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		<title>Filtering out AI</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/06/08/filtering-out-ai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How good is your website?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is your website performing for you the way it should? Have you checked your SEO, performance, accessibility, usability, and AI-search-readiness (AIEO or GEO) recently? Do you know what is a good score for each of these metrics? A score between 0 and 49 is poor and needs addressing urgently. A score between 50 and 89 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When marketing goes wrong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We live in a global context. So when you&#8217;re creating a marketing campaign, you need to think about its implications across many cultures, especially in Canada, whose culture was famously described as a mosaic, not a melting-pot. And things can change as a result of world affairs. In this post, I will explore some recent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Descriptive links</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/03/31/descriptive-links/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re linking to another website or creating a call to action, it is always a good idea to make the label for the link or button describe what will happen when a visitor clicks on it. If a link is labelled &#8220;click here&#8221;, &#8220;here&#8221;, &#8220;read more&#8221;, or &#8220;more information&#8221;, the visitor has to hover [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Introducing our services</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mobile-first design</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you checked what your website looks like on a smart phone? Or a tablet? More than 60% of visitors to your website will be viewing it on a mobile phone, so it is important to make sure that it&#160;looks great on a mobile device. Configuring your website to display on mobile, desktop, and tablet [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to spot AI-generated content</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once you’ve read about a dozen AI-generated articles, you start to recognize ChatGPT’s style. Today I saw two articles on Facebook, one that seemed to be pure glurge (emotion-provoking content that was probably not true, or a distortion of the truth), and another that was true but exaggerated (for the sake of engagement, I assume). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>WordPress vs Google Sites</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/01/05/google-sites/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comparing the features of WordPress and Google Sites. Which is best for your business?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 ways I can enhance your website</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/12/15/5-ways-i-can-enhance-your-website/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many things to consider when you're building a website. As a small to medium-sized business with many claims on your time, do you have time to think about all of these?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alternative Text for Images</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/12/10/alternative-text-for-images/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the key components of accessibility is providing alt text for images, especially if the images contain text.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mega Menus vs Drop-downs</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/12/03/mega-menus-vs-drop-downs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A mega menu is a wide menu with multiple columns of sub-pages. A drop-down is a narrow menu with a single column. Which is the best choice?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Introducing Expert Guides</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/11/19/introducing-expert-guides/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to present our freshly updated and redesigned expert guides, which are free to download from our expert guides page. If you find them useful, you might want to consider booking our training courses, which explore the material in more depth.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Favicons and Logos</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/11/05/favicons-and-logos/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your logo tells a story about your business in a single graphic. The colours, fonts, and symbols that you choose express your values in a concise way. If your logo is truly distinctive and your brand is very well-known, it may be recognizable on its own without your company name. How many of these logos [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WordPress vs SquareSpace</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/11/03/wordpress-vs-squarespace/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When building a website, or commissioning us to build you a website, you might be wondering which is the best tool for the job. WordPress and SquareSpace are very different tools, and each has advantages and disadvantages. WordPress Advantages Disadvantages SquareSpace Advantages Disadvantages Let us build it for you We can create a new website [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Understanding Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/09/24/understanding-geo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new web metric has emerged: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), or AI Engine Optimization (AEO).

In some ways, your GEO strategy can build on your SEO strategy, because some of the techniques are the same; but there are also some differences: SEO focuses on keywords, titles, and accessibility, whereas GEO looks at how connected your page is to other similar sources of information.]]></description>
		
		
		
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