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	<title>JustinBlase.com &#124; Search Engine Optimization &#38; Local Search Marketing &#124; Twin Cities, MN &#38; South Dakota</title>
	<link>http://www.justinblase.com</link>
	<description>Online marketing by means of SEO, Local marketing, PPC, social media and more</description>
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		<title>Things Are Cookin&#8217; With Google Social Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just noticed this tonight, but I haven&#8217;t logged onto the old laptop in a while &#8211; so I can&#8217;t confirm how recent of a development this really is.  I am seeing this on both Firefox for my laptop and Safari on my iPad.
When logged into a Google account, search engine results for Twitter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/things-are-cookin-with-google-social-search</link>
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		<title>Google Results Including Phone Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has added another new element to search results recently (to me anyway) by including phone number results for a name search + location.


Notice the links to a map next to each result.  These are currently leading to the address associated with that phone number in Google Maps.
I have also noticed these phone book results [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/google-phone-book-results</link>
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		<title>Twin Cities GetListed.org Local University Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Event Highlights (Afternoon Session)

Aaron Weiche opens the event with some Mitch Hedberg
 
Mike Blumenthal inherits the name &#8220;Professor Maps&#8221; on Twitter.  Seconds later the professor blows some minds with his demo of Google 411 .  Ed Reese promptly followed with the best tweet of the event:



An attendee asks Google&#8217;s Jeral Poskey about the process for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/twin-cities-getlisted-org-local-university-highlights</link>
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		<title>Service Area Limitations In Google Places</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted earlier today about the variety of service area options in Google Places and wanted to follow up with a few more observations I came across while tinkering.  It relates to a questions I raised in regards to whether or not it is more advantageous to set a service area radius or to choose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/service-area-limitations-in-google-places</link>
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		<title>Google Places Service Area Dissected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Google added the ability for businesses to add a service area option to the map on their Place Page, there have been many questions about whether or not they are more effective than the traditional options.  Along with this, many (all) people are also wondering how this update may translate into additional visibility for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/google-places-service-areas-dissected</link>
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		<title>Google Results Including KML Files &amp; Custom Map Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday, May 6th I noticed the inclusion of 2 KML files and a custom Google Map in the universal search results for my name.  I&#8217;m not sure of the exact date this change took place, but it seems to have been on either last Wednesday or Thursday.
There are currently 2 KML files [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/google-results-including-kml-files-custom-map-results</link>
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		<title>Android Camera + Flickr + Wordpress Blog = Easy Photo Maps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What You&#8217;ll Need:

Handheld device operating on the Android platform
Flickr Account
A site or blog using Wordpress
XML Google Maps Plugin For Wordpress

Initial Setup Time &#8211; Approximately 15 minutes

Have you ever wanted to snap a photo, have it automatically geotagged and added to an embedded map on your site with one click?  If you&#8217;re anything like me, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/android-wordpress-geotagged-photo-map</link>
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		<title>5 Google Maps Mashups To Market Your Local Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing in the history of the web has been more customized and mashed up than Google Maps.  Small businesses have been taking advantage of these mashups for a few years in order to help attract clients by promoting their proximity to them, providing driving directions and much more.
Whether you are looking for a clever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/google-maps-for-local-businesses</link>
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		<title>Three Must Have Plugins For A Geo Friendly Wordpress Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons I choose to use Wordpress for nearly every site project I am involved with is the fact that there are literally thousands of free plugins available to help enhance the functionality and findability of sites.
The three plugins highlighted below have saved me loads of time in geocoding  elements of my sites.

Geotag
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/geo-friendly-wordpress-plugins</link>
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		<title>OK Google We Get It&#8230; Local Marketing Is The Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These last 3 days Google has done a lot to help confirm what most search marketers have been thinking for a long time, local marketing seems to be a large part of the future of Google (which in turn makes it a top priority for all who want to continue to succeed in search marketing).
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.justinblase.com/busy-week-at-google-local</link>
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