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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<title>Google Amps up the Volume on Social Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again! Google just announced a radical change to search &#8211; splitting up social search results from the global search results in something it&#8217;s calling &#8220;Search, plus Your World.&#8221; Essentially, you now have the option of doing a search and getting results from your friends (especially ones who are active on Google+) or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2600&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Social Media Blackout Day May be in Works as a SOPA Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gloria Rand What would you do with yourself if you couldn&#8217;t log onto Facebook, check into Foursquare or&#8230; perish the thought&#8230; Google anything? You may find out sooner than you think, come Jan. 23 or thereabouts. That&#8217;s the day before the U.S. Senate is scheduled to debate the Stop Anti-Piracy Act (SOPA) bill. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2572&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gloria Rand&#8217;s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011</title>
		<link>http://gloriarand.me/2011/12/31/top-10-posts-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a year 2011 has been. The U.S. economy seems to be improving. Social media continues to thrive as a medium for businesses to connect with their audience. And for me personally, I&#8217;ve been blessed by the fact that my business has grown, and I&#8217;ve added new followers on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2525&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) Can Cripple the Internet &amp; U.S. Business Innovation</title>
		<link>http://gloriarand.me/2011/12/29/stop-online-piracy-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard about Protect-IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently under consideration in Congress? If passed, SOPA will require Web hosting companies like 1&#38;1 and GoDaddy to police websites in order to prevent them from communicating copyrighted information on the internet. GoDaddy initially supported SOPA, then backtracked and came out against [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2513&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter recently updated its design to make it more user friendly. The changes include a new @Connect which shows recent interactions and mentions of your username, and a #Discover button which shows you what&#8217;s trending currently. The other change involves providing keyboard shortcuts, as I demonstrate in this video: Filed under: Social Media, Social Networking, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2496&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why it Pays to Take Risks in Business</title>
		<link>http://gloriarand.me/2011/12/07/take-risks-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gloria Rand My mother used to tell me, “If you want something, get it now, because it may not be there later.” She learned that lesson the hard way. I remember her agonizing over whether to buy a piece of jewelry, but ultimately deciding not to. Then, she’d have a change of heart and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2478&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Thanksgiving Poem</title>
		<link>http://gloriarand.me/2011/11/24/a-thanksgiving-poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Rand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be Thankful Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire, If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations Because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriarand.me&amp;blog=8459154&amp;post=2464&amp;subd=gloriarand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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