{"id":511,"date":"2008-03-02T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/02\/local-links-of-interest-40\/"},"modified":"2008-03-02T10:36:45","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T14:36:45","slug":"local-links-of-interest-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/02\/local-links-of-interest-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Links of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbusinesssem.com\/the-no-1-thing-i-learned-at-smx-west-and-other-things\/1091\/\">The No. 1 Thing I Learned at SMX West (about Local Search)<\/a> Matt McGee, Small Business SEM<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Gill was talking about the Yahoo \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Local Shortcut\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d when they show three local business listings in the regular Yahoo SERPs. 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