Local Links of Interest

 Small Business Marketing Success Story: Avante Gardens – Matt McGee, SearchEngineland This interview with Cathy Rulloda is a great overview of good practices. Cathy is always at the forefront of using the internet for local marketing in the very tough florist arena and she more than holds her own. Free-411 Rolls Out Dial Directions Nationally & Jingle Goes Nationwide …

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Google Maps: Earthlink Listings now gone

On May 6th Imnotadoctor.com noted that Earthlink had made quite a mapspam splash. In Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source. I questioned the source of the many listings, theorizing that it came not from a bulk upload but from a data feed. It now appears to be completely gone.  …

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Local Seo Tracking Software

A reader asked me serveral months ago if I knew of software to track local search standings. Advanced Web Ranking had just implemented the feature (after a year of hounding) and I told the reader about it with a caution that I had not yet tried it. He just took the time to email his …

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What impact Maps and Coupons?

Earl the Pearl, in bringing up a new site and comparing to an older one, has done a great summary and analysis at SeoREfugee of where local traffic is coming from: Over the past 10 months, the largest single traffic generator search phrase has been the industry generic term. In google it has generated about …

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