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		<title>How Does A Tacoma &#124; Pierce County &#8211; Puyallup, Sumner, Fircrest, Business Dominate Google?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t heard, the &#8220;Canary Pages&#8221; are almost dead as a method for businesses to reach a consumer who is MAKING A PURCHASING DECISION!
Think about it&#8230;when you are looking for something &#8211; whether it&#8217;s a coffee shop, a doctor,  or a bankruptcy lawyer &#8211;  where do you start looking first?
If you&#8217;re like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, the &#8220;Canary Pages&#8221; are almost dead as a method for businesses to reach a consumer who is MAKING A PURCHASING DECISION!</p>
<p>Think about it&#8230;when you are looking for something &#8211; whether it&#8217;s a coffee shop, a doctor,  or a bankruptcy lawyer &#8211;  where do you start looking first?</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re like 85% of the rest of North America, you go to google.com!  What shows up on the FIRST PAGE of Google&#8217;s results DOMINATES the market for the search phrase that was entered.</p>
<p>For example, you&#8217;re looking for a mortgage broker in Pierce County.  You go to Google and type in &#8216;pierce county mortgage broker&#8217; (pretty simple, right?).</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=pierce+county+mortgage+broker" target="_self">HERE </a>to see that actual search.  Notice that one of the unpaid listings is from www.kingcountydirectory.com or www.piercecountydirectory.com!</p>
<p>That could be YOUR PAGE if you were a mortgage broker!  That would probably be YOUR CLIENT also!</p>
<p>We have dozens and dozens of FIRST PAGE rankings in business categories that can be used to drive hundreds of people to your website, and to your business.</p>
<p>Email us to find out how to get yourself literally &#8216;on the map&#8217; of internet searches!  Click <a href="mailto:info@mainstreetmarketing.info">HERE</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tacoma &#8211; Pierce County Personal Injury Attorneys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being hurt ONCE is enough!  Don&#8217;t compound the injury with delay in meeting with a competent, experienced personal injury attorney.
Now, we all have our favorite &#8216;attorney jokes&#8217;, and even attorneys themselves will admit to laughing at one or two.  But when you need fierce representation against an aggressive insurance company or adjuster it is NO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Being hurt ONCE is enough!  Don&#8217;t compound the injury with delay in meeting with a competent, experienced personal injury attorney.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Now, we all have our favorite &#8216;attorney jokes&#8217;, and even attorneys themselves will admit to laughing at one or two.  But when you need fierce representation against an aggressive insurance company or adjuster it is NO JOKE!  A good attorney looking out for your best interests is an absolute necessity.</p>
<p><strong>Most experienced personal injury lawyers in Tacoma and Pierce County work in the following areas:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> <em>Auto Accidents<br />
Truck Accidents<br />
Medical Mistakes<br />
Birth Injury<br />
Slip and Fall<br />
Nursing Home Neglect<br />
Workers Compensation<br />
Defective Drugs and Products<br />
Wrongful Death</em></strong>
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<p style="text-align: center;">If you or a loved one has been injured, and someone else is to blame, you deserve to be paid for all the medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering that resulted.  You need experienced accident attorneys who will work aggressively to get you what you ’re entitled to.</p>
<p>Most Law Offices will offer FREE initial consultations with a Tacoma or Pierce County personal injury lawyer to anyone who believes they may have a personal injury case.  If they take your case, they usually will work on contingency, meaning that  you pay nothing until we obtain you compensation.  Contingency is usually done as a percentage of the total settlement.</p>
<p>When dealing with an insurance company, a hospital, or some other organization, you may begin to feel you are the runaround.  They are businesses, and they are not in business to reprent your best interest.  Even your own insurance company may not really be able to support your side!</p>
<p><strong>A good Tacoma or Pierce County personal injury lawyer will be on no ones side but yours</strong>.</p>
<p>If you or your loved one has been injured, you need answers fast.  Contact a reputable, experienced Tacoma or Pierce County personal injury attorney before considering any settlement you are offered!</p>
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		<title>Pierce County Real Estate Attorneys &#8211; Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Fife, Bonney Lake and Eastern Pierce</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Real Estate  &#8211; Land  Use &#8211; Zoning
Pierce County real  estate attorneys provide representation to private lenders, developers and  individuals in a wide spectrum of real estate transactions and land use matters. 
Typical real estate  services include advice, counseling, document review, drafting and negotiation  in the following areas:


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Pierce County Real Estate  &#8211; Land  Use &#8211; Zoning</span></strong></h3>
<h3><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Pierce County real  estate attorneys provide representation to private lenders, developers and  individuals in a wide spectrum of real estate transactions and land use matters. </span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Typical real estate  services include advice, counseling, document review, drafting and negotiation  in the following areas:</span></h3>
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<h4><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Purchase, sale and  exchange of commercial and residential property of all types; </span></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Real estate financing,  including security instruments, residential and construction mortgages; </span></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Preparation and  plotting of legal descriptions, deeds and mortgages; </span></h4>
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<h4><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Land use and  development, including </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">subdivision, zoning,  restrictive covenants, environmental concerns and eminent domain, including  appearances before governmental bodies or commissions; </span></h4>
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<h3><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Mortgage foreclosures,  mechanics&#8217; lien matters and general workout considerations; </span></h3>
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<h3><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Multiple-unit  projects, common interest communities including condominiums and planned unit  developments. </span></h3>
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<h3><span>Real estate law is  so complex, and the areas affect are so diverse and broad, that each of the  above could require an entire firm just to represent a single case!  Your best  bet is to ask your own attorney first if they have substantial experience in  real estate law.  If they do not, ask them if they can refer you to one of their  colleagues who does.  You can also ask friends and <span>colleages</span> if they have had a recent positive  experience using a real estate attorney.  Always ask for and check  references.</span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000;">Above all, be sure to  interview several &#8211; 3 or 4 at a minimum &#8211; Pierce county &#8211; Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Fife, Bonney Lake, &amp; Eastside &#8211; real estate attorneys  before making a decision to hire one to represent you. </span></h3>
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		<title>Tacoma &#8211; Pierce County Bankruptcy Lawyers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierce County &#8211; Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Fife, Bonney Lake, &#38; Eastside Bankruptcy Attorneys
You should be comfortable consulting with an attorney for any reason.  Bankruptcy is highly personal, and you may feel that it is highly embarrassing.  Unfortunately, the number of bankruptcies in the last decade has been on the rise, and given the state of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="areaFocus">Pierce County &#8211; Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Fife, Bonney Lake, &amp; Eastside Bankruptcy Attorneys</h2>
<p>You should be comfortable consulting with an attorney for any reason.  Bankruptcy is highly personal, and you may feel that it is highly embarrassing.  Unfortunately, the number of bankruptcies in the last decade has been on the rise, and given the state of the US economy this year it isn&#8217;t likely that will change.</p>
<p><strong>YOU ARE NOT ALONE!</strong></p>
<p>If you have worked with an attorney before on a non-bankruptcy issue, contact them and ask if they handle bankruptcies.  If they do not, they may be able to refer you to one of their colleagues who they know will give you the same service level that they offer.</p>
<h3>A typical bankruptcy legal practice:</h3>
<p>Most experienced Pierce County bankrkuptcy lawyers work hard to provide clients with high-quality legal services in the  practice areas they offer and maintain a strong and completely confidential attorney-client  relationship.  A well-developed bankruptcy practice will concentrate on helping individuals with Chapter 13 and Chapter 7  filings, help businesses with Chapter 11 filings, and help creditors  protect their rights in the bankruptcy process.</p>
<p>Some bankruptcy practices will also be skilled in additional areas (which can be involved in bankruptcies):</p>
<p>Debt negotiation and credit repair<br />
Business formation &#8211; incorporation &#038; filings<br />
Conducting business &#8211; forms &#038; procedures necessary for business<br />
Buying and selling businesses<br />
Commercial and  residential real estate transactions<br />
Real estate litigation<br />
Landlord  tenant issues<br />
Construction law<br />
Franchising a business<br />
Wills and  estates<br />
Financial planning<br />
Arbitration or dispute resolution</p>
<h3>Your goal:</h3>
<p>You want an attorney who will listen to your unique circumstances, care about how each facet of your case is best handled, and help you to understand this complex area of law.</p>
<p>Be sure to interview several Tacoma &amp; Pierce County bankruptcy lawyers.  If possible, ask your friends if they&#8217;ve worked with an attorney before, if if they had a positive and productive experience.</p>
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		<title>Pierce County Insurance Brokers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Puyallup, Milton, Fife, Sumner, Bonney Lake, &#38; Pierce County Insurance Brokers &#8211; Tell Everyone About Your unique Insurance Brokerage and Have Them Find You HERE!
You know what’s unique about your location, your offerings, and your service.
Now, let EVERYONE else know it!
Click on Comments to contact us for information about listing your shop on this Featured [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Puyallup, Milton, Fife, Sumner, Bonney Lake, &amp; Pierce County Insurance Brokers &#8211; Tell Everyone About Your unique Insurance Brokerage and Have Them Find You HERE!</strong></p>
<p>You know what’s unique about your location, your offerings, and your service.</p>
<p>Now, let EVERYONE else know it!</p>
<p>Click on Comments to contact us for information about listing your shop on this Featured Page!</p>
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		<title>Pierce County &#8211; Tacoma Business Directory</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After hunting around for a decent portal to showcase the businesses that could use it the most, it was time for Pierce County businesses to DIY &#8212; Do It Yourself. In the spirit of &#8220;don&#8217;t worry, be fast and get something up there NOW&#8221;, you can see the first draft of the Tacoma Front Door [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After hunting around for a decent portal to showcase the businesses that could use it the most, it was time for Pierce County businesses to DIY &#8212; Do It Yourself. In the spirit of &#8220;don&#8217;t worry, be fast and get something up there NOW&#8221;, you can see the first draft of the Tacoma Front Door Portal at: <a href="http://www.tacomafocus.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tacoma Front Door Portal</span></a></p>
<p>This portal will be very exclusive. It will be for particular niches or sub-niches that have a top spot available in the search engine results. These particular niches typically spend heavily to promote their businesses or professions, but clearly haven&#8217;t gotten their websites (if they have them) indexed for their main keywords.</p>
<p>Several base categories are live at this point. Within a very short period of time, you will be able to put almost any category into the search engine and see the &#8220;placeholder&#8221; page for that niche. If you are just dying to see what a plain vanilla placeholder page looks like, go to <a href="http://www.vincerunza.com/scranton/equipment-rental-service/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Scranton Equipment Rental Services</span></a>.  Imagine your own business or service with a great spot in that search engine I mentioned.</p>
<p>Now imagine that same spot in the results leads to <span style="font-weight:bold;">your</span> website. Through the magic of computers, a kind of call forwarding can make that happen! Best of all, once yours truly either fixes your current page to rank well in search engines or has an exclusive team of Web page builders craft a website for you that will present the right face to your prospects and clients, you&#8217;ll be able to stand on your own!</p>
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		<title>Tacoma Mortgage Brokers &#124; Mortgage Brokers in Tacoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word &#8220;mortgage&#8221; literally means &#8220;dead hand&#8221;. Figuratively, it means a pledge unto death. Old-fashioned mortgages were never paid off. They didn&#8217;t amortize, or liquidate the debt itself. Instead, they gave the right to build and use the property for life, with the understanding that the ownership of the property remained with one who originally [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The word &#8220;mortgage&#8221; literally means &#8220;dead hand&#8221;. Figuratively, it means a pledge unto death. Old-fashioned mortgages were never paid off. They didn&#8217;t <span style="font-style:italic;">amortize</span>, or liquidate the debt itself. Instead, they gave the right to build and use the property for life, with the understanding that the ownership of the property remained with one who originally owned it.</p>
<p>Old English property laws were intended to protect the holdings of the elite. Mortgages were a way to &#8220;monetize&#8221; their land without surrendering control of it. Nowadays, the idea that someone could &#8220;mortgage&#8221; land without eventually surrendering it to the one paying the mortgage is unthinkable.</p>
<p>There are still forms of this archaic method of long-term leasing:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ground rent</li>
<li>99 year leases of property</li>
</ul>
<p>There is also a type of non-amortizing loan called a &#8220;balloon loan&#8221; or interest-only loan. Typically, the loan payments are as if one had a 25 or 30 year amortizing loan, but no payments are credited to paying off the principal. Instead, in only 5 to 7 years, the principal becomes due and payable as a lump sum.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s mortgage market has seen a troublesome use of so-called ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) loans. While these loans are not in and of themselves bad, giving them to those who will not be able to make the payments when the loan &#8220;adjusts&#8221; upward has created a crisis in the Real Estate market and the world economy as a whole!</p>
<p>Rather than dissect this problem here, consider well which type of loan you choose for your own home purchase or Real Estate investment property. It is up to you to do your own due diligence when it comes to borrowing a substantial amount of money. It is imperative that you do so when that money represents your life savings and your future net worth.</p>
<p>In Tacoma, there are a huge number of mortgage brokers to choose from. The key is to find one that will take into account your total financial plan and fiscal &#8220;fitness&#8221;. Do your research and find the <a href="http://vincerunza.com/scranton/mortgages">Mortgage Brokers in Tacoma</a> that will best serve your needs and select the best of the best.</p>
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		<title>Plumbing in Tacoma &#124; Plumbers in Tacoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Plumbers in Tacoma have it easy. Make no mistake; they&#8217;re hard-working, industrious and know their business. It&#8217;s easier for them because of the number of older homes in the area.
Plumbing that dates back nearly a century inevitably means leaky pipes. Some of those pipes are actually made of lead, which is toxic to living things [...]]]></description>
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<p>Plumbers in Tacoma have it easy. Make no mistake; they&#8217;re hard-working, industrious and know their business. It&#8217;s easier for them because of the number of older homes in the area.</p>
<p>Plumbing that dates back nearly a century inevitably means leaky pipes. Some of those pipes are actually made of lead, which is toxic to living things who drink water from lead pipes.  Many are made of galvinized iron, a material that was never meant to last 100 years and can cause coloration in the water as well as leaking, etc.  Repair and replacement of old pipes is just one area of plumbing.</p>
<p>Ground water and wet basements means sump pumps &#8212; which need maintenance, repairs and replacements. While the annual rainfall here is less than that of the Pacific North-West (which is classified as a temperate rain forest), there&#8217;s still plenty of rain and groundwater to get into the foundations of houses.</p>
<p>Hot water heaters have a limited life span. When they go, they need replacement. Local plumbers can upgrade the quality of the replacement to be more energy efficient (including the new <span style="font-style:italic;">solar hot water</span> solution).</p>
<p>Then there are the inevitable clogs, leaky faucets, sewer problems and the like. Bathtubs and sinks eventually wear out and need to be fixed or replaced. All the normal plumbing chores that need attention just add to the ease with which Scranton plumbers get more and more work.</p>
<p>The trick for Tacomans is to find the right plumber for the particular job that needs doing. A pipe-fitter or steam-fitter is not a plumber. Neither is a “helpful” neighbor with a smattering of plumbing knowledge (who recently screwed up the installation of a float in a toilet). Check out <a href="http://tacomafocus.com/tacoma/plumbers/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tacoma Plumbers</span></a> for a reliable, hard-working plumber at <a href="http://tacomafocus.com/tacoma/plumbers/" target="_blank">http://tacomafocus.com/tacoma/plumbers/</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cosmetic Dentistry in Pierce County &#124; Dentists in Tacoma, Sumner, Puyallup, Graham, &amp; Fife</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Cosmetic dentistry in Tacoma is as advanced as just about anywhere else in the world. While it used to be that you&#8217;d have to go to Hollywood or New York City to find a dental “magician” that could give you a movie-star smile, advances in technology and dental education mean that you won&#8217;t have to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Cosmetic dentistry in Tacoma is as advanced as just about anywhere else in the world. While it used to be that you&#8217;d have to go to Hollywood or New York City to find a dental “magician” that could give you a movie-star smile, advances in technology and dental education mean that you won&#8217;t have to travel far to get the best results.</p>
<p>Along with the new composite fillings that look and feel like natural tooth enamel, composites can completely remake your smile. Cured outside the mouth, these newer composite veneers can fill gaps, create new crowns and even totally reshape the look and color of natural teeth.</p>
<p>Porcelain veneers have been getting a lot of attention lately. These specially formulated porcelain mixtures are so strong and hard that a very thin veneer can be bonded to your teeth without having to (painfully) grind down the existing tooth material. They are long-lasting, match the appearance of natural teeth and are considered superior to older porcelain crowns.</p>
<p>Replacing lost or damaged teeth can now be done below the gum line. Dental implants that are anchored into the jawbone can be indistinguishable from natural teeth (except when they are X-rayed). While these implants require the patient to commit to careful and continuous oral health maintenance, they can be worth the extra effort for those who wish a better solution than regular dentures.</p>
<p>In-office teeth whitening or bleaching by the dentist outperforms at-home methods of removing stains and discoloration from teeth. The Zoom™ teeth whitening system uses a light activated gel that penetrates the tooth enamel and bleaches away stains better than just about any other method.</p>
<p>The newest method of straightening teeth, called Invisalign™, replaces old metal braces with nearly invisible forms that fit over the teeth. The cost for this particular method is comparable to regular metal braces.</p>
<p>Go immediately to <a href="http://www.tacomafocus.com/dentist/cosmetic" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Tacoma Cosmetic Dentists</span></a> and find out just how your smile can be improved at</p>
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