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Search Engine Watch August 5, 2010 Jon Schepke |
5 Ways to Improve Your Local Search Marketing Strategy Don't lose out on a huge amount of potential business. Use these local search strategies.  |
Search Engine Watch May 29, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
Ranking in Local Listings Why are local listings important? It's all about consumer usage. With so many consumers seeking local listing information, it's vital that advertisers with local entities proactively manage and improve their listings' accuracy  |
Search Engine Watch July 8, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Local Search for Little Biz Luckily for small business owners, there are steps they can take to influence many of the factors that positively affect local search rankings.  |
Search Engine Watch April 7, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Don't Overlook Local Search Opportunities With local search, there are many free or low-cost opportunities for local advertisers to get found. How many businesses, both small and large, are taking advantage of local SEO?  |
Entrepreneur May 2008 Gwen Moran |
Close to Home Make the most of local search - and watch your sales soar.  |
Search Engine Watch December 22, 2010 Jeff Beard |
12 Days of Business Listings For Holidays and the New Year How is your local business identity performing online? Twelve tips to help consumers find you this holiday season and in the New Year.  |
Search Engine Watch January 27, 2011 Peter van der Graaf |
Local Search: Your Address is the New Link A look at some of the changes local search results are bringing to SEO -- especially link building.  |
Search Engine Watch March 2, 2009 Ron Jones |
Local Search 101, Part 1 Are you looking to venture beyond the printed yellow pages? You should be. As the economy opens the door of opportunity for many people who have lost their jobs, more small businesses are turning to local search.  |
Search Engine Watch November 5, 2010 Frank Watson |
Top 10 Local Search Insights for the Moment The local search marketing game is changing fast, driven by Google Places, mobile, maps, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare and more. Here's a look at 10 recent developments in local you need to be aware of.  |
Search Engine Watch January 28, 2011 Jeff Beard |
Checking-in on Your Local Listings Across Growing LBS Apps Five guidelines for business to create a strategy for establishing a local identity and building visibility to take full advantage of the viral nature of new social-local-mobile apps.  |
Search Engine Watch March 27, 2011 Dave Davies |
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 2 A step-by-step guide to help you better understand how to enter/edit the information for your Places page and send good SEO signals to Google to improve your rankings.  |
Search Engine Watch January 3, 2011 Josh McCoy |
SEO Factors for 2011 As we begin the New Year, many SEOs have their eyes set on search engine ranking factors. Here are a few areas you should pay attention to - because the engines are already sending subliminal messages.  |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Getting to Know Local SEO Local SEO is a must for businesses that sell products locally to a specified geographical area. The channels consumers are using to search are changing.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Amanda C. Kooser |
Go Local Need to drive more business to your door? Use our practical guide to rev up your local web strategy.  |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Amanda Kooser |
Local Time Discover the benefits of local online advertising.  |
Search Engine Watch April 13, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Offers Free Business Web Sites Yahoo is expanding its Yahoo Local search service by providing a free web site to business owners that will automatically be integrated into Yahoo Local listings.  |
Search Engine Watch June 21, 2010 Josh McCoy |
What Google Thinks of Your Site Paying attention to your site's Sitelinks, hierarchical listings, and internal link listings in Google SERPs are great ways to see how Google understands your site.  |
Entrepreneur May 2007 Janelle Elms |
Along for the Ride Find out how search engines can drive visitors to your ebay listings.  |
InternetNews June 2, 2009 David Needle |
Google's New Dashboard Offers Business Insight Local Business Center now features a dashboard that tracks traffic to your site.  |
Search Engine Watch December 8, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Bolsters Local Search Business Listings Yahoo has quietly expanded its local business listings and rolled out a service that gives businesses control over their listings in Yahoo Local through a new content inclusion program.  |
Search Engine Watch February 25, 2011 Dave Davies |
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 1 The basics of a Google Places: how to properly set up a listing and some of the principles behind why this is important.  |
Search Engine Watch December 11, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
Focusing Your Message from National to Local, Part 1 How to develop a strategic plan that includes Web site management, paid, organic and mobile search, display ads, Internet yellow pages, local listing feeds, and user-generated content.  |
InternetNews August 15, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Get Your Coupons on Google Maps Google today announced it will soon be displaying printable coupons for local businesses in its Google Maps search results and business listing pages.  |
Search Engine Watch November 1, 2010 Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Importance of Localized Content - Local SEO Takes Center Stage How to create content and link connectivity that sends the right signals to the search engines, telling them your site is relevant for users in those geographies.  |
Search Engine Watch June 24, 2008 Carrie Hill |
The Big Picture -- Well-Rounded SEM for SMBs, Part 3 More elements a small business should consider when looking at a well rounded search engine marketing campaign include local search, usability, and creating a Web site that will increase conversions.  |
Search Engine Watch December 8, 2008 William Flaiz |
Universal Search Should Be a Plus Variety in the search results gives online marketers multiple opportunities to rank and gain new listing visibility. But how does the user feel? As new listing types begin appearing in results, we often lose sight of whether these listings are really helpful to the user.  |
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2010 Jon Schepke |
Google Place Search: Location Information Just Became More Critical Google's new Place Search makes it more important than ever for business to implement a local search, online review, and SEO strategy to achieve prominent visibility in Google's results.  |
Entrepreneur April 2006 Janelle Elms |
Good Things in Store Use an eBay store to set up shop in your own little corner of the eBay universe, and watch sales take off.  |
InternetNews July 7, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Google Puts Real Estate Listings on the Map Google is expanding its real estate listings and search functionality by allowing searchers to find property listings on Google Maps.  |
Search Engine Watch March 31, 2009 Mark Jackson |
3 Keys to a Successful Web Presence A sound organic search strategy should be the core of every business's marketing efforts, but being found is just the beginning.  |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2007 Jim Parent |
8 Ways to Improve Your Local Search Results If you have not taken steps to ensure your business' online presence in local search results is complete and accurate, you're missing a big opportunity.  |
Search Engine Watch September 29, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Small Business Guide to Tools that Help Your SEM There are plenty of tools that a small business can and should use to make their limited time most productive in online marketing. Some are free, some are paid, but all of them are worth the investment of time and money to learn to use.  |
Searcher November 2011 Rushton & Funke |
The Goodness in the Evil of SEO - Why Search Engine Optimization Matters to Information Professionals Some information professionals view SEO with some reservation or even actual contempt due to the rampant SEO techniques that reduce the quality of search results by driving traffic to sites that take advantage of trending searches rather than useful information.  |
Entrepreneur February 2010 Erin Weinger |
What You Don't Know About SEO It's essential to understand SEO before you spend thousands hiring consultants you may not even need.  |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Catherine Seda |
In the Click Want all the right people to notice your business? Gone are the days when adding keywords in meta tags to your site produced rankings. You need to make the most of today's hottest marketing method--search engine optimization.  |
Search Engine Watch July 19, 2010 Josh McCoy |
SEO, the SERPs, and Your First Impression First impressions aren't just for first dates anymore. Taking advantage of free tools, smart thinking, and your visitor's best interests can be key to converting visitors into customers.  |
Search Engine Watch February 13, 2011 Mark Jackson |
10 Types of Helpful SEO Content Forget algorithms. The biggest influence on search rankings is content. Content in all of its forms is what will drive you to success.  |
Search Engine Watch October 25, 2010 John Greer |
Organic Search Listings That Drive Clicks People scan search results quickly. Here's how to make your listing stand out and make searchers want to click on your site.  |
Search Engine Watch November 8, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Diversifying Your SEO Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth.  |
Search Engine Watch August 29, 2008 William Flaiz |
There's No Secret Recipe to SEO Some marketers are looking for a secret, step-by-step recipe to SEO success. But while a general framework is necessary to be effective, the search engine optimization process must be adaptable. Here are some tips for guiding you down the path to SEO success.  |
Search Engine Watch April 26, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Local Search Convertibility Presence, promotion, and convertibility are the three key elements to a successful local search campaign. Learn how to take your local online efforts to the next level.  |
Search Engine Watch January 23, 2011 Gregg Stewart |
SMB Must-Haves in 2011 Make sure you stay on top of Google Places, Facebook and Twitter, and monitoring and tracking this year.  |
Search Engine Watch March 2, 2010 Herndon Hasty |
Your Locations are Your Biggest Digital Assets A physical address has huge online implications. While you're covering your assets, make sure to build up your presence for local-based searches.  |
Search Engine Watch November 22, 2010 John Greer |
Surviving the Bitter Holiday Code Freeze While there's a lot that can't be done during a code freeze, there's still plenty to keep busy. Here are a number of SEO items to consider.  |
Search Engine Watch January 17, 2007 Eric Enge |
An Introduction to SEO Best Practices Best practices for search engine optimization are constantly evolving, and are starting to look more like conventional business plans.  |
Search Engine Watch February 27, 2011 Mark Jackson |
The Difference Between Black Hat SEO and Bad SEO The safest way to build up trust/links for your website is to create good, unique, resourceful/helpful content, promote via social channels, and try to win links the "white hat" way.  |
Search Engine Watch July 8, 2010 Jeff Beard |
Who's the Best Authority to Own and Manage Business Listings? More consumers are searching on various platforms for local products and services. Here's how you can improve your SERP visibility and guard against inaccurate or inconsistent info on local search sites.  |
Search Engine Watch May 12, 2009 Carrie Hill |
My "Must Have" List of Directories Submitting yourself to directories that are directly related to your business is an important part of directory and linkbuilding research.  |
Search Engine Watch October 10, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Is Your SEM Truly Looking at Search Holistically? To achieve SERP nirvana, your search engine optimization and paid search efforts must have the same goal. Ask these five important questions.  |
Search Engine Watch February 16, 2011 Gareth Owen |
SEO and PPC: A Love-Hate Relationship Three big trends are changing how we attribute value in SEO. We are increasingly turning to tactics that were previously considered to be the realm of paid search professionals to meet client expectations.  |