Having your business rank in local search results can get complicated, especially if the local review sites don’t have your correct business address. Correlating the right business address online is super important in order to rank in local search results. Logging into each local review site individually and correcting your business address … Read more

Google Places updated its look after Google Maps, Google Calendar, Google Gmail and other applications. This looks like the final version that Google Places will roll out and from what I can tell it’s a worldwide release. There are a few major things right now from what I can see: Third-party reviews are … Read more

Learn how to take advantage of Local SEO in our Local Search Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 8 Register Now About two months ago, Google rocked the SEO world with one of their biggest “local” algorithm changes to date. From this algorithm change, it is easy to see that Google is working really … Read more

SEO.com teams up with Boostability.com to offer small and medium-sized businesses the services and technology to efficiently leverage local SEO services that drive top rankings, increase website traffic and significantly boosts sales. SALT LAKE CITY — Up until now, SEO.com’s clientele was mostly made up of larger corporations and businesses with a … Read more

So the headline-grabbing, first-mover, element of surprise is gone. Starbucks has went ahead and made a PR splash with their recent announcement offering Mayors a discount at locations nationwide. Is it time for small businesses across America to pay attention to location-based marketing applications? Maybe. Probably. What do you have to lose? … Read more

Becoming the Pin Drop Yesterday I read a post from David Mihm on all of the Q1 changes to the local scene. He said only 15% of businesses (and it may be lower when spam is accounted for) have claimed their business with Google. I knew the amount of claimed businesses would … Read more

It is official, the Google Local Business Center is now called Google Places. This change comes as Google is shooting to re-brand their product around the Place Pages that they rolled out last fall. For those who don’t know, Place Pages are the business listing pages that are found in Google local … Read more