Local Search Focus
Verify Your Business in Google Places & Bing Local Business Center in 2011
Every business– from local start-ups to international corporations– benefits when they claim their location profiles in the Top 3 search engines’ local listing centers. The Top 3 local listing centers are: Google Places (formerly Google Maps) Bing Business Portal (formerly Bing Local) Yahoo! Local Listing Center The larger your business and the longer it’s been … Continued
Website Testimonials – Why Publish Them?
I didn’t grow up here in Los Angeles, so I’m still trying new restaurants around town. It’ll take me a long time, eh? To cut losses, I count on sites like Yelp.com and Chow.com to read Testimonials by people who have already eaten what I’m sniffin’. Crucial restaurant questions are answered: how long was the … Continued
Bing: 2009 Features We Can All Use
Have you felt it? The world’s new #3 search engine, Bing, is making real waves. UTalkMarketing.com reports Bing has increased user activity 45% since its June launch, stealing significant usership from search leaders Google and Yahoo. We will keep you aware of Bing’s growth trend over the next few months, as it may affect our overall … Continued
Grow a Twitter Following the Smart Way
We encourage that our readers “Twitter for Business.” As a result, this blog has seen entries on creating an effective Twitter Username (known as an Avatar; 5/18/09) and developing a custom background to represent your business (6/2/09). My offer still stands to provide a start-up Twitter manual upon request, by emailing me at eric@walkupright.com. Today’s … Continued
Google Places 2009 Traffic Stats: What the Google Local Business Center Tells Us
photo credit: dinimueter Recently, we posted information on how to get listed in Google Places. If you have a local business, or even a business with a physical address, this is a listing you absolutely must have. And now you can view all sorts of awesome stats on how that Google Places listing is working … Continued
How to Get Listed in Google Places in 2009
I hear this question all the time – “How do I get my site to show up in Google Places?” What this question refers to is the Google Local listings that you see blended into the search engine results when Google thinks you’re searching for a company in your area. Let’s say you need a … Continued