Comments on: Local Links of Interest http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180641 earlpearl Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:44:26 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180641 Who are these guys? I thought you were the expert when it came to maps. Dave Who are these guys? I thought you were the expert when it came to maps.

Dave

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180472 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:31:19 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180472 Hi Will- Yes that does appear to be a double whammy doesn't it...one wonders whether it is their own telemarketing team or if they have outsourced that to a different (aggressive) company as well... I have never quite figured out over promise and under deliver as a long term business proposition but I guess like mapspsam it demonstrates that Local is "coming of age". Mike Hi Will-

Yes that does appear to be a double whammy doesn’t it…one wonders whether it is their own telemarketing team or if they have outsourced that to a different (aggressive) company as well…

I have never quite figured out over promise and under deliver as a long term business proposition but I guess like mapspsam it demonstrates that Local is “coming of age”.

Mike

]]> By: Will Scott http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180297 Will Scott Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:23:35 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/31/local-links-of-interest-25/#comment-180297 Mike, I don't know why, but your eLocalListing mention caught my eye. So, I went and did a little review of their site. On this page: elocallisting [dot] com/howitworks.html they tell you what they're going to do. As it turns out, they're selling an "Optimized Profile Page". The shame of it is that businesses don't have a clue and need to be wary of this kind of stuff. The problem with these "Profile" pages or proxy sites as some others do is that, beyond the claims of aggressive marketing and billing, <em>the business never owns it</em> like they do with real SEO and website promotion. Will Mike,

I don’t know why, but your eLocalListing mention caught my eye. So, I went and did a little review of their site.

On this page: elocallisting [dot] com/howitworks.html they tell you what they’re going to do. As it turns out, they’re selling an “Optimized Profile Page”.

The shame of it is that businesses don’t have a clue and need to be wary of this kind of stuff.

The problem with these “Profile” pages or proxy sites as some others do is that, beyond the claims of aggressive marketing and billing, the business never owns it like they do with real SEO and website promotion.

Will

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