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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <searchinfo totalhits="2" />
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="DSLR Workshops" snippet="...tating the deal is over. The copy for the expiration message is universal, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; it will display the same copy for every landing page. To edit the copy, eit&#10;" size="9640" wordcount="1703" timestamp="2016-09-26T17:28:38Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="DSLR Living Social Pages" snippet="...tating the deal is over. The copy for the expiration message is universal, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; it will display the same copy for every landing page. To edit the copy, eit&#10;" size="2499" wordcount="436" timestamp="2015-06-04T17:40:14Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>