Tag Archives: Local Search

Getting Your Business Reviewed

Consumer reviews, left at sites such as Google Maps or Yelp.com, are becoming increasingly important (and will be even more critical in the future). The question is, how can you get more of these valuable ratings?

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Google Tags Gain Locations, Features

Google is going to be gradually opening up “Tags” to the entire US. Tags is an advertising feature for local businesses, allowing companies to get a special marker next to their business location, for $25/month.

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Local Search Ranking Factors Published

David Mihm just published the 2010 edition of his excellent Local Search Ranking Factors. If you want to understand how the experts are thinking about local search, it’s a great resource.

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Guide to Google Places for Business

Updated 8/4/2010. In my small business online marketing guide, I mentioned that the #1 way to start promoting your company online is to claim its local listing on the search engines. For Google, this means setting up your Google Places page.

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Demand Force Dominates Google Local Dental Reviews

I was looking at some local searches, and came across a results page that looks odd. Searching dentist minneapolis mn brings up this page on Google:

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