{"id":350,"date":"2007-12-28T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T19:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/28\/local-links-of-interest-24\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T12:18:35","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T16:18:35","slug":"local-links-of-interest-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/28\/local-links-of-interest-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Links of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/searchenginewatch.com\/showPage.html?page=3627988\">8 White-Hot Trends Lift Local Search in &#8217;08\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; Michael Boland, Search Engine Watch<\/p>\n<p><em>Eight local search trends will rock the search engine world in &#8217;08. 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