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How To Leverage Google + Local as a Local Business 26 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
It’s been a busy week in Google Plus Local / Places land this week. After announcing the new Google Plus Local service over a year ago, Google finally announced this week that they are beginning to me...
New Review and Price Filter for Google Local Carousel 31 Jul 2013 | 03:57 am
Earlier today we notice this filter on searches where a Google local carousel is displayed: Now that you can filter Google local results via price and rating, the value of being ranked first has gone ...
New Google Search Maps Inlay 2 Jul 2013 | 03:12 am
Just noticed this today: As you can see, the maps inlay in a Google SERP, with a local carousel, now contains both review score and review count data. Not only that, but the map inlay itself is a mix ...
What Search Queries Trigger Google’s Local Carousel? 29 Jun 2013 | 02:46 am
There has been lots of talk about Google’s new local carousel in the local search community lately. Most of this talk centers on strategy and less on how to trigger a carousel search. Internally we h...
Yelp and its Powerful Influence 22 Jun 2013 | 05:16 am
“…Once she ran the deposit, she sent over the INVOICE and it was ANOTHER 200 dollar more than what she quoted me…I filed a BBB complaint and am disputing the deposit charges.” Would you believe the sn...
Carousels: The Future of Local Search? 14 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm
Google has been experimenting with carousels for local results for a couple of months now. First they did it with restaurants, and now they are showing these results for the query “things to do in {ci...
How Does My Business Get Online? 7 Jun 2013 | 10:35 pm
You may know you want to get your business online, you may not. Either way you are most likely too busy growing your business through your core competencies and don’t have the time to even figure out ...
From Portal to Places: A Fresh Peek at Bing’s New Look 30 May 2013 | 10:29 pm
With Yahoo! Local’s invention of the Marketing Dashboard in 2012 and Google’s recent migration to its new user interface, Bing recently evolved into something new: Bing Business Portal is now called B...
Local Splash Offers Custom Website Design 29 May 2013 | 03:21 am
If you are interested in having an online presence, you need to have a website that appeals to your target market and is professionally built. The website should be attractive and have all the require...
What to Expect When Using Google Phone Support for PIN Verification 21 May 2013 | 08:21 pm
First Impressions Early this year, Google rolled out phone support for local business listings. This was a big step for them, as Google has been very difficult to contact with regards to most of its p...
