Semmy Finalists in Local have been named

The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the Local Search category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards are: The Finalists Local Search Interviews, Information, and Resources Michael Gray, Graywolf | 2/5/07 Location Prominence and Differences in Local OneBox and Google Maps Bill Slawski, SEO by the Sea | 2/8/07 Local Numbers: Setting the …

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Cool Google Maps App

Most of you that are interested in mapping already read the Google Lat Long Blog but for those of you that don’t Google has introduced a new tool today on the blog that allows a viewer to see an animated sampling of  users map updates that have been made around the country. Even if you …

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Citysearch & InsiderPages reviews are now back in Google

This morning I wrote a piece: Google Maps: The changing landscape for reviews that speculated on the removal of CitySearch, InsiderPages and Yelp reviews from Google Maps. They were gone. I verified that on a specific and general basis as recently as January 6th. A reader has pointed out that they are now back. CitySearch, …

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Is iPhone Demand Fading or is ATT Failing?

At LocalMobileSearch, Greg Sterling raised the question: Is iPhone Demand Fading? I am not sure but if my experience is any indication it is more likely ATT shooting themselves in the foot. I went to an ATT store yesterday with a small business person who wanted to buy 3 iPhones. He was willing & ready …

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Google Maps: The changing landscape for reviews

Over the past year with the development of user generated content and the rise of reviews in particular small businesses have been struggling with exactly how to approach this new form of customer input. The more internet aware have embraced the review process and have been using the process for reputation management, quality improvement through …

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