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Today, however, I decided to reach back more than a week to grab a couple great comments. Thanks so much to those of you who made the list below and the 1,000+ others who’ve left comments in the past. We read and appreciate them all, but we choose the ones below for the feedback they provided, the points they made, or, to be honest, a random reason.

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Without further ado, the comments of the week:

From Toby Schroder explains SEO, announces Startup Drinks Lincoln

From Developers to get $25 discount at Startup Weekend Des Moines:

From Social banking startup, SmartyPig, explained in 1 minute 10 seconds:

From Scott Tech Center & Innovation Accelerator host Cyber Security event:

From Yahoo! co-founder, Nebraska Governor cut ribbon on data center: