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		<title>Top 11 : Hottest Games, Consoles &amp; Accessories for 2011 Holiday Season!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone sent me this list, and I thought I should re-post it for those gamers out there! GAMING ITEMS: TOP 11 HOTTEST PRODUCTS 1.   Battlefield 3 (Playstation / XBOX360) Highly anticipated game released in October; this game is one of the blockbuster releases &#160; 2. Call of Duty Series Just released: Call of Duty is the other monster first person shooter release this season &#160;  3. Super Mario Brothers Accessories Super Mario T-shirts &#38; plush toys are hugely popular &#160;  4.  Wii Controllers (Nunchuk / Zapper Gun) Take your Wii gaming to the next level with these. &#160; 5. Batman Arkham City (Playstation / XBOX360) The hugely popular new sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum! &#160;   6.   Xbox 360 Live Subscriptions Xbox Live subscriptions are great holiday gifts, allowing online play for all your gamers   7.   Forza Motorsport 4 (XBOX 360) The biggest new driving game this year for the Xbox &#160; 8.   Gears of War 3 (XBOX 360) Released Oct 24th exclusively for the Xbox. &#160; 9.   Xbox 360 Console Xbox 360 is the only gaming console to make the top 10 list &#160; 10.   Rage (Playstation / XBOX 360) Hot new [...]]]></description>
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<p>Someone sent me this list, and I thought I should re-post it for those gamers out there!</p>
<p><strong>GAMING ITEMS: TOP 11 HOTTEST PRODUCTS</strong></p>
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<td><strong>1.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/battlefield.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6G5TW/" target="_blank">Battlefield 3 (Playstation / XBOX360)</a></strong></td>
<td><em>Highly anticipated game released in October; this game is one of the blockbuster releases<br />
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td><strong>2. <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/call-of-duty.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Xbox-360/dp/B00503E8S2/" target="_blank">Call of Duty Series </a></strong></td>
<td><em>Just released: Call of Duty is the other monster first person shooter release this season<br />
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<td><strong> 3. <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/super-mario-brothers.png" alt="" height="75" border="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D166461011&amp;field-keywords=super+mario+brothers&amp;x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank">Super Mario Brothers Accessories</a></strong></td>
<td><em>Super Mario T-shirts &amp; plush toys are hugely popular</em></td>
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<td><strong> 4.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/wii-controller.png" alt="" height="75" border="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse/ref=sr_tc_2_1?node=14218871&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1320704248&amp;sr=8-2-tc" target="_blank">Wii Controllers (Nunchuk / Zapper Gun)</a></strong></td>
<td><em>Take your <a class="zem_slink" title="Wii" href="http://wii.nintendo.com" rel="homepage">Wii</a> gaming to the next level with these.</em></td>
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<td><strong>5. <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/batman-arkham-city.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Arkham-City-Playstation-3/dp/B002I0F5M8/" target="_blank">Batman Arkham City (Playstation / XBOX360)</a></strong></td>
<td><em>The hugely popular new <a class="zem_slink" title="Batman: Arkham Asylum" href="http://www.batmanarkhamasylum.com" rel="homepage">sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum</a>!</em></td>
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<td><strong>6.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/xbox-live.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=xbox+live+subscription&amp;sprefix=xbox+live+sub" target="_blank">Xbox 360 Live Subscriptions </a></strong></td>
<td><em>Xbox Live subscriptions are great holiday gifts, allowing online play for all your gamers</em></td>
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<td><strong>7.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/forza-motorsport-4.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forza-Motorsport-4-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6E986/" target="_blank">Forza Motorsport 4 (XBOX 360) </a></strong></td>
<td><em>The biggest new driving game this year for the Xbox<br />
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<td><strong>8.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/gears-of-war.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gears-War-3-Xbox-360/dp/B002I0H79C/" target="_blank">Gears of War 3 (XBOX 360) </a></strong></td>
<td><em>Released Oct 24th exclusively for the Xbox.</em></td>
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<td><strong>9.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/xbox-360-console.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-4GB-Console/dp/B003O6JKLC/" target="_blank">Xbox 360 Console </a></strong></td>
<td><em>Xbox 360 is the only gaming console to make the top 10 list</em></td>
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<td><strong>10.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/rage.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Xbox-360/dp/B00354NAYG/" target="_blank">Rage (Playstation / XBOX 360)</a> </strong></td>
<td><em>Hot new <a class="zem_slink" title="First-person shooter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter" rel="wikipedia">first-person shooter game</a> released Oct 4.</em></td>
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<td><strong>11.  <img src="http://info.viglink.com/rs/viglink/images/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit.png" alt="" height="75" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Need-Speed-Hot-Pursuit-Xbox-360/dp/B003R783IY/" target="_blank">Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Playstation / XBOX 360) </a></strong></td>
<td><em>BAFTA award-winner &amp; only 2010 game to earn a place on the top products list<br />
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		<title>Re-Run: The Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good article on how bounce and conversions work: There is some overlap between what your customers want and what your web page exists to do. But the overlap is not very much, only the most dedicated (say your mom) will put up with the pain required to complete the task. I land on your site to buy QuickBooks Simple Start but you have it very well hidden because you want me to buy the $400 QuickBooks Premier product. Technically Speaking, I know you now want to read more. Sphere: Related Content]]></description>
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<p>Good article on how <strong><a href="http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2009/08/tips-for-improving-high-bounce-low-conversion-web-pages.html">bounce and conversions work</a></strong>:</p>
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<p>There is some overlap between what your customers want and what your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page" title="Web page" rel="wikipedia">web page</a> exists to do. But the overlap is not very much, only the most dedicated (say your mom) will put up with the pain required to complete the task.</p>
<p>I land on your site to buy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com" title="QuickBooks" rel="homepage">QuickBooks</a> Simple Start but you have it very well hidden because you want me to buy the $400 QuickBooks Premier product.</p>
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<p>I decided to do a fun little experiment of sorts over the weekend. I wanted to see if a tumblr site could actually get traffic. Wondering if people actually would read other people&#8217;s opinions on snippets of news stories. Now many of you have tumblr sites, and if you do, you probably are wondering if it&#8217;s worth clipping some news you saw and leaving your 2 cents. </p>
<p>Here are some results I thought I&#8217;d share from statistics that I am pulling straight from MyBlogLog. Now while your results could vary, I think by looking at the stats below, Tumblr can be a traffic driver or rather your tumbl could very well be read by many. </p>
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<td>Friday 2/20/2009</td>
<td>1</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80134079/the-sheriff-who-helped-confiscate-208-sickly-dogs">208 Sick Dogs</a></td>
<td><a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/02/how_to_rock_off_the_recession.php#more">Duff McKagan Seattle Weekly blog post</a></td>
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<td>Friday 2/20/2009</td>
<td>2</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/">Main URL</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/4EBC99B968706A748625756300518D23?OpenDocument">208 Sick Dogs STLToday Article</a></td>
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<td>Friday 2/20/2009</td>
<td>3</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80128983/so-the-stimulus-package-has-been-pushed-through">Duff McKagan Blog Post</a></td>
<td><a href="http://videos.stltoday.com/p/video?id=3208491">Video of 208 Dogs</a></td>
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<td>Saturday 2/21/2009</td>
<td>1</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80267278/the-coolest-little-house-in-the-city-nbc-bay">$700k House in SF</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around_town/real_estate/The_Coolest_Little_House_in_the_City.html">$700k House</a></td>
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<td>Saturday 2/21/2009</td>
<td>2</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80233559/ever-wanted-to-live-in-a-cave-well-know-you-can">$300k Cave House</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/18541/hard-times-couple-forced-to-sell-cave-house-on-ebay">Inquisitr Cave House post</a></td>
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<td>Saturday 2/21/2009</td>
<td>3</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80291755/oh-crap-my-parents-joined-facebook">Parents Joining Facebook</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.wallstreetfighter.com/2008/07/what-if-modern-advertisers-created-stop-sign_24.html">Stop Sign Video</a></td>
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<td>Sunday 2/22/2009</td>
<td>1</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80526458/whats-left-for-second-life-community-meetings">2nd Life Dying</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/21/oops-microsoft-asks-some-laid-off-workers-to-send-back-part-of-their-severance">TC &#8211; MS screwup post</a></td>
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<td>Sunday 2/22/2009</td>
<td>2</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80509193/talk-about-adding-insult-to-injury-apparently">TC &#8211; MS screwup</a></td>
<td><a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5158190/the-end-of-second-life">Death Watch 2nd Life</a></td>
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<td>Sunday 2/22/2009</td>
<td>2</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80527677/myspace-china-is-more-or-less-a-failure-with-less">MySpace China</a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/22/RE4G15VGLF.DTL">Webster House</a></td>
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<td>Sunday 2/22/2009</td>
<td>3</td>
<td><a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80495279/its-the-last-day-to-apply-for-whats-been-hailed">$100k Blog Job</a></td>
<td><strong>Above was #3 offclick</strong></td>
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<p>Yes, there was a perfect tie for the #2 spot of read posts yesterday. It seemed that people were equally enthralled Microsoft screwing over their fired employees (TechCrunch post), and MySpace China. Think that one was due to Rupert&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s picture? Not sure, but the offclick&#8217;s indicated that even though it was tech dominating the read, somehow the other bay area house snuck in there at the #3 offclick site. </p>
<p>One of the more interesting things I found was articles that I thought (I guess I shouldn&#8217;t think!) would be interesting to people, were not. Such human interest stories as the <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80521272/iraq-war-veteran-scott-west-stands-at-a-park-near">Iraq Veteran getting a gift pulled due to a marijuana conviction in 2005</a>, even though that was re-tweeted by someone &#8211; it never seemed to gain much traction as a read story. In fact, you could almost considered it a buried story. </p>
<p>The sad thing is that this is a real person&#8217;s true story of having something taken away that he fully deserves, at least in my opinion &#8211; all veterans of the Iraq conflict deserve anything America can give back to them. No matter what past violations they may have committed. Sadly enough, the stories that ranked over this one were only interesting for a minute such as the Food Network star that <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80517130/the-king-and-queen-of-spain-got-a-dash-of">F-Bombed in front of the King and Queen of Spain</a>, that <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80267278/the-coolest-little-house-in-the-city-nbc-bay">$700k house in SF</a> from the day before &#8211; this must be quite a deal or something &#8211;  and even <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80501228/former-president-george-w-bush-has-visited-a">George W&#8217;s visit to a hardware</a> store where he was offered a greeter job. </p>
<p>Two more stories that started to surge and just went flat were the guy that was working <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80548936/at-a-time-when-some-people-are-having-trouble">50 jobs in 50 states</a> all in one year&#8217;s time, and the 11 year old kid that killed his step mother with a <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80524520/the-shotgun-used-is-designed-for-children-and-has">kiddie shotgun</a>. Both of those stories were surging, and somehow at the end of the day, just fell out of contention for the top spots. Very strange how a story can start to take off, and just die. </p>
<p>Technically Speaking, I guess I do not know what people like to read about, or can only guess what might be popular or interesting. So far today &#8211; a story about saying <a href="http://rexdixon.tumblr.com/post/80740621/jason-shugars-worked-at-google-whose-off-center">good-bye to former employers</a> I found in the LA Times is #1, while the #3 read story is providing the #2 offclick. Interestingly enough it&#8217;s a <a href="http://www.kosmix.com/">search site</a>(Kosmix) I wrote about <a href="http://www.rexduffdixon.com/2008/11/19/kosmix-why-still-in-alpha/">here</a>.</p>
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