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Understanding Google My Business & Local Search

Entries Published On July, 2011

Small Business Influencer Awards: Vote early, Vote often and Vote for …..

I was recently honored to have been nominated for the 2011 Small Business Influencer award in the guru category. It is an effort by Smallbiztrends.com to recognize those “organizations and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market”.  The awards will identify the Top 100 influencers and are decided …

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TripAdvisor Sends Conflicted Message: We Can Incent Reviews but Business Can’t

The review world is full of contradictions. Many review sites, TripAdvisor included, have strong penalties if a business is caught incenting reviews. The prohibition makes sense in that an incentive is likely to lead a reviewer to generate a low quality, less than thoughtful review in order to receive the incentive. There is also the …

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