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		<title>Thirteen Years of Websnoogie, LLC: Where We Are in 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 20:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Websnoogie at thirteen years, and what 2025 looks like Tami and I founded Websnoogie, LLC on February 21, 2012 out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Thirteen years later we are still here, still independent, and still doing the same four things we started with: web design, web hosting, SEO, and server administration. This is a short update [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Web Design on Customer Trust in Omaha</title>
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		<title>10 Things You Can Do With a Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Increase Your Brand Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What was the Atwood Family History Before the 1800&#x27;s?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've been curious about my surname for years, so I sat down to figure out what is actually known about the Atwood name before the 1800s — and what isn't. Here's the honest version: the etymology is well-documented, but the deeper family lore is mostly a question mark unless you put in the genealogy work [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Learn HTML and CSS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HTML and CSS are the two languages every front-end developer starts with. HTML defines the structure of a page; CSS controls how it looks. You can build a working website with nothing but these two — no frameworks, no build tools, no JavaScript. That makes them the right place to start, and the right place [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build a Website in WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 23:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>20 Things to Do in Omaha If You Are Bored</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live in Lincoln, but Omaha is just up I-80 and it's where my wife and I end up most weekends we're looking for something to do. After years of poking around, here are 20 places I actually recommend when someone tells me they're bored. 1. Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium Consistently ranked among the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Regardless of Your Party, Why You Should Vote</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rod Atwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voting is one of the simpler responsibilities of citizenship, and one of the most often skipped. This post is not about who to vote for. It is about why showing up matters, especially for the races and questions that never make the national news. Why Your Vote Actually Matters Turnout Is Usually Low In most [&#8230;]]]></description>
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