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		<title>Advice From Yelp &#8211; Don&#8217;t ask for reviews.</title>
		<link>http://www.spring-strategies.com/advice-from-yelp-dont-ask-for-reviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lates business owners email from Yelp contains detailed advice on solicited reviews. It they say don&#8217;t &#8220;ask&#8221; for reviews, but with this link to Yelp&#8217;s door icons it seems like they mean don&#8217;t actively ask for reviews. Rather promote your presence on Yelp and focus on making satisfied customers. Don&#8217;t ask for reviews. &#8220;The best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Single Result Google SERP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t had a chance to look into this, but it appears Google is testing a new SERP with only a single result with similar pages and related terms. ﻿]]></description>
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		<title>Great post about landing page optimization by Oli Gardner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landing Pages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great post about landing page optimization by Oli Gardner, Co-Founder &#38; Director of Inbound Marketing at Unbounce.com, over at SEOMoz: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-12step-landing-page-rehab-program-infographic-10488 Includes a few handy info-graphics: Study the 12-step infographic to see where each step in the program should be applied to the conversion funnel. Here&#8217;s a condensed list of the key points: STEP 1 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis of Google&#8217;s New Local UI</title>
		<link>http://www.spring-strategies.com/analysis-of-googles-new-local-ui/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google LBC Verification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here: http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/google/new-local-ui/ Those of you who haven’t been out of town for the last three weeks (:D) have no doubt been keeping up with the latest changes to Local results in Google Universal search more assiduously than I have.  The screenshot below is taken fromMike Blumenthal’s excellent analysis of the change to the Authoritative OneBox–which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.spring-strategies.com/yahoo-and-microsoft-search-alliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updates on the Yahoo Bing search partnership are made available here: http://advertising.yahoo.com/transition/en_US As part of the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance, you will eventually transition to using the Microsoft adCenter platform. The Yahoo! Transition Center will help you stay informed about this important change. Please bookmark this page to easily access future updates. Click on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bronxville Realtor Priscilla Toomey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 01:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bronxville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bronxville real estate expert Priscilla Toomey has relaunched her website. Along with a nice new design, she had included a new featured properties page, highlighting Bronxville homes for sale, a new Bronxville real estate blog and a very helpful list of Bronxville area service providers.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Local Business Center Becomes “Google Places”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Search Engine Land: Google has decided to change the name of what was called the “Google Local Business Center” to “Google Places.” The rationale, according to the press release, is to better connect Google Place Pages with the place where local business information is claimed, entered and enhanced: Why? Millions of people use Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Audit of Google&#8217;s Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.spring-strategies.com/seo-audit-of-googles-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spring-strategies.com/seo-audit-of-googles-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Cutts, Software engineer and head of Google’s Webspam team, does an interesting and entertaining SEO audit of Google family of websites.]]></description>
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		<title>Google LBC Best Practices &#8211; Phone Number Verification</title>
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		<comments>http://www.spring-strategies.com/google-lbc-best-practices-phone-number-verification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google LBC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I claimed the Google Local Business Center profile listing for a new local client, heat transfer equipment manufacturer Diversified Heat Transfer Inc. The company has been in business for over 75 years, so their Google LBC profile has to be pretty well aged. The phone number in Google data was an older number, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The complete list of Google Local Business Center Categories</title>
		<link>http://www.spring-strategies.com/the-complete-list-of-google-local-business-center-categories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spring-strategies.com/the-complete-list-of-google-local-business-center-categories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ebenthurston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Blumenthal has a complete list of categories and synonyms from the Google Local Business Center. This is very interesting and useful information for planning a local maps strategy.]]></description>
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