<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400220816861113056</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:27:18.851-08:00</updated><category term='SEO strategies for Google local search'/><category term='Google local search'/><category term='Google local search results'/><title type='text'>East Coast Internet - Web Marketing &amp; SEO Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Search engine marketing tips and information provided by East Coast Internet.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://east-coastinternet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4400220816861113056/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://east-coastinternet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>East Coast Internet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06474592876010633413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400220816861113056.post-1219453786516369708</id><published>2009-03-08T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T19:58:32.202-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEO strategies for Google local search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google local search results'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google local search'/><title type='text'>Google Local Results</title><content type='html'>The "local" results that appear at the top of searches performed during Google - can SEO consultants do anything to influence these results?  That remains the million dollar question.     To the best of our knowledge, traditional SEO strategies do not seem to have any influence on Google's local search results.   We will continue our efforts in uncovering this mystery by experimenting with certain client sites.    Stay tuned for further updates.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4400220816861113056-1219453786516369708?l=east-coastinternet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://east-coastinternet.blogspot.com/feeds/1219453786516369708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://east-coastinternet.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-local-results.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4400220816861113056/posts/default/1219453786516369708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4400220816861113056/posts/default/1219453786516369708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://east-coastinternet.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-local-results.html' title='Google Local Results'/><author><name>East Coast Internet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06474592876010633413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
