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		<title>Google Talks Local Search Relevance Factors</title>
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Google talked a little about how loca...]]></description>
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		<title>Google Uses Rich Snippets for Local Search</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Crum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google announced that it is now using Rich Snippets for local search. Webmasters with pages that in some way pertain to real world places, can utilize these to reference those places and optimize for local search results.&#160; 

&#34;By using structu...]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Local Search Engine Optimization</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google introduced a &#8220;geographic box&#8221; at the top of its search results and found that its users value this component. The engine now displays ten local search results at the top of the listings for relevant queries, provided they have a geographic modifier attached. For example, if you type &#8220;Chicago accounting&#8221; in Google, you will [...]]]></description>
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