Local Links of Interest

Semmy’s Local Search Winner: Anatomy & Optimization Of A Local Business Profile – Chris Silver Smith, Search Engine Land. The official results are at the SEMMYs website. If you haven’t read this article yet, it well worth a read. A Local Look At Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo – Greg Sterling, SearchEngineLand Microsoft: “We have not …

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Google Maps Category Mystery Part I: The Problem

One of the longstanding mysteries in the world of Google Maps is summed up in the question:“Why does my listing not show up in the same category as my competitor?”. There has not been a topic more frequently raised in the Maps Group and one that has been more evasively answered by the Google staff …

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Yahoo Local makes me feel good

Many small business people feel embattled, besieged and forgotten. The move toward the “free” business listings of the Internet has removed one monkey from their back – the FUD of the Yellow Pages only to replace it with the inscrutable Google Maps. Small business people hate standing in line and begging for help ala Google …

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Google Coupon results in Main SERPS Part II

Yesterday I noted that Google Coupon results were showing up in the main search results page for coupon related search phrases. Miriam Ellis who writes a local oriented blog SEO Igloo asked whether using coupons for non-retail oriented deals was a useful strategy. I have several local search clients that have added service oriented coupons …

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Google Maps – No address required

It has always struck me that one of the bigger problems with the internet yellow pages is that often they are used to find out what people mostly already know or to confirm the last emotional inch of the purchase cycle. They look up the directions betweein two known locatiions to get the specifics of …

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Local Links of Interest

WiFi Triangulation on Mobile and the Desktop – Greg Sterling, LocalMobileSearch Ted Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless (provider of WiFi location on the iPhone)… said that the feature has already proven to be wildly popular with users and he’s seeing an impressive volume of usage already. Mobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm – Michael Boland, …

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Google Maps: Return of the Reviews Screenshots

Here are two screen shots that show the view on the search:Restaurant Bradford Pa in the main search results page before and after the return (most?) of the reviews from CitySearch etc. Before Reviews were Added Back In (View full size ): After Reviews Added Back In (View Full Size): Several items of note: • …

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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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