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		<title>Wrapping Up Local: Why You Should Take Action Today</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/02/05/wrapping-up-local-why-you-should-take-action-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re thinking about taking your website local or taking your local business to the web, one thing stands true regardless &#8212; the local phenomenon is only growing online. The good news is that it is very easy to participate. Here are just a few reasons why you should take action today&#8230; Local Is The New Global. Okay, local is not really a substitute for operating a nationwide or international business. But it is important and it is the direction the web is really growing right now today. When it comes to the direction that online business has followed from its original inception to 2009 and beyond, the path kind of looks remarkably like it all started out with an international, everything to everyone ambition; from there, it&#8217;s all worked backwards down to the most minute local niches &#8212; and it&#8217;s specific niches like these that produce true results on the web. Local Is Mobile. Now that web-connected mobile devices are not only commonplace, but are also finally becoming easy to use, the trend is clear &#8212; a large percentage of any business&#8217;s customer base is reachable through their mobile devices. It just so happens that the search engines are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Submitting To Google Local</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to be intimidated by big search, but the good news is that Google wants to be your partner &#8212; after all, that&#8217;s why they&#8217;re in business. Without your websites to use in the creation of their search results, they have no product to offer to their customers. And as the search engines compete fiercely in the local search category, they&#8217;ve made it incredibly simple for you to participate. Here&#8217;s How To Submit Your Site To Google Local: Go to the Google Local Business Center. Select &#34;Add new business.&#34; Fill in your company&#8217;s local address and information. As you type your address, you&#8217;ll see to the right exactly how it will look on a Google Map. Continue to fill in your business&#8217;s description and business categories. Google allows you to add up to 5 unique business categories, so be sure to take advantage of this is you&#8217;re able to. Once you&#8217;ve completed this and reviewed the details for accuracy, click next. On the next screen, Google asks for your operating hours. If you maintain regular hours or a storefront location, go ahead and complete this as accurately as possible. Otherwise, it is okay to select &#34;I prefer not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Submitting To Yahoo! Local</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/01/29/a-complete-step-by-step-guide-to-submitting-to-yahoo-local/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! Local wants your business. Your local business listing, that is. While Yahoo! and Microsoft&#8217;s Bing search engines are combining some of their services as part of their recently-announced partnership arrangement, it&#8217;s not immediately clear how or if they&#8217;ll combine forces when it comes to their Local sites as well. For now, it&#8217;s definitely still a good idea to submit your local business to both &#8212; and it will only take a couple of minutes of your time, so why not? Here&#8217;s Exactly How To Submit Your Local Business To Yahoo! Local: Pull up the Yahoo! Local Business Submission in your web browser. Fill in the blank fields with the details of your local business. This includes, your Business Name, Phone Number, Address, City, State, ZIP Code, and of course, your web site&#8217;s URL. Provide the categories of business that you provide services or products for. You can add several different business categories here, so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity. Click on &#34;Additional Information.&#34; This will allow you to complete several optional fields regarding your local business. If you choose, go ahead and fill in your additional phone numbers, company email address, and fax number. Also, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Submitting To Bing Local</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/01/26/a-complete-step-by-step-guide-to-submitting-to-bing-local/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participating in the Bing Local Listing Center, the local product offering from Bing, the newest major in the search industry, is downright simple. Of course, you&#8217;ll also want to make sure you&#8217;ve added your local business information to Google Local and Yahoo! Local too &#8212; it&#8217;s important to get listed with all 3 of the major search engines on their local platforms. But, back to Bing Local, it&#8217;s just going to take a few easy minutes to get your site listed. Here goes&#8230; The Steps To Submitting Your Local Business To The Bing Local Listing Center: Begin by visiting the Bing Local Listing Center in your web browser. Select &#34;Add new listing.&#34; Complete the required fields for your business listing. These fields include your business&#8217;s name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number. Click &#34;Check your listing.&#34; Depending on the status of your business and if it&#8217;s been previously listed, it might already be good to go &#8212; just follow the prompts to verify, update, and continue. Otherwise, if your business wasn&#8217;t found, complete the verification field and click &#34;Continue.&#34; You&#8217;ll need to log in with your Windows Live ID if you have one or sign up for an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Taking Advantage Of These Local Websites?</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/01/22/are-you-taking-advantage-of-these-local-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve discussed in-depth why going local with your website is quite likely to have an impact that&#8217;s very measurable &#8212; in many cases, even on the same scale used to measure &#34;going global.&#34; Local is good stuff because it&#8217;s a very focused niche in and of itself, especially when applied as an overlay to your existing niche or specialty. With this in mind, there are a few local websites and resources that often go overlooked. So let&#8217;s re-hash and take a look at some of these. The Search Engines&#8217; Local Sites: Each of the major search engines maintains its own local &#34;portal.&#34; All you have to do to participate is submit your site. It&#8217;s both free and easy to do. Google Local &#8211; See the recent blog post featuring step-by-step directions for participating here. If you do just one local submission, definitely make it this one for sure. Yahoo! Local &#8211; Same goes, we have a simple guide to get listed on Yahoo! Local. Again, it&#8217;s easy and free. Bing Local &#8211; Rounding out the big 3 of search, submitting to Bing&#8217;s local platform is worth the time. Going Local Locally: It pays to start right within your very own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Proven Tips For Driving Local Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2010/01/19/7-proven-tips-for-driving-local-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking to build your website&#8217;s local traffic? Try these 7 proven tips&#8230; Sign Up For The Local Search Engines &#8211; It&#8217;s free, it&#8217;s easy, and it simply works. Each of the 3 major search engines is really trying to expand their market share of local search (they&#8217;re obviously on to something here). In doing so, they&#8217;re making it incredibly simple to participate. Don&#8217;t pass up this opportunity. You&#8217;ve Got A Web Address&#8230; Use It &#8211; Tastefully plaster your website&#8217;s URL all over your business&#8217;s traditionally-printed material. Business cards, envelopes, stationary, flyers&#8230; you name it. Your local customers do want to use and benefit from your website, but in many cases, they just need to know about it first. Participate In Social Media &#8211; Twitter and Facebook have become quite the online phenomenon. And the best part about it is that it doesn&#8217;t look like they&#8217;re going away anytime soon. Local businesses are catching on and finding out that using these tools to reach local customers is really working. In fact, check with your local Chamber of Commerce or other local business organization to see if they&#8217;re offering any classes or advice to get started here &#8212; many are. Optimize Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scoop On Going Local And Why You Must Participate</title>
		<link>http://www.seokingblog.com/2009/07/30/the-scoop-on-going-local-and-why-you-must-participate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.seokingblog.com/2009/07/30/the-scoop-on-going-local-and-why-you-must-participate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bing Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local search has been around now for several years.  At first, it wasn’t taken all that seriously—the thought patterns of many people out there were something along the lines of, “I’m trying to take my business worldwide on the internet, why should I waste my time with local?” Attitudes have changed. Let’s get straight to the point:  Local is the future of the web and you’d be downright foolish not to join in.  Why? People are using local web search as a new version of their phone book (so it’s even green, replacing mounds of paper and all). More and more folks are getting back to a “shop local” mindset because it’s good for their communities and encourages thriving local economies. Local search allows your fans to leave positive feedback which helps you to stand out from the crowd in the eyes of new prospective customers. Mobile phones interface very nicely with local search.  For example, just use your mobile device to search for a specific business or even a broad category and a zip code or city name (i.e. pizza 33630).  This puts you just a quick click away from dialing the number. Besides a web address and phone [...]]]></description>
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