Archive for Local Search

Google Places: The Benefits of Getting Listed at Google

Google Places is Google’s way of giving local business owners an upper hand. Search engines are notoriously difficult to rank for (rank=get to the top of the first page of listings). However, with Google Places, your business can quickly leap to the top of the listings even with a brand new website.

Google Opens New Feature for Local Biz: Local Merchant Inventory

This is news fresh from Google. My advice: wait until the early adopters work out the inevitable bugs before you leap into this. The Local Merchant Inventory feature is a potential business builder for some local merchants in the near future. Google Opens Local Merchant Inventory Feature to All from Search Engine Journal by Yvonne Bell

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Google Places Tutorial: Create & verify your Google local business listing.

Google Places Tutorial: Create & verify your Google local business listing. Pick up the Social Biz Quick Start Guide for Small Business Owners, your free gift from Kate to small business owners who want to increase visibility and profits using social media marketing. Related articles by Zemanta Advertising Online Costs Too Much Money! (searchengineland.com) Small

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The #1 First-Things-First Way to Get More Business: Local Search

Image via Wikipedia Local Search: Be Visible and Findable at Google, Yahoo, and Bing Small business owners, you can raise the odds that your business will be the one listed at the top of the page when potential customers or clients are searching for a business like yours using the search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing).

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