Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Local Search"
Local Search: Geo Keyword Creation Tool
When building a website for a regional business, it is often desirable to build out pages targeting the services to the many surrounding towns. David Mihm estimates that 30% of all searches have local intent and from research by Hanns Kronenberg of Systrix we know that post Venice only about 6% of all searches show pinned Places …
Local SEO Blocking and Tackling for Siri & Apple Maps
With the announcement of iOS6 and Apple Maps at the WWDC today, the shape of Apple’s local search strategy started to become clearer. Greg Sterling pointed out this list of Apple’s copyright attribution for their mapping product. From the list it is clear that Siri/Apple Maps basic listing data will be coming from Localeze, Axciom …
A Prime Example of why a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Affiliate Website Photo Current Website Photo (click to read the fine print) Original Website Photo Wikipedia Photo Thanks to Linda Buquet of Catalyst Marketing for additional “research”.
29Prime – Would you Buy a Used Car From These Guys Let Alone SEO?
This is a cautionary tale to 29Prime’s remaining 8000 clients. If this company abuses their own Google Places listing imagine what they might be doing in your name. Let me be upfront with my bias.. 29Prime is not one of my favorite companies. And I have in the past commented on their abuse of Google Place’s …
411Locals On the Warpath?
411Locals is one of the more aggressive local seo firms in both their pre and post sale tactics, aggressive to the point of absurdity. This recent poster on my blog explains his experience with them. If true it should be illegal but like in the case of the computer repair shop in Phoenix there is …
Local University Spring 2012 Series – Open For Business
The staff at Local U have been hard at work putting together the Spring conference schedule for Local University. We are particularly excited to announce the first Advanced workshop for SEO professionals and experienced local search marketers that will take place in Seattle on June 7. Never before have so many Local Search experts been in one room at …
Planning for Social – A Small Not For Profit Takes the Next Step with a Social Media Assessment Survey
The Preschool Learning Center (PLC), a small school for the developmentally disadvantaged in rural upstate NY , is like most not for profits: overworked, understaffed, a heart of gold and a very limited budget. There is probably no better program for kids with autism anywhere and certainly not in the markets they serve. We helped …
Getlisted Local University WNY – Additional Reading
Today, I am presenting at the seventh GetListed.org Local University in Ellicottville, NY. in cooperation with Google, Bing and range of local sponsors. Some of you I know and the others I hope to personally meet. Please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask any questions that come to mind or to just introduce yourself. These links …
Talking with Siri: My First Conversation Since 2007 That Wasn’t About Local
Well not quite a conversation. Siri did all the talking. I did my regular “ask til they throw their hands up in disgust” routine:
Local SMB Survey: 68% Have Facebook Pages, 28% Have Claimed Google Places Listing
As part of Getlisted Local University we occasionally survey the attendees. We ask several questions to assess their level of knowledge about search in general and local search in particular. This survey sample size is very small and self selected from those that registered for the seminar. The participants are primarily small and medium businesses …
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