Google Rolls Out Boost Nationwide

Google Boost is now available nationwide and the ads will be visible in the mobile environment. Apparently though it may not be available for all businesses based on the categories of the business. In other words if you are a locksmith, you might not see the option. Boost is Google’s simplified Adwords tool for Local …

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Why Groupon Makes Sense (to Google)

David Mihm has an excellent piece (that I happen to agree with) on why Groupon in a broad sense is synergistic for Google. I think coupons and the new twist that Groupon brings to them will be a successful  and profitable advertising medium. John Battelle thinks it worth significantly more than $2.5 billion. Greg Sterling though …

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Google Rolls Boost Out to 11 Additional Cities & Illinois

Google just announced that Boost, their new simplified Local Adword Product, is now available in the following cities: * San Jose * Seattle * Wichita * Charlottesville (VA) * Atlanta * Chapel Hill * Orlando * Washington D.C. * Boston * Cross Plains (TX) * Portland (ME) * All local businesses in Illinois. The announcement …

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Google Boost – More Details

Update: Apparently the nationwide rollout of Boost was an early morning quirk that has been corrected. Boost now only showing in San Francisco, Houston & Chicago according to Chikai Ohazama, Google Maps Product Manager. Apparently Google Boost is appearing across the whole of the US and it is not limited to any specific markets. It …

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Poll: What Do You Think of This Tag?

Here is a Tag that I saw on the search for Wrongful Death Attorney San Francisco:                                                                                                                          When you click through the Tag this is what you see:

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Google Places Forum Adds Tags Discussion Area

Late yesterday Google added a new discussion category, Discuss Google Tags with other users, in the Google Places Help Forums. It is billed as a place to “learn more about Google Tags and discuss the same with other users”. Having followed the forums regularly Tags discussions have occurred only sporadically. In the last Places Newsletter Google …

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Google Tags – Do They Help? An Anectdotal Review

Google Tags rolled out nationally at the end of June. Several questions that have been often asked about Tags are: How well do they perform? & How do searchers respond to them? Do they attract additional business? I have one client, Moses and Rooth Attorneys at Law in Orlando, that added the tags immediately after …

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