Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
Category Archive For "Yahoo Local"
Yahoo Local Filled with Locksmith Spam
I look at Yahoo Local rarely and report on it even less. However, my lack of attention to it doesn’t mean that Locksmiths are not interested in playing there. And while this is old news, with Google Places having become a difficult place for them to play, locksmiths have moved on (for the most part) …
David Mihm’s Annual Local Search Ranking Factor is now Online
David’s valuable survey of local search opinion is now available for 2010. As always its filled with nuggets and ideas and needs to be carefully read.
Which Review Sites Should You Use?
I am frequently asked: Which reviews sites should I send my clients to? Which one should I pick? My answer: think about your customers needs first (easy, choice), think about your business needs second (leverage) and consider using as many sites as make sense. I asked this question of David Mihm, Local SEO expert, and …
Review Removal Process- How Yahoo Succeeds and Google Doesn’t
I have recently added a new local account, The Option House Restaurant in Bradford, PA, the next town over. I soon discovered that they while they had a new business and a stellar local reputation, their on-line reputation was less than savory . Sam Sylvester, the dapper 75 year old owner, moved back to his …
Loci 2008: Ahmed Farooq
Ahmed Farooq is the founder of iBegin.com. He has created, sold and recreated significant local web properties several times over. I communicate almost daily with him about his and my activities and I have found no one to have a better handle on the technical and social issues that confront local nor a better idea …
New Local Search News Site
Steve Espinosa, the world’s biggest Chicago White Sox fan, local search expert and a frequent speaker on Local at the many conferences, has just rolled out a new local search site called Local Search News. It will be an everything local site with both tactical and strategic information on Google Maps, Yahoo Local, Local SEO, …
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 …
Eric Enge: Frazier Miller and Shailesh Bhat Interview on Yahoo Local
Eric Enge has an informative and detailed interview today with Frazier Miller and Shailesh Bhat on the inner workings of Yahoo Local. There were many items in the interview of interest and a number of notable contrasts with Google’s fully automated system. Some of the highlights: – Yahoo Local relies very heavily on the licensed …
Does IYP market share matter?
Does the IYP/online business directory market share matter or has the battle already been decided? Has this category been relegated to just another niche search area where money can be made but market dominance is not possible? A recent press release noted that www.local.com, ranked fifth in the Business Directories online industry category. This was …
Local Links of Interest
When Will ‘Mobile Search’ Overtake the Internet? – Greg Sterling, LocalMobileSearch.net While it might take some time for mobile to pass Internet search in the US or Western Europe, in context of the entire world it’s not hard to imagine mobile search volumes exceeding the desktop Internet, in the aggregate, within 5-7 years. Google Goes Back …
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