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	<description>Proven &#38; practical local search marketing strategies for small businesses. Gain visibility in Google Maps, Yahoo Local Search, MSN Search Local &#38; much more!</description>
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		<title>Business Photo Program for Google Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Photo Program for Google Places was launched in April of 2010, but seems to still be going and growing.  It allows potential customers to take a 360-degree virtual tour of your business like the way you can in Google Street View.  It&#8217;s so cool! The most important thing about this program is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why It&#8217;s Essential to Login into Your Google Places Every Month and to Click &#8216;Edit&#8217; Then &#8216;Submit&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This really scared me reading this today on the Google Places forum. &#8220;Here’s the deal: Google Places allows multiple people to own a listing. So you may have claimed your account, but someone else may have claimed it before you and is still considered an “owner” of the listing. The last person to have updated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps + Google Plus = Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couple interesting Google Maps things I found this week. By now you must have heard that there is a Google Maps based game coming to Google+ next month.  It&#8217;s an Android based game.  There is not doubt in my mind games are BIG, even though I personally do not find myself playing them.  Games are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Those Silly Phone Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone books]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Infographic by Ban the Phonebook In the United States, only 30% of the population uses the white pages phone books.  So why do most of the U.S. states still require phone companies to deliver the thick books  to every landline subscriber?  I know this local SEO&#8217;er tosses his in the recycling bin every year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Showing More Personal Search Results Now With &#8220;Search Plus&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/social/google-showing-more-personal-search-results-now-with-search-plus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[google wants more personal info]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Personalized search is obviously important to Google.   We are seeing more and more personalized results in Google search results and looks like Google wants to push the envelope even further with Search Plus.   Not sure if this is a further step to compete with Facebook or not&#8230;? Danny Sullivan said in Search Engine Land: Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Tail Search Engine Optimization</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/tips/why-long-tail-search-engine-optimization-is-essential-to-small-business-seo-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Long Tail Search Engine Optimization is Essential to Small Business SEO Success When your small business decides to invest in search engine optimization services you may decide to target some highly competitive keywords, which in turn take months or even years to surface on the first page of the search engine&#8217;s pages.   A great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Tracking Your Checkout Process With Google Analytics?</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/are-you-tracking-your-checkout-process-with-google-analytics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/are-you-tracking-your-checkout-process-with-google-analytics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analytics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this video.  It&#8217;s so true.  You can use Google Analytics to track your users experience during the checkout process.  Finding out where they are exiting during the process can give a lot of insights on where your checkout might be broken.  If you track it, you can fix it.  Are you tracking your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Places Redesign &#8211; From Red to Grey Pins We Go!</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/seo/google-places-redesign-from-red-to-grey-pins-we-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[at a glance google places]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was notified of this official Google Places change of &#8220;red pin to grey pin&#8221; during GetListed&#8217;s Local U yesterday while Mike Blumental was presenting.   What was even stranger was he was tweeting as he was speaking&#8230;?   I think maybe his son was sending out tweets while he was speaking. Mike&#8217;s Tweet: #Localu Gotta love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Google Consider SEO Spam?</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/seo/does-google-consider-seo-spam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am really glad Matt Cutts answered this question on the Google&#8217;s Webmaster Youtube Channel about whether Google considers SEO spam&#8230;? I thought his answer was well stated and painted a good picture of most SEO&#8217;ers.  Sometimes, I find our community is painted as a bunch of spammers and I think there is nothing further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merging Google Places Listings Just Got Easier</title>
		<link>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/seo/merging-google-places-listing-just-got-easier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog/seo/merging-google-places-listing-just-got-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/?p=2394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Places Announced Some Better Support Recently. Google Places published on their blog: That’s why we have the “Report a problem” tool on Google Maps, and also enable users to click on the &#8220;Edit this place” link at the top of the Place page to provide updates to a business listing.And while some business owners [...]]]></description>
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