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	<description>Ideas &#38; tools for tiny businesses with tinier budgets</description>
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		<title>By: Crystal</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1660</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@George--They may be, and so are the other breeders, along with puppy buyers who have done their homework and are able to make their own decisions on who they buy from.

Rather than make uninformed judgments on the individual breeders, I&#039;m building on a comprehensive and unbiased list so buyers can make that decision for themselves.

Thanks for your comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@George&#8211;They may be, and so are the other breeders, along with puppy buyers who have done their homework and are able to make their own decisions on who they buy from.</p>
<p>Rather than make uninformed judgments on the individual breeders, I&#8217;m building on a comprehensive and unbiased list so buyers can make that decision for themselves.</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment.</p>
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		<title>By: George</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1659</link>
		<dc:creator>George</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats I am sure the puppy mills are loving your new site.

Recent blog post from George: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.labretriever.net/is-your-labrador-retriever-a-chewer/&quot;&gt;Is Your Labrador Retriever a Chewer?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats I am sure the puppy mills are loving your new site.</p>
<p>Recent blog post from George: <a href="http://www.labretriever.net/is-your-labrador-retriever-a-chewer/">Is Your Labrador Retriever a Chewer?</a></p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Clayton</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1269</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Clayton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Howdy Pamela, and thanks for your comments! I agree with you on every single one.

It would be much better if the list filtered on the fly (why didn&#039;t I think of that?), I&#039;ll make an effort to differentiate ads from content, and emphasize the Doodle News as well.

Whew, my to-do list is growing! Thanks muchly!

ps Feel free to raise your rate? Your feedback was worth far more than 2c...I&#039;d say a full loony, for sure. And a non-designer&#039;s opinion is just as important as a designer&#039;s, maybe moreso. Thanks again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Howdy Pamela, and thanks for your comments! I agree with you on every single one.</p>
<p>It would be much better if the list filtered on the fly (why didn&#8217;t I think of that?), I&#8217;ll make an effort to differentiate ads from content, and emphasize the Doodle News as well.</p>
<p>Whew, my to-do list is growing! Thanks muchly!</p>
<p>ps Feel free to raise your rate? Your feedback was worth far more than 2c&#8230;I&#8217;d say a full loony, for sure. And a non-designer&#8217;s opinion is just as important as a designer&#8217;s, maybe moreso. Thanks again.</p>
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		<title>By: Pamela</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1264</link>
		<dc:creator>Pamela</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Jeremy on this one: 
&quot;3.) I&#039;d do a javascript submit when the combo boxes are selected.&quot;

Also, can you make the database font stand out from the Google Ads? After you search the breeders, the results seem to get swallowed up by the ads. I&#039;m not a designer, so I&#039;m not sure if this comment will be helpful. 

Oh, and should &quot;Doodle News&quot; be a little easier to find as well? Your &quot;Tell a Friend&quot; function is great for getting people to spread the word. 

That&#039;s my 2 cents CAD.

Recent blog post from Pamela: 1</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Jeremy on this one:<br />
&#8220;3.) I&#8217;d do a javascript submit when the combo boxes are selected.&#8221;</p>
<p>Also, can you make the database font stand out from the Google Ads? After you search the breeders, the results seem to get swallowed up by the ads. I&#8217;m not a designer, so I&#8217;m not sure if this comment will be helpful. </p>
<p>Oh, and should &#8220;Doodle News&#8221; be a little easier to find as well? Your &#8220;Tell a Friend&#8221; function is great for getting people to spread the word. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s my 2 cents CAD.</p>
<p>Recent blog post from Pamela: 1</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Clayton</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1257</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Clayton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Howdy Jeremy---Okay, cool. Good logic all around on that, I will definitely separate the two. Easily done. And I don&#039;t mind a bit having a thousand more things to consider...I asked for them! You get people thinking and rethinking...it&#039;s a good thing.


And that&#039;s funny about your cousin :)  It is so easy to do that---get excited or thrilled or tickled or enamored (or all of them) with some element of a project that we lose sight of the big picture entirely. Ask me how I know!


But then, sometimes the results of that disproportionate attention can drive the rest of the project in a powerful and positive way! A mystery to me how we&#039;re supposed to resolve &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; one...though I suspect moderation is the key, as always.


Many, many thanks. And sorry for the delayed reply? I was wrangling a bit with splitting the site and waited until I knew what I was gonna do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Howdy Jeremy&#8212;Okay, cool. Good logic all around on that, I will definitely separate the two. Easily done. And I don&#8217;t mind a bit having a thousand more things to consider&#8230;I asked for them! You get people thinking and rethinking&#8230;it&#8217;s a good thing.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s funny about your cousin <img src='http://bigbrightbulb.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   It is so easy to do that&#8212;get excited or thrilled or tickled or enamored (or all of them) with some element of a project that we lose sight of the big picture entirely. Ask me how I know!</p>
<p>But then, sometimes the results of that disproportionate attention can drive the rest of the project in a powerful and positive way! A mystery to me how we&#8217;re supposed to resolve <i>that</i> one&#8230;though I suspect moderation is the key, as always.</p>
<p>Many, many thanks. And sorry for the delayed reply? I was wrangling a bit with splitting the site and waited until I knew what I was gonna do.</p>
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		<title>By: Monte</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1250</link>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everyone has pretty much covered it, the only thing I would suggest is changing the color of the dogs. There is alot of white on the page and the dogs are very light colored as well. Looks great though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone has pretty much covered it, the only thing I would suggest is changing the color of the dogs. There is alot of white on the page and the dogs are very light colored as well. Looks great though.</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Clayton</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1249</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Clayton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Rebecca-Jen--- I agree with you, the pictorial map makes perfect sense for the visual learners in the house. So much sense that I&#039;ve been playing with Google Maps since my reply! Found we can make a personalized list of businesses/locations (My Maps): &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/62787m&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Goldendoodle Map&lt;/a&gt;. And also add business listings to the map.

A great example of pairing this Google Maps feature with your pictorial map is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Trader Joe&#039;s locations&lt;/a&gt;. Click a dot or link for a tidy My Maps of Trader Joe&#039;s markets in that region (the MD/DC/VA one loads quickly, not too many of them).

Thanks for your fab idea! Much cool stuff was found because you shared it!

&lt;i&gt;Note to all except RJ: Go read RJ&#039;s Bacon Bits-Part 2 post. Prepare to be amazed. Seriously.&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Rebecca-Jen&#8212; I agree with you, the pictorial map makes perfect sense for the visual learners in the house. So much sense that I&#8217;ve been playing with Google Maps since my reply! Found we can make a personalized list of businesses/locations (My Maps): <a href="http://tinyurl.com/62787m" target="_blank">My Goldendoodle Map</a>. And also add business listings to the map.</p>
<p>A great example of pairing this Google Maps feature with your pictorial map is at <a href="http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp" target="_blank">Trader Joe&#8217;s locations</a>. Click a dot or link for a tidy My Maps of Trader Joe&#8217;s markets in that region (the MD/DC/VA one loads quickly, not too many of them).</p>
<p>Thanks for your fab idea! Much cool stuff was found because you shared it!</p>
<p><i>Note to all except RJ: Go read RJ&#8217;s Bacon Bits-Part 2 post. Prepare to be amazed. Seriously.</i></p>
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		<title>By: rjleaman</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1248</link>
		<dc:creator>rjleaman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m thinking more visual... like a clickable map of North America, where clicking on, say, Florida or Oregon or British Columbia would take you to a page listing the breeders in that sate/province. That way, you&#039;re presenting the info in two ways: text/list form for people whose brains are organized that way, and visual/map for those who can&#039;t remember whether New Hampshire is next to Vermont or what, but know they don&#039;t want to drive more than an overnight trip to visit a breeder.

Recent blog post from rjleaman: &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/domestika/~3/307904226/&quot;&gt;Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits - Part 2&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m thinking more visual&#8230; like a clickable map of North America, where clicking on, say, Florida or Oregon or British Columbia would take you to a page listing the breeders in that sate/province. That way, you&#8217;re presenting the info in two ways: text/list form for people whose brains are organized that way, and visual/map for those who can&#8217;t remember whether New Hampshire is next to Vermont or what, but know they don&#8217;t want to drive more than an overnight trip to visit a breeder.</p>
<p>Recent blog post from rjleaman: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/domestika/~3/307904226/">Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits &#8211; Part 2</a></p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Clayton</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1247</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Clayton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Rebecca! Welcome and thanks for your comment, your vote for centering the content (You bet!) and your &lt;i&gt;great&lt;/i&gt; suggestion about the maps...great! Hmm...

Ya know, at the time I developed this, doing a map that would keep itself updated was a huge challenge. Now Google Maps has all kinds of Publisher goodies, and I can code better, too. Would a &quot;Find breeders closest to: &lt;zipcode field here&gt;&quot; that generates a list of breeders from closest to farthest be redundant to your map idea? Or do you prefer something more visual?

Thanks again! You&#039;ve got us thinking hard over here...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Rebecca! Welcome and thanks for your comment, your vote for centering the content (You bet!) and your <i>great</i> suggestion about the maps&#8230;great! Hmm&#8230;</p>
<p>Ya know, at the time I developed this, doing a map that would keep itself updated was a huge challenge. Now Google Maps has all kinds of Publisher goodies, and I can code better, too. Would a &#8220;Find breeders closest to: <zipcode field here>&#8221; that generates a list of breeders from closest to farthest be redundant to your map idea? Or do you prefer something more visual?</p>
<p>Thanks again! You&#8217;ve got us thinking hard over here&#8230;</zipcode></p>
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		<title>By: rjleaman</title>
		<link>http://bigbrightbulb.com/2008/06/build-it-better-doodlefindercom/#comment-1239</link>
		<dc:creator>rjleaman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Yeah, ditto, what JD said...&quot; LOL
Also, I think Kathleen&#039;s right about centering the page. 

As well as dividing up the site into Labradoodles and Goldendoodles for SEO purposes, I&#039;m wondering if there&#039;s a benefit in making it easier to see breeders by location at a glance. Actually, a map might be the way to go... I&#039;m just thinking, here in Atlantic Canada, we&#039;re more likely to look south of the border to New England than we are to go out to the west coast for a dog, so geographical sorting may be even more useful to dog seekers than political boundaries (states/provinces). But of course you&#039;d still want those... Something to think about, maybe, anyway?

Recent blog post from rjleaman: &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/domestika/~3/307904226/&quot;&gt;Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits - Part 2&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Yeah, ditto, what JD said&#8230;&#8221; LOL<br />
Also, I think Kathleen&#8217;s right about centering the page. </p>
<p>As well as dividing up the site into Labradoodles and Goldendoodles for SEO purposes, I&#8217;m wondering if there&#8217;s a benefit in making it easier to see breeders by location at a glance. Actually, a map might be the way to go&#8230; I&#8217;m just thinking, here in Atlantic Canada, we&#8217;re more likely to look south of the border to New England than we are to go out to the west coast for a dog, so geographical sorting may be even more useful to dog seekers than political boundaries (states/provinces). But of course you&#8217;d still want those&#8230; Something to think about, maybe, anyway?</p>
<p>Recent blog post from rjleaman: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/domestika/~3/307904226/">Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits &#8211; Part 2</a></p>
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