Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Entries Written By Mike Blumenthal
Loci 2008- Greg Sterling’s Significant Developments in Local in 2008
Greg Sterling is a widely respected industry consultant in Local, Local Search & Local Mobile. He writes prolifically at his blog, Screenwerk, Local Mobile Search and SearchEngineLand where is a contributing editor. He plays a significant role in organizing SMX Local and the local tracks at the other SMX conferences. ***** I’m not a “search …
LoadedWeb.com Provides geo based blogging directory
For those of you that are suggesting hyperlocal blogging as a marketing strategy in the coming year, there is a new blog directory that tracks blogs by their location – LoadedWeb.com. The directory has over 1000 location based entries in over 500 cities with plans for expansion into the UK, Australia and New Zealand shortly …
Loci 2008: David Mihm’s Significant Local Posts of 2008
David Mihm, a web designer and search marketing practitioner from Portland, writes for Searchenginland and has his own blog, Mihmorandum, that focuses on local search. David, for me, epitimomizes the ideal of learning through cooperation and collaboration. He created the well received Local Search Ranking Factors project and was a key contributor on the research …
Loci 2008: Matt Cutt’s Important Local Articles of 2008
Matt Cutts from Google is well….Matt Cutts. He doesn’t need much introduction (nor link juice) from me 🙂 . **** Here you go: Just to reiterate, this is my personal opinion. I would say that in my mind, one main story of Google Maps/Local this year is how it opened up more this year. Overall, …
Loci 2008: Matt McGee’s Favorite Articles in Local Search
This is the first of many posts in the Loci 2008 review that details who is reading what in Local Search. Up first is Matt McGee and over the next week you will hear from David Mihm, Ahmed Farooq, Matt Cutts, Martijn Beijk, Will Scott, Greg Sterling, Danny Sullivan and more. Matt McGee has a …
Loci 2008: Important Articles in Local Search
1. Particular postions, points or places 2. Centers of activity, attention, or concentration Loci 2008 is a year end review of articles in Local Search that will be appearing over the next week(s). For me, collaboration, cooperation, review and research create the path to increase our understanding of the world. That is even more true …
Google Not Liable in Adwords Case – What does it mean to Local?
Barry Schawrtz reported out in SearcheEngineLand about a recent Court decision that held that Google Is Not Liable For Bad Products Sold Through AdWords. Here is a more detailed summary of the case from MediaPost: A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Google for allegedly displaying fraudulent ringtone ads. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel in …
Most Read Posts of 2008
Most Read New Articles in 2008 Here are the 10 articles (who picked 10 as the appropriate number, anyways?) written in 2008 that received the most readership during the past year. Readership and traffic have moved up significantly compared to last year, growing along with the broader interest in Local. My Top 10 most read stories of …
PanzerMike receives year end pardon – allowed back into Maps
On May 7th of this year, Michael Ehline aka PanzerMike, an LA personal inury lawyer, was banned from Google Maps for spamming. It was the first known Google Maps banishment for Maspam and at the time there were neither listing guidelines nor a reinclusion procedure. PanzerMike has now informed me, via email, that he has …
TomTom rolls out new mapping product, announces 5 millionth user edit
TomTom, owner of TeleAtlas, has rolled out a new web based (beta) mapping product and announced their 5 millionth user generated edit of the their map data. What does this mean long haul for Google? Google’s growth over they years has been typically predicated on leveraging internal technology acquired through development (i.e. search) or purchase …
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