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		<title>Google makes local SEO more important than ever</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/google-make-local-seo-more-important-than-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Google is allowing searchers to specify the location of search results, it is more important than ever to ensure search engines know where your click-and-mortar business is located. We recently wrote about local SEO (part 1, part 2), and now would be a good time to take basic steps to improve the likelihood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google synonyms and natural language processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google just blogged about synonyms as they related to searcher intent. They provide several examples of how a concept as simple as a synonym complicate natural language processing. This also brings up some important recommendations for site owners with respect to SEO. Prospective customers type in all kinds of variations on your most obvious keywords [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Google Local Listings through local SEO &#8211; local store marketing &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/improve-google-local-listings-through-local-seo-local-store-marketing-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/improve-google-local-listings-through-local-seo-local-store-marketing-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we blogged about local SEO and local store marketing. There we talked about adding local listings to online service directories. In this installment, we&#8217;ll provide some specifics about improving the ranking of your Google local listing and visibility in map results for geographic searches. David Mihm has written an excellent report on local SEO. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Article: Multilingual Marketing and the World Wide Web</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/guest-article-multilingual-marketing-and-the-world-wide-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/guest-article-multilingual-marketing-and-the-world-wide-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On-Page Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internationalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Multilingual Marketing and the World Wide Web A beginner&#8217;s guide to SEO and Localization Paul Sawers, Communications Executive, Lingo24 English may still be the dominant language in terms of content on the Web, but the majority of the world&#8217;s internet users&#8217; first language isn&#8217;t English. And this disparity creates a rather lucrative opportunity for those seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local SEO: local store marketing &#8211; part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/local-seo-local-store-marketing-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/local-seo-local-store-marketing-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Studies indicate that &#8220;70% of U.S. Households Now Use the Internet When Shopping Locally for Products and Services.&#8221; (The Kelsey Group and ConStat Indicates) Ian White reported that &#8220;40% of [search] queries have local intent.&#8221; If you own a business that depends on local traffic &#8211; restaurants, lodging, retail stores and/or services &#8211; you simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bing and Yahoo and SEO: there&#8217;s no rush</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/bing-and-yahoo-and-seo-theres-no-rush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/bing-and-yahoo-and-seo-theres-no-rush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adCenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced a complex agreement in which Bing will provide natural and paid search results to Yahoo! properties, and Microsoft will have access to Yahoo!&#8217;s technology. Yahoo! will provide the salesforce for premium search advertisers. Self-service paid search (this is regular old PPC through adCenter and Yahoo Sponsored Search) will be handled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quickly uncover related sites for link building &amp; SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/quickly-uncover-related-sites-for-link-building-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/quickly-uncover-related-sites-for-link-building-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On-Page Factors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are scores of free SEO tools on the web, but here is a very quick way to uncover some direct competitors, industry-related sites, and web sites that link to your competition. In Google type: &#8220;related:www.somedomain.com&#8221;. (Note that there is no space between the &#8220;:&#8221; and the domain name.) That&#8217;s it. Try it with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMX Advanced: the more things change&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/smx-advanced-the-more-things-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/smx-advanced-the-more-things-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad to have attended SMX Advanced here in Seattle over the last couple of days. What did I learn? Mainly that the old cliche still applies: The more things change, the more things stay the same. As noted in my last post, SEO is still a collection of best practices, most of which have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMX Advanced: Classic SEO (still) rules</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/smx-advanced-classic-seo-still-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/smx-advanced-classic-seo-still-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Link Building]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first afternoon presentation, &#8220;SEO Ranking Factors in 2009,&#8221; brought together a large number of SEO luminaries, largely through soon-to-be-released survey results conducted by SEOmoz. Also on the panel were Yahoo!&#8216;s Laura Lippay and the always entertaining Marty Weintraub of aimClear. What is the state of SEO ranking factors for 2009? About the same as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keywords as markets for SEO and PPC</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/keywords-as-markets-for-seo-and-ppc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/keywords-as-markets-for-seo-and-ppc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AdWords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSN adCenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo Sponsored Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Click Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keywords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post was prompted by many discussions with clients in which we attempt to summarize SEO and PPC performance in practical, easily digestible forms. There is frequently a tendency for clients to oversimplify evaluations to &#8220;it works&#8221; or &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t&#8221; based upon summary data. For SEO, we try to summarize performance in terms of increases [...]]]></description>
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