Tag: local seo

Our friends from Capsicum Mediaworks recently put together an infographic. It's an insightful, up-to-date checklist of SEO best practices to improve your presence online. It does a thorough job of covering the must-do tasks for both on-page and off-site SEO (a.k.a. link building). And if you need help with the…

Local Search Pop Quiz Time! What percentage of consumers find local goods and services on the web? A. 75% B. 97% C. 66% I’ll give you a moment . . . Take your best guess! What percentage of business owners have claimed their local business listing on a search engine?…

I briefly introduced you to Google’s GYBO (Get Your Business on the Map) initiative in my last blog post: Let’s Put Frederick on the Map! …Another Reason to Attend Grow with Google! This time, we are excited to announce that we will be attending the Google-hosted, Let’s Put Charleston, WV…

Dear Google Places, This isn't working out. You're unpredictable, inflexible, and sneaky, but lately, I find myself spending more time with you than ever. I can't stand that you're such an important fixture in my life, but to be honest, I'd be lost without you. I wish that you would…

I know we share our issues with Google here from time to time, but we try to be fair.  In that vein, they deserve some praise today for something they apparently started doing last night with Google Places (Mike Blumenthal is always on top of local SEO changes and his…

First thing's first.  Despite what some people in the industry say search engine marketing, or SEM, refers to all forms of marketing, optimizing, and advertising through / to / with search engines.  Primarily that means paid search and search engine optimization plus all related disciplines and offshoots like local search,…

Many of our clients (and readers) are concerned with getting traffic and buyers from throughout the United States or from all over the world.  An increasing number of small businesses, larger locally-based organizations, and huge conglomerates with multiple brick-and-mortar locations are starting to realize just how powerful search engine marketing…