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Local Adword Search Secrets – Part 1

Today, I'm going to share with you Part 1 of a video on how to make Google think that you're living somewhere other than where you really are.

This can be useful when Internet Marketing, for instance to check exactly what the competition looks like (you can drill down to a single zip code), or to look for opportunities for offline marketing.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the video and if you like it, leave a comment below.

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Thom Lancaster

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ImJamie 7 July 2010

This is a really useful video for people who are starting out! I'd really appreciate it if you posted up quite a few more guides like this. Also its great how you took the time to put this as a video instead of making us read a wall of text.
So thanks!

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