A few days ago, I was looking at the website of a small company in this area.  The design was so-so, but it was painful to read. At first I thought it was just not well-written, but then it struck me that this site had been SEO'd to death.

Search engine rankings are important to most businesses for a number of reasons, and that importance has given rise to an entire process and methodology known as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  It's the process of engineering your website (in particular, the text contained in it) to get the best possible ranking for specific search terms and "key words".

But if overdone, it can drive away traffic instead of generating it.

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On Wednesday, January 20, 2010, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer spoke to the Nashville Technology Council's annual Membership Breakfast.  A record crowd was packed into the room with great anticipation for his first visit to Nashville in almost 40 years, but many, including myself, left very disappointed.

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