Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Local Search"
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 …
Getlisted.org Local University coming to WNY on November 1
Local University: WNY is coming to the Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville, NY next Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The afternoon session is nearly SOLD OUT, however there are still seats available in the morning session. We’re bringing in some of the nation’s leading online marketing experts as well as Google and Bing for an intensive four-hour crash course in Internet marketing that …
Geo Sitemap Generator Adds New Features
The “grand daddy” of geo sitemap generators has recently included some new features. Geo Sitemap Generator, first released by Arjan Snaterse in 2009, has added the ability to generate either a schema.org file or a microformatted file of your contact information. In addition to the features in the geo sitemap tool from 51Blocks that I reviewed last …
How Much Does ATT Suck? Let me count the ways
I decided to order a new iPhone 4s today. I thought that the most hassle free order method was to just go to my local ATT store. It was the obvious choice. There is never a line, the staff is friendly. The affable salesman knows me by first name and is an avid iPhone owner …
Local SEO: A Free Tool to Build GEO Sitemap and Schema.org Compliant Files
There are two simple ways of telling Google and the other search engines where your business is located via your website. One is to create a KML file and an attendant geo-sitemap. The other is to provide your full business contact information in rich snippet format on the site. Now there is a way to …
Siri – A Metaphor That Defines The Future Of Local Search (And Everything Else)
This is not a tribute to Steve Jobs directly. Although in the end it may be one of his greatest legacies. Will Siri become the new Qwerty? I have been in the technology field for over 30 years. I have seen a number of radical changes that became metaphors for how things were supposed to …
Decline in Searches at Vertical Sites Giving Way to More Searches At Google & Bing
Comscore has an interesting post detailing a decline in “vertical search” (travel, local, product, jobs) queries for the first time in several years. This decline in searches at vertical sites has been mirrored by an attendant increase of share of searches at the general search sites. From the article: This trend is illustrated by the …
Small Business Influencers 2011 Awards Final Results – Thanks to All!
Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends announced the Top 100 Champions and Honorable mentions in their Small Business Influencers 2011 Awards. I am happy to say that Lisa Barone AND I were both awarded a spot in the list of Top 100 Small Business Champions. We are in rare company with the likes of Aaron Wall, John Jantsch, Inc. Magazine and Intuit and …
How Much Freeer than Free Can Free Be?
Stever of Axemedia passed this Register.com email solicitation along to me. It is a deceptive ad that attempts to leverage Google Places as a benefit to the package. How much freer than free can free be? I suppose that the offer revolves around some claiming package but is amazing to me that a company of …
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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