Local Search
Google Maps Mishap
Friday, May 9th, 2008Since the conception of online mapping and local search websites, incorrect information has been given during a user’s search experiences. We continually rely on technology, but unfortunately, it is not as perfect as we would like. Yet, we find roundabout ways to use it to simplify our lives. In the early days of […]
Cleveland Rocks Google Street View
Monday, March 31st, 2008Cleveland is now getting the Google street view treatment. Below is a screen capture of the areas covered on an overlay of Google Maps.
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It does not make it all the way out to my neighborhood, but many of the local attractions are covered. It is Opening Day, so let’s enjoy one last view of Jacobs […]
Forget #1 PPC Spot; Greedy Google Grabs It
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007A colleague and I were recently doing a search when we came across Google in the PPC and organic listings. At first we thought it was a Google marketing push for Google Maps. However, after doing more research, it looks like Google is trying to promote their local coupon search.If you do a search on […]
“Not So Fast MSN,” Says Yahoo!
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I recently posted “How Good Will It Be?” about MSN doing some major updates to their Live Search functionality. This week Jason Lee at WebProNews wrote an article, Yahoo Makes The Assist, Web 2.0-ifies Results, discussing how Yahoo is now doing the same thing MSN is doing. Yahoo is now offering bring in a new […]
Has Yahoo Given The User Too Much Power?
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Search Engine Land is in the midst of Local Search Week. I came across an interesting post Yahoo Local Now Features “User Denigrated Content” by Mike Blumenthal. He goes on to explain how Yahoo is giving a little too much power to the user.
The new Yahoo Local is making a strong attempt at encouraging user […]
Flash and Search Engines; Do they Mix?
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Broadband is penetrating the market and companies are trying to get the advantages provided fancy Flash displays, I do agree with you! Your site looks awesome! But what is the point if I can’t find it anywhere on the engines. Flash along with JavaScripts Sites, are by far the hardest sites to get ranked. Search […]
Matt Cutts Speaks Out on Search Engine Marketing
Monday, June 4th, 2007At the “You&A with Matt Cutts” Search Marketing Expo (SMX) session in Seattle (Day 1), Matt Cutts was in fine form, fielding a ton of questions and carefully offering any calculated perspective that he thought Google may allow.
Occasionally, the live tone also honored the sometimes caustic setting that happens online as people comment on Matt’s […]
Don’t Click Here: The Power of Referring Link Text
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Content is king. You have heard it time and time again. And it is true in most cases. But there are rare exceptions and they illustrate how content optimized for search engines and inbound links are two complementary elements to obtain search engine rankings.
Do a search on Google for “click here”. What is the first […]
Can I Find Your Business? - Local Search
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Can some one find you in your local area using Google?
As a company you should make sure that your site is appearing in both the Organic and Local results.
Local search is a search looking for a specific location. If I type in Google, “pizza Cleveland, Oh” the results will show me all the pizza […]
