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	<description>Internet Marketing Agency providing business Internet Marketing strategies</description>
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		<title>Mobile Coupons And Google Local Business Listings Change Coupon Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local business listings have become a significant local marketing tool that is showing the demise of the traditional yellow pages and equally the traditional coupons. With the onset of mobile devices and mobile applications becoming a more useful tool to the local consumers, we have to wonder how this will affect the traditional coupons that are printed and cut using scissors. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/03/07/mobile-coupons-and-google-local-business-listings-change-coupon-industry/</link>
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		<title>Local Business Listings Pose Brand Security Concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local business listing hijacking is a real situation that can and will have an impact upon a business brand name.  Brand name security and brand security has to be front of mind for local businesses with their local business listing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/03/01/local-business-listings-pose-brand-security-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Free Webinars Promote Advantages of Local Business Listings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The webinars are being hosted by SmartFinds Internet Marketing, with two upcoming sessions scheduled for Wednesday, February 24th at 10:00 a.m. EST and Thursday, February 25th at 2:00 p.m. EST. These free webinars will help introduce the benefits of Local Business Listings to local business owners to understand how they can tap into the local consumer through web searches and mobile searches.

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		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/02/21/free-webinars-promote-advantages-of-local-business-listings/</link>
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		<title>Local Business Listings Are Not About Getting Listed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The local business is already listed with most of the major search engines and local listing websites.  If you have a phone number for your business you are already listed with the major websites that focus their attention on the local market.  Any one of these websites receives their original data from the phone companies and other public sources.  After all, local listings have been on the web for a number of years.  There really isn't anything new about this.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/02/18/local-business-listings-are-not-about-getting-listed/</link>
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		<title>These Battle Lines Are Drawn in Yellow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google’s renewed attempt to court small businesses underscores one of the perennial challenges of Web advertising. Small businesses make up a majority of businesses in America but account for only a small fraction of online advertising dollars.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/02/17/these-battle-lines-are-drawn-in-yellow/</link>
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		<title>Local Business Listings, Consumer Reviews and Public Relations Concerns for the Local Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local businesses will need to start paying attention to their local business listing for consumer reviews.  Consumer reviews on local business listings will affect search engine rankings and also display to other consumers on mobile searches.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/02/11/local-business-listings-consumer-reviews-and-public-relations-concerns-for-the-local-business/</link>
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		<title>Google Local Business Listing Enhancements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has made some changes to the local business listing with Google Maps by adding enhanced business listings.  These enhanced listings will identify what you would like local customers to see.  This may include a video, coupon, a link or anything else you find important. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/02/04/google-local-business-listing-enhancements/</link>
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		<title>Local Business Listings And The Importance Of Citations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citations or web references are publicly available mentions of your business name and address on other websites. This information helps search engines validate your business. Citations help validate your business is part of a local community.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/01/22/local-business-listings-and-the-importance-of-citations/</link>
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		<title>Compuware Gomez Launches Online Tool to Calculate the Financial Impact of Slow Web Site Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designed for line of business and e-commerce professionals, the new Compuware Financial Analysis Support Tool (F.A.S.T. Calculator) helps companies calculate how much revenue is at risk from slow web page load times. Launched today at the National Retail Federation Big Show in New York City.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/01/19/compuware-gomez-launches-online-tool-to-calculate-the-financial-impact-of-slow-web-site-performance/</link>
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		<title>Local Business Listing Frustrations Cannot Update Listing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local Business Listing update frustrations are mounting by many local business owners as they have trouble with all search engines. Business owners are having difficulty updating their local business listings on their own.  Here are only a few examples of the problems business owners run into.  Reviewing the forums of the major search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing, you will find many more questions and frustrations.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smartfindsmarketing.com/blog/2010/01/14/local-business-listing-frustrations-cannot-update-listing/</link>
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