Local Search Tips: Hack Your Way to the Top
Ok, maybe “hack” is a bit strong, but small businesses can dramatically improve their ability to be found in their local area by doing a couple simple things.
Sign Up for Local Business Directories
There are a wide variety of local business directories that offer SMBs the opportunity to list their companies for free. Of course, the [...]
Twitter Geocoding: How Will It Help Your Business?
I’ve always been enamored with the use of location-aware services, like GPS. In my opinion, they will be a game-changer for small business. That’s why I was really interested to hear that Twitter will be adding geo-code information to Tweets.
What does this mean? Conceivably, businesses will now be able to focus on Twitter users in [...]
Google, Your ISP, and Search Implications
Recently, Google has placed more importance on your local IP address when producing natural search results for certain broad search terms. Google is showing a map and the top 10 local listings within the organic search results. You don’t have to add a city name or zip code to find local listings as before. Here’s [...]
Yearning for Local Search
One of the biggest movers in search this past month was CitySquares.com which indicates that people really want more from local search which is getting pretty interesting. With so many of our clients strictly targeting the local marketplace, many have been having problems gaining traction online and services like Superpages.com and Yellowpages.com don’t come cheap…having [...]
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