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Fun With Local Search APIs

It finally rained here in Phoenix yesterday after almost 150 days without rain. Once it started to come down, it didn’t let up until well after nightfall.

Since it was raining, I figured I’d stay in and work on something just for fun; a project that I would never normally work on because it doesn’t pay the bills. As I mentioned before in a previous post, I’m definitely not a programmer but I do enjoy figuring things out first-hand and on my own. To me programming is like solving a complex puzzle; even though I do get frustrated and lost frequently, I still enjoy it.
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Instant Rankings in Yahoo via CitySearch.com

I’ve had an active account with CitySearch.com to promote several of my sites for quite some time, and we’ve received a significant amount of targeted, high-converting local traffic over the years. I was quick to embrace local search marketing, as it’s a major factor in how customers find the products and services that we offer.
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Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2005

SES Chicago 2005 began yesterday and although I couldn’t attend this year (I had a free pass from a friend with a booth in the expo hall, but I found out too late), I’m keeping up with everything that’s going on via Barry Schwartz’ Search Engine Roundtable Blog. Barry and the other site authors do an awesome job of covering the key information from each session while leaving out anything irrelevant, and the additional comments they include keep it interesting.
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Yahoo Adds New Search Shortcuts

Just read a post over at Yahoo’s Search Blog indicating that Yahoo has added a few new search shortcuts to the site. Their list of shortcuts is now up to 30, which is great, but as usual this news follows on the heels of their competitors.
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The Beginning of a Long Awaited Journey

I knew I needed to do it…yet like so many other things when you’re working 60-70 hours per week, there simply isn’t enough time in the day. For a very long time now I’ve known deep down that a blog would be the way I could effectively communicate and share my ideas, theories, and point of view with the world. Well, I finally took the first step.
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