Comments on: Local Search Tools For the SMB and Professional http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Todd Bryson http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-554773 Todd Bryson Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:04:33 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-554773 Mike : I built this toolLocal Search Tool at http://www.localsearchtool.org to help my resellers create a report to help in the marketing phase of the process. It just gives a snapshot of what the business is doing but also searches the top listings for the top keyword and compares how many businesses are actually on that directory.

Its more of a sales and marketing tool but still is kinda cool as it can be white labeled seo companies can help companies understand what they need to do to rank well locally.

This program is helping support LocalSiteSubmit.com which is basically a manual local directory submission service and citation blast service. Our service works pretty well and we are seeing some nice ranking increases for our clients.

And thanks for all the great info. Keep it coming.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545267 Mike Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:00:07 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545267 @Jon
You are referring to the citations mentioned in the Places Page? They hardly ever reflect much of any reality… better off using one of the tools above.

Is it possible that there is more than one listing in the Index for the business?

]]> By: Jon http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545263 Jon Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:21:38 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545263 Mike,
It appears that Google has been caching Maps listings today (2/11/11) I noticed several of my clients have gained a couple and many of them have lost quite a bit. Most of the citations lost were just built over the last 3 months. I would think that Google would like Places to be some what stable.
On a side note, I have one client whose information will not change after I edit their account. When I click on edit it all appears changed, but the listing still looks the same? Any tips?

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545217 Mike Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:54:24 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545217 @tim

Those tools are probably looking at Places/Maps rank which is distinct from local organic blended rank with a city set at a particular setting and no geo modifier

]]> By: PureSheer http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545216 PureSheer Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:53:25 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545216 @Mike B

Got it, thanks!

]]> By: Tim http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545215 Tim Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:49:44 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545215 Thanks, Mike. Do you think a tool that uses Lat / Long settings vs. a city centroid is likely to be outdated?

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545214 Mike Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:42:56 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545214 @Tim
So you are wanting to set the location in Google via the some equivalent of the “change location” setting? If that is what you want, I know of no current product that allows that. You might be able to simulate it via a product like Advanced Web Ranking and a farm of proxy servers… but the problem is a bit beyond me.

]]> By: Tim http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545213 Tim Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:34:44 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545213 Mike – are there any tools that can track geo related searches that leave out the geo-search qualifier? For example, if I want to know if a client is listed in Atlanta for “pet sitting.”

I am looking to do this for a franchise, so it’s an impossible task to do by hand…

]]> By: Andy Kuiper http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545211 Andy Kuiper Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:12:12 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545211 Mike… I don’t know how you manage to stay on top of things –> all the time! You are a great resource for Local SEO, thanks :-) I’ve been using both tools – not sure which I like better. I also saw Mike’s post and I’m trying out MapTracker as well.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/02/10/local-search-tools-for-the-smb-and-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-545209 Mike Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:06:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9112#comment-545209 @Mike B

Thanks for stopping by and answering Ryan & Puresheer’s questions. I do like the product.

@Mike R (aka Idaho Jones)
You are welcome to drop a link here any time but no I didn’t know you were doing tools…

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