{"id":4011,"date":"2012-07-24T11:13:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T11:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:39:28","slug":"the-local-search-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/seo\/the-local-search-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"The local search ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Optimizing for local search and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/seo\/\">SEO<\/a> is important and it involves much more than just building a website. 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