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Cruise West Alaska

July 1, 2008April 11, 2010

Cruise West Alaska is a lead generating microsite for a travel agency which specializes in small ship cruises. It was my first web standards-based website and has been quite effective for the business. Highlights About the site Completed 2008 Microsite; supplier and destination focused Work performed Web Design & Development Flash Video processing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Technologies Used (X)HTML

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