{"id":18362,"date":"2015-07-31T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=18362"},"modified":"2015-07-31T21:36:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T01:36:01","slug":"a-killer-google-maps-ranking-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/31\/a-killer-google-maps-ranking-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8220;Killer&#8221; Google Maps Ranking Tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure that I would suggest that you copy this fellow&#8217;s methodology. One has to wonder how the White House factors into this deal as well.<\/p>\n<p>But&nbsp;it does impress on me the value of pure citations. 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