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	<title>Search Engine Marketing Blog</title>
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		<title>Link Building No No&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any would be link builder needs to read both of these pages to learn what NOT to do and any website owner or experienced link builder should read them for a bit of a laugh. 
WebmasterWorld&#8217;s compiled list of How Not to Ask for a Link
You&#8217;ll laugh, you&#8217;ll cry, you&#8217;ll cringe at the memories of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Local - No address? Just rent one</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not my idea, it&#8217;s Google&#8217;s own advice. No joke. According to Chris Silver Smith&#8217;s post on Search Engine Land Google Earth VP Michael Jones, when asked how small businesses that did not wish to display their home address could get on Google Local, &#8220;suggested that those businesses could rent a post box&#8221;. 
Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number 1 or Nowhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably seen the blog posts about Google&#8217;s new attempt to cash in on yet more space on the first screen view of results for any local search. 
While this won&#8217;t impact on the traffic for some businesses, notably those relying on purchase-related search terms, it will have a significant impact on any sites vying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link Building is Hard Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Ward&#8217;s article over at Search Engine Land is a good read for anyone considering trying some of the more &#8220;fly by night&#8221; techniques that are often associated - erroneously - with link building. 
Bottom line is that link building is hard work. So is link buying. There are no short cuts, no easy ways [...]]]></description>
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