{"id":5818,"date":"2010-01-13T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T18:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2010-01-13T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T19:17:57","slug":"semmys-honoring-search-articles-from-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/semmys-honoring-search-articles-from-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Semmy&#8217;s: Honoring Search Articles from 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbusinesssem.com\/\">Matt McGee<\/a>&#8216;s annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/\">Semmy Awards<\/a> have been announced and 3 of my articles published this year have been nominated. My thanks go out to Matt (and his many minions) for all of his effort in recognizing the many great articles from throughout the year. It is a monumental task to track, collate and order the content. 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