Tag: Search

Local Search Is Enhanced by Business Listings

Business Directory Listing is one of the best sources of free advertising for local businesses according to the Silent Seller, an internet marketing firm that can get your site web noticed. By doing business directory…

Search Engine Marketing Has Come a Long Way, Baby!

There is a certain magic to how fast things can change and lead to great leaps forward in the Internet world. For example, less than a decade ago, outsourcing a Search Engine Marketing (SEM) agency…

Internet Bandit Signs – What Real Estate Investors Should Know About Local Search

Bandit signs are very popular advertising medium for real estate investors seeking motivated seller. But their days are numbered. Not only can they be expensive, but a laborious way to “get the word out”. Not…

Organic Search Engine Optimization For Local Business Owners

I have been online marketing for over a decade and I have seen first hand the changes that have occurred especially with regards to Google and their algorithm updates and I’m sure that many of…

Local Search Popularity Will Lead to Greater Local Advertising Opportunities

According to BusinessWeek, 55% of consumers used a search engine to find out about a local business in 2005. That number is expected to increase significantly this year and next. I’m not a bit surprised.…

Google+ Local Fuses Social and Search

Google is constantly make new changes to its products and service platforms. On May 30th, 2012, the search engine giant scrapped its Google Places pages for what are now called Google+ Local pages. This change…

All You Need Is Local Search

What is Local Search? Before talking about why you need Local Search let’s define it. According to Wikipedia, Local Search is the use of Search Sites by people searching for local businesses. The search is…

What is Search Engine Optimization For Local Business?

Local Business SEO is: An Internet marketing strategy of applying the methodology of 4 distinct but inter-related disciplines, in order to accomplish the goal of increasing the volume of demographically and geographically “Targeted” niche traffic…

Local Search Can Make Your Business More "Googable"

One of the challenges facing small, local business websites is being found amongst the myriad of competitors both locally and nationally when visitors search for them using the search engines. Local search may be the…

The Ethical Small Business Search Engine Optimization

The big push online is for small business owners to get with the program and start marketing their local businesses instead of using many of the old traditional marketing techniques. 1. Claim and Optimize Your…