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		<title>Microsoft .Net Programmers Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in a land far away I owned the most popular visual basic programming forum. I sold that forum along with a start up Visual Studio programming forum. Since that time I went on to other ventures. I always had it the back of my mind to open another programming forum. Most of my sites are tech sites with the exception of a couple off topic forums. I just never could find the time needed to dedicate myself to nurturing a new programming community. You really need to be able answer the questions in the early stages and since I haven't daddled in any code other than C and PHP over the last few years I didn't want to undertake something I had not messed with since Visual Studio 2003 and since I sold the .Net forum. ]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/microsoft-net-programmers-forum</link>
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		<title>Forum SEO: vBulletin/vbSEO vs IPB with SEO URL&#8217;S</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brandon Sheley posted this on Twitter.

    I'm 95% certain I can get a vb+vbseo board to out rank an IPB forum with the same content &#038; links.

I was going to write an article about this very topic. I had gathered the data and taken screenshots to do this and until Brandon posted on Twitter I didn't have the urge. I have converted 3 of my communities to IPB from vBulletin. The sites all had vbSEO installed. I gathered the data from  Computer Help Forums from the last week I had vBulletin with vbSEO installed and then each week after the conversion to IPB. What I did was look at stats for each week after after I converted. Initially pageviews dropped, but, site visits and visitors stayed constant. Then about 2 weeks  in I noticed an increase in pageviews, visits and visitors. I also noticed that the search engines seemed to visit more often. ]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/forum-seo-vbulletinvbseo-vs-ipb-with-seo-urls</link>
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		<title>How to Increase PHP Performance on Windows Servers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I needed to upgrade PHP on my servers. I run a mix of Windows 2008 and Windows 2003 servers using IIS. I had been doing quit a bit of research the last couple weeks. My research taught me a few things. PHP for Windows has evolved to the point that it can run as well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/how-to-increase-php-performance-on-windows-servers</link>
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		<title>Howto: Converting from vBulletin to IP.Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am getting ready to convert Computer Help Forums from vBulletin to IPB. This is in a way a more complex change because the users use the album feature extensively. We also have a downloads section so those will have to moved over to IP.Downloads.

I am starting this to document the steps I take so it can serve as a tutorial for other that are going to switch. The vBulletin version running is 3.8.4. The version of IPB that will be installed will be 3.0.5. I will also install IP.Downloads, IP.Gallery, IP.Blog and IP.Content.

Watch this post to follow the progress of this vBulletin to IPB conversion. Each step and procedure as well as post conversion configuration will be outlined so any that wants to convert from vBulletin to IPB will have a set of procedures to follow.]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/howto-converting-from-vbulletin-to-ip-board</link>
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		<title>vBulletin 4 Gold Review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have one site running the new vBulletin Gold Suite. The site was closed so I decided it would be a perfect test bed. It had a few users and a few posts before I closed it down. I opened it back up and upgraded the old database to vBulletin 4. If you want to check out the site before you finish reading you can find it at http://serverhelpforum.com.]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/vbulletin-4-gold-review-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly</link>
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		<title>Review: vBulletin 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following me @ twitter or on this site you know I am converting my sites slowly from vBulletin to IP.Board. I did upgrade one vBulletin license to vBulletin Suite. The decision to convert had nothing to do with the software. It had everything to do with the way that Internet Brands, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/review-vbulletin-4</link>
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		<title>Converting from vBulletin to Invision Power Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All my community sites are powered by vBulletin. I&#8217;ve been using vBulletin for 9 years. I was an early adopter after the mess that happened with UBB in the pre-Infopop days. I never thought the day would come when I would have to move to another forum package. With the recent events at vBulletin like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/converting-from-vbulletin-to-invision-power-board</link>
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		<title>Introducing Windows 8 Forums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have added a new site to the technology network. The site will focus on <a href="http://eightforum.com">Windows 8</a> which will be the next version of Windows after <a href="http://7x64.net">Windows 7</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/introducing-windows-8-forums</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Buy vBulletin Skins From CompleteVB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have bought a few vbulletin skins from CompleteVB. They have top quality designers. Unfortunately Matt the owner doesn't know how to conduct business in an honest way. I had been warned before I bought my first skin from them that CompleteVB was not to be trusted. I live by the rule once bitten, twice shy so I decided to go ahead and purchase from CompleteVB. I got what I paid for, cheap nice looking skins for my communities. Too bad all the skins still use many of the default vbulletin icons. Other than that they do look good once you correct the bugs in them]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/dont-buy-vbulletin-skins-from-completevb</link>
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		<title>Scribble Board is Born</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on a roll. I had an extra vbulletin license from a site I recently closed and decided to start a new community. Thus Scribble Board was born. Scribble Board is a place to post your thoughts or ideas to share with others. No matter what the topic you&#8217;re welcome to post. It is easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bobschwarz.com/scribble-board-is-born</link>
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