<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511680747896899560</id><updated>2009-10-09T12:39:47.815-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Erin Sparks Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7511680747896899560/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.erinsparks.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.erinsparks.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>Erin Sparks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10247168191871167843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511680747896899560.post-5626002102955598907</id><published>2009-04-12T13:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T10:15:17.126-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='search engine optimization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Launching my SEO / SEM Blog</title><content type='html'>Well, it's been a long time coming.  Finally deciding to write a blog came in light of my new R &amp;amp; D of SEO and SEM.  I finally reluctantly admit that blogs are actually quite useful in organic linking and content relationship building.  I will be reviewing organic site content development for use in search engine optimization, as well as exploring the uses of all external variables that enhance and compliment the on-page optimization that I have been performing for years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry to be a stick in the mud on the use of external content.  Time to get it into gear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7511680747896899560-5626002102955598907?l=www.erinsparks.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7511680747896899560/5626002102955598907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.erinsparks.com/2009/04/launching-by-seo-blog.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7511680747896899560/posts/default/5626002102955598907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7511680747896899560/posts/default/5626002102955598907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.erinsparks.com/2009/04/launching-by-seo-blog.html' title='Launching my SEO / SEM Blog'/><author><name>Erin Sparks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10247168191871167843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10147675020453785030'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry></feed>