{"id":9776,"date":"2011-04-16T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=9776"},"modified":"2011-04-16T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T15:12:32","slug":"google-still-advertising-hotpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/16\/google-still-advertising-hotpot\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Still Advertising HotPot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-16-at-11.09.29-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-16-at-11.09.29-AM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-16 at 11.09.29 AM\" width=\"320\"  class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-16-at-11.09.29-AM.png 393w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-16-at-11.09.29-AM-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a>Google <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/google-hotpot-being-subsumed-into-places\/\">Hotpot was discontinued<\/a> as a distinct product line last week. 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