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<title>MG Sport Car</title>
<description>MG Sport Car

MG is a British company that was founded in 1924, according to the company itself, although references to MG appeared in an Oxford Newspaper in late 1923. MG originally stood for Morris Garages, which was a dealer of Morris cars in Oxford....</description>
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<pubDate>02nd May 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Web Design Shropshire</title>
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It's a competitive world out there. Keeping up with all the advances in technology is not an easy task. Web Design Shropshire can help. No matter what size your company is, whether you are a tiny one man operation or a major corporation, a website can g...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_49216_4.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd May 2006</pubDate>
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<title>UK Domain Name Alternative</title>
<description>UK Domain Names Alternatives

If you've tried to register a domain name recently, you've noticed; all the really good .com names are gone. Try it. Choose any animal, any generic medication, any sport, any mode of transportation, even emotions or silly n...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_24993_1.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd January 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Choosing a Great UK Domain Name</title>
<description>Choosing a Great UK Domain Name

The first, and most critical, step for registering your domain name is choosing the right one. The perfect domain name is memorable, unique, easy to spell, and will rank high in searches. Here's what to do.

1.	Keep it...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_24992_1.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd January 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Writing Articles to boost your sites traffic</title>
<description>Writing Articles to boost your sites traffic
By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2005

Two important factors that play a part in the rankings algorithm of leading search engines are content and link popularity.  It can be expensive to make changes to ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_5081_3.html</link>
<pubDate>15th August 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Forums</title>
<description>Forums
By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004

Joining on-line forums can help your website in several ways.

Help and Advice
Most forums are friendly places, where you'll find members with expertise, which they are happy to share (free of charge...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_459_3.html</link>
<pubDate>29th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Google Answers</title>
<description>Google Answers
By Clare Lawrence

Google the leading search engine now offers access to a team of experienced web professionals, for a modest fee.

How it works
Simple post your question and a fee and a research will get to work on your chosen subje...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_458_6.html</link>
<pubDate>29th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Directories and Traffic</title>
<description>Directories and Traffic
By Clare Lawrence

Submissions to directories can be an effective method to boost your websites ranking.

Google the leading search engine places significant importance to text links that contain key words (also known as ancha...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_457_5.html</link>
<pubDate>29th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Web Statistics</title>
<description>Web Statistics
By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004

Web statistics are a vital part of promoting your website.

On the Internet it's very easy to spend dollars on advertising and pay per click and be disappointed with the results.

By using web stat...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_456_2.html</link>
<pubDate>29th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Google Adsense</title>
<description> Google Adsense
Clare Lawrence 24th May 2004

Work together with Google and get paid for text adverts on your site.

If you have a website, you can earn extra money by hosting Google adverts, through its Adsense programme.

By pasting a few lines o...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_383_6.html</link>
<pubDate>27th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Google Adwords</title>
<description>Google Adwords
Clare Lawrence 24th May 2004

Buy Text adverts linked to your keywords using Google's Adwords programme.

Unlike many of the leading search engines, Google has kept away from charging web site owners for a listing.  Instead it offers a...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_382_6.html</link>
<pubDate>27th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain Management</title>
<description>Domain Management.

By Clare Lawrence 1st December 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

The way you manage your domain name  
        name could mean the difference between you...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_274_1.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Got a Domain name, but what's next.</title>
<description>Got a Domain name, but what's next.

By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004

Have you got a domain name, but not sure what to do next?  Well read on.

Registering your own domain name is a great start to getting a web presence, but to get established on...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_273_1.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>How to find a web designer</title>
<description>How to find a web designer
By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004


If you're looking for a web designer, then here's some hints and advice.

Which sites have the best ranking in your field?  Pick the top 10 and send them an e-mail asking who they use?...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_269_4.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Web tune up</title>
<description>Web tune up
By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004

Are you dissatisfied with your websites current traffic?  You wont be alone!  In this brief article I give you advice on how to boost your traffic.

Content
A common mistake webmasters make is t...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_268_4.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Website Hospital</title>
<description>Website Hospital
By Clare Lawrence 18th August 2004

Are you disappointed with your website traffic?  Orders are not what you had hoped?  This article suggests ways to improve.

Content
What are the keywords you're targeting? 
i.e. what ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_267_4.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>MS Frontpage</title>
<description>MS Frontpage
By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004

Thinking of designing your own website?, MS Frontpage is a good starting point.
It is widely available, well supported and reasonably priced.

Why MS Frontpage?

If you're familiar with the o...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_266_4.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Your own Ecommerce Website</title>
<description>Your own Ecommerce Website
By Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004

Thinking of setting up your own ecommerce or on-line store?  I set my first site up in July 2002 and this article shares some of my experiences.

Research

Before you start, invest time in...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_265_4.html</link>
<pubDate>20th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Writing Articles</title>
<description>Writing Articles

By Clare Lawrence 15th August 2004

How can I promote my website without paying mega bucks?

I have been writing Internet articles since 2002 and besides being satisfying in itself, it has actually given my sites a great boost.

...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_166_3.html</link>
<pubDate>18th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>On-line Advertising</title>
<description>On-line Advertising
By Clare Lawrence


Looking for ways to give your website a traffic boost?

The web offers a bewildering array of advertising opportunities – looking at the options: -

Pay per click
As the name suggests ads are charged...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_128_3.html</link>
<pubDate>13th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Directories</title>
<description>Directories
By Clare Lawrence

Directories can play an important role in a website promotion program.

Google the leading search directory places considerable importance on links from related themed pages.

Provided a directory is organised so that...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_127_3.html</link>
<pubDate>13th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Creating your own web directory</title>
<description>Creating your own web directory
By Clare Lawrence 16 July 2004

Building your own web directory can be a very rewarding project in its own right.

I spent a lot of time looking for directories for my own use, before I decided to start my own.

I co...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_126_3.html</link>
<pubDate>13th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Joining forums can boost traffic and be fun</title>
<description>Joining forums can boost traffic and be fun

By Clare Lawrence 1st January 2004

Are you looking to boost your websites traffic?  Why not try joining on-line forums.  There are a number of benefits:-
Credibility

Forums are useful pla...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_124_3.html</link>
<pubDate>13th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Dynamic pages and the Search Engines</title>
<description>Dynamic pages and the Search Engines
By Clare Lawrence 
10th March 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Do search engines such as google penalise dynamic pages?  

Dynamic pages are u...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_83_6.html</link>
<pubDate>05th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Which Directories?</title>
<description>Which Directories?
By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004

There are literally 1,000 of directories on the web and new ones pop up every day.

Which ones should I submit to?  Well firstly, provided a directory's pages are indexed by the search engine...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_79_5.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Submission scams</title>
<description>Submission scams
By Clare Lawrence 19th August 2004

Submit your site to 1,000,000 search engines and directories for $19.99.  Sounds too good to be true.  Well it is! 90% of submissions sites are a waste of money.

It's a common fallacy that you nee...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_78_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>7 Steps to success</title>
<description>7 Steps to success
By Clare Lawrence

Every webmaster wants a successful site, if you follow this step by step guide you'll do well.

Step 1
Search engines such as Google return web pages, based on keyword or keyphrase searches.  Your first s...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_77_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Conquering the search engines</title>
<description>Conquering the search engines
By Clare Lawrence 18th August 2004

Search engines can take one of several forms.  Firstly there are the pure search engines such as Google (the leading search engine), which send out spiders or robots to scan web page...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_76_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Want a better website ranking?</title>
<description>Want a better website ranking?
By Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004

Almost everyone wants to improve their rankings in the search engines, also known as Search engine results placement.  How to do it?  The web is full of services offering to submit your we...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_75_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>How to rank well in the search engines</title>
<description>How to rank well in the search engines.
By Clare Lawrence 30th May 2004

I get this question all the time!.

Everyone wants to be listed on the first few pages of the search engines.  
Here is what I tell my customers:-
a)  Firstly do your research...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_74_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Google and its data centres.</title>
<description>Google and its data centres.
By Clare Lawrence 2nd January 2004

Ever wondered how Google manages its 3 billion plus index?  In this article I explain how big G is organised.

Google uses data centres, these spread the workload between more than 10,0...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_73_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Links and link building with Google</title>
<description>Links and link building with Google.  
By Clare Lawrence 1st June 2003.  Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK provider of domain names and web hosting services 

Google is the leading search engine, so having the right strategy ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_72_6.html</link>
<pubDate>04th December 2004</pubDate>
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<title>How best to use Links</title>
<description>How best to use Links
By Clare Lawrence 21st August 2003

Introduction

Google is the world's leading search engine and it measures link popularity as a key component of its ranking algorithm, using what is calls PageRank. 

Read the followi...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_48_6.html</link>
<pubDate>29th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Web Hosting</title>
<description>Web Hosting
By Clare Lawrence

Web host selection is an important step to getting your website on the internet.

There are literally 1,000's of hosting companies around.  What to look for and how much to pay?

Features to look for:

Support&lt;/b...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_46_2.html</link>
<pubDate>29th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Choosing A Domain</title>
<description>Choosing A Domain
Introduction  To Domain Names

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Every domain name comprises two components;
the domain name type or...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_29_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Tips For Choosing A Good Domain Name</title>
<description>Tips For Choosing A Good Domain Name

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Selecting the right domain name for your website is one of more important steps ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_28_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Tips on Domain Name Choice</title>
<description>Tips on Domain Name Choice

By Clare Lawrence 3rd November 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Before buying your domain name, give some thought to the following:-


1)	If possible us...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_27_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain and website tools</title>
<description>Domain and website tools
By Clare Lawrence 29th October 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

I use several tools to monitor the performance of my own websites, by regularly reviewing thei...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_26_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Longest domain name in the UK</title>
<description>Longest domain name in the UK!

By Clare Lawrence of Discount Domains Ltd

A village in Wales with the longest name in Britain has registered the longest domain name in the world. 

The new domain, www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoge...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_24_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>An Alternative to the .COM Domain?</title>
<description>An Alternative to the .COM Domain?

By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd, March 2003

Small countries such as Tonga, Turkmenistan and Niue are offering an alternative to customers that have been squeezed out of the Internet as .com domain...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_23_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain Name Organisations</title>
<description>Domain Name Organisations

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service

The following are some of the important organisations in the domain name industry.

...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_22_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain name growth</title>
<description>Domain name growth 1992 – 2003 March 2003, updated December 2003

By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd

Domain name growth is starting to recover, but we are a long way from the rapid growth we saw in 1998 –2000
I am confident that the m...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_21_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain registries from around the world</title>
<description>Domain registries from around the world.

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Do you sometimes come across exotic looking TLD's? 
Ever wondered wh...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_20_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Good domain names</title>
<description>
Good domain names
By Clare Lawrence 13th September 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK domain registrar

No matter what domain name you buy its unlikely to be worth $ millions straight away, but with some careful though...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_17_1.html</link>
<pubDate>26th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Which top-level domain (TLD) to choose?</title>
<description>Which top-level domain (TLD) to choose?
By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

I am often asked this question. Is it possible that search engines such as googl...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_15_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Web Site Basics</title>
<description>Web Site Basics
By Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004

The web or internet is an exciting place, but can seem very daunting to the novice web designer.  

You want to get a web site up and live, how is it done, and how can it be done cheaply?

Domain Nam...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_13_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>ICANN</title>
<description>ICANN

By Clare Lawrence 12th June 2004

Network solutions used to be the sole organisation responsible for the management of domain name registration.

However in 1998 the US government and other bodies called for the formation on a not-for-...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Domain Names</title>
<description>Domain Names
By Clare Lawrence 11th May 2004

Domain names are relatively straightforward! Or at least that's the theory!!

The domain name is also, but technically not quiet correct, known as the website address.

Using an ISP's domain name can lo...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_10_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Who are Nominet UK?</title>
<description>Who are Nominet UK?

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 

Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.

Nominet UK is the Registry for all domain names ending in .uk. Nominet began registering Domain Nam...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_9_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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<title>Detagged Domains</title>
<description>Detagged Domains

By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service

What is a DETAGGED domain name?  We get asked this question regularly.

Only UK domai...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_6_1.html</link>
<pubDate>24th November 2004</pubDate>
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