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		<title>2010 Local SEO Ranking Factors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2008 David Mihm has been polling some of the industry&#8217;s top local search experts to understand and identify the top ranking factors specific to local search. The 2010 results are in! Looking back at the previous reports for 2008 and 2009, I&#8217;m noticing some shifts in what the experts are deeming the most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Social Tools for Local Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know, another post about social media tools. Are you getting sick of hearing about these tools? If you&#8217;re a small business owner, you might want to pay attention as the two tools I&#8217;m going to discuss could greatly impact your business. It&#8217;s extremely difficult as developments in social media continue, and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Happenings in Local Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a plethora of changes happening over at Google&#8217;s Local Business Center, um, I mean Google Places. All of the changes have been positive, in my opinion, and will hopefully continue to get SMBs to claim their listing and use this great marketing tool that is Google Places. Let&#8217;s go ahead and jump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gain Local Citations with Lo-So</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we get into building citations, let&#8217;s first discuss the term &#8220;lo-so&#8221; or &#8220;lo-social&#8221;. It stands for &#8220;local social&#8221; and refers to the plethora of social media sites popping up that are particularly relevant to local brick-and-mortar stores, such as FourSquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, Loopt, etc. I&#8217;m not too smitten with the term just yet, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Moving in on Yelp&#8217;s Turf</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in December TechCrunch revealed that a deal between Google and Yelp was imminent&#8230;as they were in the &#8220;final stage of negotiations&#8221;. This sent the SEO industry into a whirlwind, especially local search marketers, thinking about the possibilities of what this might become. Personally, I think it would be a great marriage as they both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Favorite Places and QR Codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google recently began mailing letters to the top 100,000+ businesses that have been cited as &#8220;favorites&#8221; by Google Maps users. Google has been tracking and calculating CTR on each business&#8217;s local listing to determine who exactly those top businesses are. Apparently the results are in and Google is now rewarding these businesses with a letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Recent Changes Pushing Local Search Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McPhee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google Maps is quickly becoming all the rage within the small to medium sized business (SMB) category. Well, Google Maps has been around for a few years now and the savvy small business owner has most likely taken full advantage of what Maps has to offer (i.e. increased visibility, credibility and most likely revenue). Even [...]]]></description>
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