{"id":5893,"date":"2016-11-10T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsplace.experiments.gr\/?page_id=5893"},"modified":"2017-02-14T14:43:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:43:33","slug":"the-case-for-local","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letsplace.gr\/the-case-for-local\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for local"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/letsplace.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/case-for-local-3.jpg” attachment=”fixed” bg_position=”center top” bg_stretch=”true” bg_gradient=”vertical” video_color_mask=”rgba(204,204,204,0.6)” gr_end=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” video_opacity=”0″ top_shadow=”true” min_height=”500″ full_height=”true” padding_top=”120″ padding_bottom=”0″ skip_arrow=”true” el_class=”has-map-item” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1484834202605{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#222222″ size=”24″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”20″ size_phone=”15″ font_weight=”bold” txt_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”2″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Lato” font_type=”google” align=”center”]The Case for Local[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#222222″ size=”18″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”2″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Lato” font_type=”google” align=”center”]Why is local data so important?[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” divider_width=”custom_width” custom_width=”50″ thin_single_color=”#cacaca” thickness=”3″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” align=”center”]Customers can\u2019t make a purchase if they can\u2019t connect with the business, let alone if they can\u2019t locate the business in the real world.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”50″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ el_class=”map-item”][vc_single_image image=”6318″ img_size=”55×55″ el_class=”top-right hidden”][vc_single_image image=”6312″ img_size=”55×55″ el_class=”bottom-right hidden”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_color=”#fcfcfc” bg_position=”center top” bg_stretch=”true” full_width=”true” padding_top=”120″ padding_bottom=”100″ top_shape_color=”#ffffff” bottom_shape_color=”#ffffff” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#000000″ size=”18″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”2″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Lato” font_type=”google” align=”center”]Search is getting local[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” divider_width=”custom_width” custom_width=”50″ thin_single_color=”#cacaca” thickness=”3″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][mk_chart content_type=”custom_text” custom_text=”> 50%” custom_text_size=”20″ desc=”\u039core than 50% of all mobile searches
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