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		<title>Wrapping Up Local: Why You Should Take Action Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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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 Bing Local</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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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>The Scoop On Going Local And Why You Must Participate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Chaney</dc:creator>
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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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