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	<title>Demerzel's Blog - Intellectual Analysis on China, SEO, Analytics, and the Web &#187; internet</title>
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	<description>Independent and intellectual thoughts ranging from China, SEO, and other international topics</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2008 Google China&#8217;s Top Ten</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/12/14/google-china-top-ten-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/12/14/google-china-top-ten-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In what is a yearly tradition now, the major search engines have released their top ten lists of searches, with some interesting ones coming from Google China. Now, keep in mind that the list below are from more educated and English-speaking China searchers (not counting the fact that most Chinese people use Baidu), but nonetheless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feel What It&#8217;s Like to Surf the Web in China</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/29/china-web-surfing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/29/china-web-surfing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Slashdot humor:
&#8220;From the Download.com article: &#8220;It slows down your browsing. It makes some Web sites inaccessible for no discernible reason. It doesn&#8217;t even offer you any xiao long bao or pu&#8217;er tea for your troubles. But if you want to know what life behind the Great Firewall of China is like, then the Firefox plug-in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEOmoz&#8217;s China Internet Population Article Missing Points</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/01/china-internet-population-article/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/10/01/china-internet-population-article/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ SEOmoz&#8217;s article by shor provides a nicely laid-out way to understand the potential for China&#8217;s Internet population, however, it misses the point completely for today&#8217;s entrepreneurs (future-wise, learn Chinese and 好好学习!).
As the article stated, recently the number of Chinese online has surpassed the number in the US, making China the country with the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Google Messes Up</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/28/even-google-messes-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/28/even-google-messes-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Note: been having my own problems with links within my blog leading to these "blocks" not sure why yet.]
asdf
Hosting a website, nay, a secure website is not the easiest thing to keep up-to-date. I work with a variety of Google products everyday and sometimes I will need to use another computer that will not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good NBC Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/20/nbc-coverage-2008-beijing-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/20/nbc-coverage-2008-beijing-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beijing]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked briefly before about how NBC&#8217;s coverage of the opening ceremonies was done very badly with cutting to commercials and by trying to limit worldwide Internet coverage before NBC would show it within the US. However, the coverage of the competition during the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been very well laid covered and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Online Market of China</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/14/understanding-online-china-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/14/understanding-online-china-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chinese market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TrendsSpotting has a very nice PowerPoint presentation of the online market of China. It is rather introductory, but if you are just starting to get into the Chinese online market, has some very pertinent information to see:
Handbook of Online China


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		<title>Google China Launches MP3 Music Search and Adopts Hated Regional Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/06/google-china-music-mp3-search/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/08/06/google-china-music-mp3-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google China has finally launched its localization initiative in China against Baidu by launching its own mp3 music search and mimicking Baidu&#8217;s successful mp3 search, first found through Music 2.0 and later noted through Search Engine Land. Music 2.0 has the basic scoop:
[T]he much talked about Google MP3 Search service is here at www.google.cn/music [a]nd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Liberalization or Economic Stabilization?</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/31/economic-liberalization-or-economic-stabilization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/31/economic-liberalization-or-economic-stabilization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/?p=348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have always been a strong believer in neo-liberalism and a strong proponent that global trade will democratize a country over time as the country&#8217;s citizens will eventually clamor for more political freedom in order to expand their economic freedom. We have seen this already happen in a variety of places around the world, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why China Avoids Microsoft Products</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/05/06/why-china-avoids-microsoft-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/05/06/why-china-avoids-microsoft-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 05:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[IGnatius T Foobar writes on Slashdot:
&#8220;Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that &#8220;may have been used in crimes.&#8221; It basically bypasses all of the Windows security (decrypting passwords, etc.) in order to eliminate all that pesky privacy when the police have physical access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and the Tech World</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/18/china-tech-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/18/china-tech-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s prominence is rising in the high-tech world on a variety of fronts as China&#8217;s Alibaba.com has enjoyed a massive 340 percent gain in net profit tied to China&#8217;s fast-growing economy. The number of unique visitors (as of October 2007) is second only to the US (yes, China&#8217;s large population has helped), however, their presence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Understanding the Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/18/free-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/18/free-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the brightest people can come off as completely clueless and say the strangest things. This week&#8217;s winner goes to Aaron Wall at SEOBook about how a company could try to make money by limiting the number of people who can freely see buzz-worthy items, and then later charge people for it.
I predict that if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Technology Will Open Up China</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/11/satellite-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/11/satellite-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened upon a podcast interview over at Thomas Crampton&#8217;s blog of  Duncan Hewitt, veteran China correspondent and best-selling author of Getting Rich First, who thinks that money and angry people will play a growing role in the battle against China’s Great Firewall. Though I agree with his commentary, I think the biggest thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Happening</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/09/not-happening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/03/09/not-happening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hah! Good luck on achieving this.
The future of the net will stay open, will stay independent, and will stay around the interactiveness and interoperability of people all around the world. Sure there will be forces trying to undermine it or take advantage of a variety of idiots out there, but there will always be places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeconomics</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/27/freeconomics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/27/freeconomics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand the future of the Internet, definitely read this article at Wired on freeconomics.
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		<title>What The Next Generation Will Have To Listen To</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/when-i-was-your-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/when-i-was-your-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a list of annoyances future kids of mine would have to listen to on the &#8220;When I was you&#8217;re age&#8230;:&#8221;

 &#8230; I had to lug a 20 pound computer to my friend&#8217;s house with other friend, get a router, get cords/wires, make sure we didn&#8217;t blow out the electricity, just to play games against each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/google-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/google-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/13/google-internet/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything I learned about Google and the Internet, oh wait, Google is wanting to be the Internet&#8230;:
Breaking Down Their “Tools”, and Their Purpose

E-Commerce

Google Checkout - There is no business that makes money like the money business. Stepping into Paypal’s shoes, this service is not massive…yet. I have an odd feeling the plans for this are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Economics</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/05/internet-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/05/internet-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the following article by Kevin Kelly titled &#8220;Better Than Free&#8221; is a great article about Internet Economics and is in my view lays out perfectly the points on how the Internet is changing how content (really any type from written to music) is perceived&#8211;from cost-based to free except in the unique areas.
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		<title>WTO Rules Against United States</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/27/wto-rules-against-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/27/wto-rules-against-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/27/wto-rules-against-united-states/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the economics / international affairs elite, this is a rather big news story in my opinion. The WTO, actually ruled against the US (a primary sponsor / benefactor of and for the WTO) and for Antigua plus some other Caribbean countries over the United States&#8217;s illegal banning of online banning. As a result:
 			The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast Sued Over P2P Blocking</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/14/comcast-sued-over-p2p-blocking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/14/comcast-sued-over-p2p-blocking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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 			CRISTAROL writes &#8220;Comcast has been sued by a California resident for  blocking BitTorrent and other traffic. &#8216;John Hart describes himself as a Comcast customer who has seen performance hits when using &#8220;Blocked Applications&#8221; targeted by Comcast&#8217;s traffic management application, Sandvine. In his complaint, Hart says that Comcast severely limits &#8220;the speed of [...]]]></description>
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