Posts Tagged ‘local search’
10 Local Search and Social Location Resources to Have Your Business Listed In
You have a new business… perhaps a bar, a coffee shop, or maybe a GIS consulting firm! Regardless of the business type, if you have a brick and mortar presence then you need to get your business listed. This is particularly important if you’d like to have your business turn up in local search results from such services as Google Maps, Mapquest, Yelp, and the many other local search resources on the web
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10 Local Search and Social Location Resources to Have Your Business Listed In
Search Google For Just Businesses That Are Currently Open
Google has launched a feature for its iPhone and Android mobile search that lets you see results for only local businesses that are actually open at the time of the search. While this may not seem incredibly helpful during normal business hours, it marks a tremendous boost in relevancy for late night searches.? Google uses the example of if you’re trying to get some pizza at one in the morning, but this can be potentially useful in a lot of cases. A lot of small businesses keep odd hours
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Search Google For Just Businesses That Are Currently Open
If You’re Not Local, How Can You Compete in an Increasingly Local Google?
There’s no question that Google has been putting a lot of focus on local results lately – from the release of products like Google Places and Hotpot (the company’s personalized and social recommendation engine) to an increasing amount of queries simply retrieving local results – often above other organic listings.? We had an extensive conversation about this with industry veteran Bruce Clay at PubCon a couple months ago, and webmasters and SEOs have been stressing about it all over the web. In fact, just today, one consulting firm ran a press release talking about the competitive advantages local business owners have as a result of recent changes with Google.? Do local businesses have the upper hand in Google? Tell us what you think .? Consultant (and founder of the firm, LocalMarketingProfitFaucet ?says there’s a new type of Google Gold Rush.
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If You’re Not Local, How Can You Compete in an Increasingly Local Google?
