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		<title>Google Maps SEO: 5 Proven Strategies to Rank Higher</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Si Quan Ong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But when potential customers search “pizza near me” or “plumber in London,” you’re nowhere to be found in the top three results. Your competitors are stealing your customers. Here’s the reality: just having a Google Business Profile doesn’t mean Google<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Tabloid Technique: How to Easily Land Local Links With Digital PR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you run the numbers and find that people in their state pay more lifetime tax than anyone else? They’ll cover it: Did you find that their city has the worst train delays in the whole country? Yep, they’ll cover<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real Estate SEO: 6 Things You Can Do to Compete With Big Sites</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mateusz Makosiewicz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The best illustration of this is that out of over 4.5M keywords that Zillow ranks for, bringing them an estimated 32.7M visits from search, the top keyword is “zillow”. And did you know that’s a more popular search term than<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEO for Personal Injury Lawyers: 7 Strategies to Lower Cost-Per-Lead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When spending this kind of money per click, the cost of gaining new cases can quickly skyrocket. Since SEO focuses on improving your visibility in the unpaid areas of search engines, you can cut costs and get more leads if<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Restaurant SEO Tips Backed by Diners &#038; Data</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Getting diners through the door, then, is a game of ranking well for these types of queries. Here are a few ways to do this, backed by concrete research and the real experiences of food bloggers and serial diners. Google<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Franchise SEO: Local and National Growth Strategies for Franchises</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Despina Gavoyannis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 14:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With more locations come greater challenges requiring a more nuanced approach than a typical local SEO campaign. In this guide, I share successful strategies I’ve used to scale SEO for local and national franchises. It’s split up into three key<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Location Landing Pages: 6 Crucial Elements Of Local Visibility</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Despina Gavoyannis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You may have heard that Google doesn’t like to rank such pages, which isn’t necessarily true. What Google doesn’t like is: So, let’s unpack the anatomy of a location page strategy that not only ranks and converts but also enhances<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>A Simple SEO Guide for Successful Event Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="260" height="166" src="https://ahrefs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fb_SEO_for_events-260x166.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" decoding="async" />Read on to learn how to apply SEO fundamentals to maximize your visibility, event registrations, and ticket sales. Booking the most obvious venues, towns, and cities for your event is tempting. But before you do, you should do some keyword<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Local SEO: The Complete Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Local SEO is a strategy that helps Google understand where your business is, what you offer, and how trustworthy you are. This improves your ranking in local search results, benefiting any business with a physical location or that serves a<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Local SEO Solutions: 8 Tips to Boost Local Rankings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Hardwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="260" height="166" src="https://ahrefs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fb_local_seo_tips_navigation-260x166.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" decoding="async" />Plenty of guides show you how to do local SEO from start to finish. But they can be daunting, as it’s a complex subject. So, in this guide, we’ll keep things simple with eight tips to boost local rankings: Claim<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more">Read more &#8250;</div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
		
		
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