Category Archives: Local Listings

3 Quick Ways to Increase Your Rankings

In a world of millions of websites and billions of Google searches, even the coolest products and sites are hidden in the masses.  Sometimes it feels like you will never be found.  While a concentrated and continuous effort of SEO…

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Top 4 Resolutions for Online Business Success

It’s 2012, and that means it’s time to allocate your budget for the year. How much do you plan to spend on marketing? Getting your business’ name out into the public eye is no small feat. And the public’s eyes…

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Google’s City Pages

Google has begun rolling out city pages in metro areas around the U.S. It looks like an attempt to combine Google Places pages, and the new Google version of Groupon, Google Offers.  So far they have pages for Portland, San…

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The Changing Google Places Interface

There has been quite a bit of commotion concerning the changes taking place in Google Places. The biggest bit of news being that third party reviews are no longer showing on Places pages. Other major changes include a shiny new…

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The Ideal Google Places Page

Amazing news: I actually spoke with a human being from Google. Anyone that has used Google Places has probably been frustrated by the lack of customer support features available there. I doubt these features are coming to Google Places anytime…

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Using Facebook Places

By now you are all most likely acquainted with Google places – the services that associate the physical address for a business with map and local based search results – it’s actually a really amazing collection of services for users and business…

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How to Rank on Google Maps by Optimizing Your Website

If you’re struggling in a competitive market to rank well on Google Maps you might need to do a little Google Maps optimization on your website. The idea is to give Google as many clues about your location on your…

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Local Listings for Businesses with Multiple Locations

Creating online local listings get even more complicated if you own a chain store or a business with multiple locations. Not only is there the process of uploading the info for each location but Google will sometimes want to merge…

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How to Deal With Negative Reviews

It doesn’t matter how good the customer service at your business is, haters gotta hate. Its a fact of life. Online review sites like Google Places and Yelp seem to be a great outlet for those haters so its almost…

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What types of internet marketing should I invest in?

Congrats! Making the move to internet marketing is a smart decision as I’m sure you’ve been told a million times. A lot of advertising money is moving to the internet because that is where all the consumers are these days….

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