{"id":353,"date":"2007-12-29T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T16:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/29\/understanding-google-maps-nominated-for-search-blog-award-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T16:47:41","slug":"understanding-google-maps-nominated-for-search-blog-award-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/29\/understanding-google-maps-nominated-for-search-blog-award-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Google Maps nominated for Search Blog Award 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SearchEngineJournal.com once again has their annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/vote-for-the-search-blogs-awards-of-2007\/6153\/\">Vote for the Search Blogs Awards<\/a><br \/>\nposted and <em>Understanding Google Maps and Yahoo Local<\/em> has been nominated in the Best Local Search Blog category. 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