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	<title> &#187; Local Search Optimization</title>
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		<title>Local Search Marketing Webinar</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2011/03/local-search-marketing-webinar/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-search-marketing-webinar</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When someone searches for your goods or services online, will they find you, or a competitor?
Today we hosted a Local Search webinar discussing the recent trends and opportunities for small business owners and agencies/individuals who are interested in Local Search.
During this 77-minute Local Search Webinar we discussed topics such as:

Emerging trends in mobile, GPS and Google Places
The growing importance of online search and how why it is important for local businesses to have a optimized Internet presence
Keyword tools for Local Search
The Google Places Algorithm and the 5 most important factors for optimization
The five most important factors for optimization for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Still Chasing Google?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re still chasing Google around trying to beat out their algorithm let me give you a little a little tip going into 2011, STOP!

Instead here is a suggestion from Matt Cutts that he gave during his keynote address at Pubcon this year “Don’t look at us where we are today, but look at the direction we are moving and what we are focusing on, the big five are the Mobile Web, Local Search, Social, Blended results in the SERPS and HTML5”
The Mobile Web:
The mobile web refers to mobile applications or browser based access to the Internet from a handheld [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Rank a Phone Book?</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/12/how-do-you-rank-a-phone-book/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-do-you-rank-a-phone-book</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This perhaps is the number one question Google thinks about each day since their roll out of Local Search on April 1, 2009 and certainly something that every local business owner in should concern themselves with too.
Google estimates that ten billion searches each month or 20% of all desk top searches or have local intent and Bing reported recently that over 53% of the searches done with mobile devices have local intent.
Because of the increasing growth in the Local Search landscape a dramatic overhaul has been done in the SERPs over the past few months where Local results have entirely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Search SEO and IM</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/11/local-search-seo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-search-seo</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is day two at Pubcon Las Vegas and the first session I attended today was titled Local Search SEO and IM, here are my take aways from this session;
Moderator Brad Geddes
Speakers; William Leake – Apogee Search, Michael Dorausch – Planet Chiropractic, Eric Bramlett – One Source Realty
Eric Bramlett
Local Search is getting allot more competitive
Alintitle for “las vegas real estate” over 900,000 results
SEO is becoming more popular for local search
You need to prepare yourself for the future
Typically when searching for a local product you start with the root keyword, i.e.: dry cleaner, you receive local results based upon your IP.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Search Webinar</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/local-search-webinar/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-search-webinar</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/local-search-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Meetup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My greatest reward in helping others becoming successful online is when one of our students follows through and becomes one of my many success stories, case in point, Roseann Higgins.
Roseann owns a Phoenix matchmaking service which focuses on single professional men and women in the metro area.
Rosann started attending our free SEO Marketing Meetups several months ago and subscribed to our free SEO Tip of the week.
During Roseann’s first MeetUp she got to sit in our “hot seat” for a review of her website.
To say that Roseanne’s website was atrocious would be a complement. She had hired a local developer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QR Codes Explained &#124; Google Places Local Search</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/qr-codes-explained-google-places-local-search/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=qr-codes-explained-google-places-local-search</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/qr-codes-explained-google-places-local-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Training Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google’s newest mobile marketing campaign in Google Places –focuses on providing “QR Codes” for your local business.
Recently Google began by sending out QR Code Decals to over 190,000 local businesses across the United States. Google is determining the highest traffic and most clicked Local Place pages for the initial roll-out, following with a full release.
The main reason for the QR Code is so that local businesses can display a unique QR Code on their place page so that people can scan the image with their smart phone and find detailed information about their business. (Our QR Code in in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bing – How to Claim Your Local Listing</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/bing-how-to-claim-your-local-listing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bing-how-to-claim-your-local-listing</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/07/bing-how-to-claim-your-local-listing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of most popular SEO training segments during our advanced SEO Training Workshop covers Local Search SEO.
At our recent Las Vegas and Phoenix workshops we had small business owners who were interested in learning how to optimize their own listings, students who worked with other SEO agencies and even a handful of students who were in the process of starting their own Local Search consulting business.
During this workshop we discuss the 55 most important factors in Local Search Optimization and #1 on this list is claiming your business listing.
So to say the least I felt a little embarrassed when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give Your Google Places Some of Your Love!</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/06/google-places-love/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=google-places-love</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2010/06/google-places-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[97% Of Your Customers Use Online Media to Shop Locally!
According to BIA/Kelsey’s newest study on local search, if you’re a local brick and mortar business 97% of your customers use online media when they are researching new products or services in their local area (www.kelseygroup.com).
“The Internet has indeed become an integral part of consumers’ local commercial activity,” said Steve Marshall, director of research, BIA/Kelsey. “The data suggest we’re at an inflection point where the balance of power in local shopping is shifting to online.”
Several years ago Google began harnessing the power of local search when it launched its Local Business [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Local Search SEO Seminar</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/05/local-search-seo-seminar/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-search-seo-seminar</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/05/local-search-seo-seminar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arizona seo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in a situation when once you feel that you totally understand the rules of the game someone then comes along and changes the rules and the entire environment of the game changes?
That’s exactly how many Internet Marketers and I felt when Google changed the landscape of local search on April 6th when they announced on their blog that they would now include local search results in their regular organic listings.
Several months ago I was asked to be a featured speaker regarding local search at the Off Line Gold Summit held this past weekend in Las Vegas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Local Now Targets Organic Search</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/04/google-local-now-targets-organic-search/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=google-local-now-targets-organic-search</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/04/google-local-now-targets-organic-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goggle local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off line gold summit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On April 6th Google announced on their blog  their rollout of their map enabled local search function within their mainstream search interface.
As an example, type in “doctors” into Google and chances are that within the first few results you’ll see the Google map along with their “ten pack” of doctors that are local to your IP address.
 
Now the results are not always 100% accurate as Google explains in their blog that they are providing a broad range of results based upon your IP address and that you can click on the “change location” link, but this shifting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Search &#8211; Is Your Business On The Map?</title>
		<link>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/02/local-search/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-search</link>
		<comments>http://www.seotrainingsw.com/2009/02/local-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Reyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of searches are done online each day for specific products and services, are you on Google/Yahoo’s map, will you be found in Local Search?
Today there are more Internet users accessing the Internet using mobile devices then traditional desktop and laptop devices. And this increase of mobile users are expected to grow expediently as mobile GPS devices tap into wireless Internet networks providing a whole new menu of services such as coupons and daily specials at stores local to your area.
Search engines like Google, Yahoo, AOL, or MSN have replaced the Yellow Pages as the method of choice to search, [...]]]></description>
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