncraft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great video introduction to how social networking works online and the advantages over real world social networking from the people at Commoncraft.


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		<title>Kiwis lead the world online &#8211; 10 Aug 2008 &#8211; Web 2.0 news &#8211; NZ Herald</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiwis lead the world online &#8211; 10 Aug 2008 &#8211; Web 2.0 news &#8211; NZ Herald.
An interesting article on New Zealanders&#8217; internet usage.

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		<title>A List Apart: Survey for people who make websites</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/a-list-apart-the-survey-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/a-list-apart-the-survey-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>

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I&#8217;ve just completed the survey at A List Apart. Last year&#8217;s results made interesting reading &#8211; see my post on it.
 

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		<title>Cuil search engine, not so cool for me</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/cuil-search-engine-not-so-cool-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cuil is the latest search engine to take on Google (launched 28 July 08).  It&#8217;s a start-up with some ex-Google engineers as its founders. The name Cuil is pronounced &#8216;cool&#8217;. But it&#8217;s not so cool for Web Matters as the site is not in Cuil&#8217;s big index &#8211; and to request your website to [...]


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		<title>Website Planning Tip &#8211; Creating Online Personas</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/website-planning-tip-online-personas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/website-planning-tip-online-personas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webmatters.co.nz/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before you develop your website, here&#8217;s a handy tip for you. Write up some website persona&#8217;s. Persona&#8217;s are fictional web users that will interact with your website &#8211; for example &#8220;Jane, lawyer, single, 29, loves all things fashion but especially designer handbags&#8221;.  Persona&#8217;s can help you work out who your target audience is, why they [...]


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		<title>How to make them click!</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/how-to-make-them-click/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/how-to-make-them-click/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why people click on specific pages or calls to action on your website?
Well, just like in the off-line world, people surfing the web are drawn to other people, to beauty, cuteness, happiness and empowering images. They want to make money, save money, be informed and be entertained.
People relate to other people &#8211; yet [...]


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		<title>Tips on Working with a Web Developer</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/tips-on-working-with-a-web-developer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/07/tips-on-working-with-a-web-developer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 Be very detailed about your goals and functionality requirements and make sure the developer fully understands your expectations
 Got a really novel idea for a new online business? Ask your developer to sign a confidentiality agreement
 Do your homework on the developer, look at the sites in their portfolio, ring some of their clients
 [...]


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		<title>Search the Web and save the Planet</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/05/search-the-web-and-save-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/05/search-the-web-and-save-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just discovered ecocho, a (relatively) new search engine that is powered by Yahoo Search. It&#8217;s a little different from your regular search engine though, as for every 1,000 searches run on the site two trees will be planted as a carbon offset. That&#8217;s pretty neat.  I also like the fact that you can [...]


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		<title>Your WordPress blog on a PDA or Iphone</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/04/your-wordpress-blog-on-a-pda-or-iphone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/04/your-wordpress-blog-on-a-pda-or-iphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, I&#8217;d never been that concerned with what my website or blog looks like on a PDA. But now I am the happy owner of a Windows Mobile Device, so I had to check my site out. The site displayed all of the graphics but there was a lot of scrolling required to read [...]


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		<title>Web Trend Map AO Poster Arrives!</title>
		<link>http://www.webmatters.co.nz/2008/03/web-trend-map-ao-poster-arrives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today my web trend map arrived from Information Architects in Japan. The map is stunning and will be a great piece of web memorabilia in a few years time. It is now taking pride of place on my office wall.
And as I am a big fan of Wordpress&#8230;. I thought I&#8217;d take a close up [...]


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