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Local Video Ads Come to Local.com
Local search site Local.com has integrated local video ads throughout its site. Initially the ads will come from Jivox, an online local video advertising provider. Eventually, the video ads will expand to include more providers. “We believe that video advertising provides consumers with relevant, timely information about local businesses, product
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Why Wikipedia Accuracy Won't Cut It For Google Local
by Miriam Ellis Almost everyone with an interest in Local Search is trying to get a message through to the large minds at Google, in a variety of ways. The message concerns the real-life effects of inaccurate data in Google's One Box, 10-pack and Maps on the public. While a major percentage of Internet users have grown to trust the Google brand and
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Yahoo’s Local Push: SearchMonkey and PPC Targeting
There are a couple articles I published on Search Engine Land over the past few days that I think bear mentioning here for their meaning to small businesses. If you’ve already seen both of these articles, move along. Yahoo Adds Local Content To Search Results Via SearchMonkey
What’s going on: All Yahoo web searchers are [...] Related po
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8 Social Media Sites for Local Networking
Should small/local businesses bother with social media? Or is local search where it’s at — targeting potential customers in their own cities and towns? The good news is that small business owners don’t have to choose one or the other. Listed below are eight sites at the intersection of social media and local search, the [...] Rela
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Relying On Print Yellow Pages? Most Local Customers Turn To The Web!
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TMP Local Search Study (2008)
Search agency TMP Directional Marketing today published its 2nd annual Local Search Usage Study, conducted by comScore, which takes a look at local search behaviors. There’s some pretty interesting data in it:
According to the study, the first sources used are Search Engines (31%), Print Yellow Pages or White Pages (30%), Internet Yellow Page
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Local Business Owner Needs SERIOUS Reputation Management
Follow along with me, please: The story begins on Sunday, when our local newspaper runs an article about a local military man named Burke Jensen who’s facing legal action because his new home isn’t landscaped.
Shortly after Jensen and his wife bought the house, he was sent to Kuwait. His wife went back to live with [...]
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Search Engines Top Source for Local Search
When it comes to conducting a local search, where do people begin their searches? This is the topic of a recent survey conducted by TMP Directional Marketing. They found that search engines top the list of sources used first in local search. Here's the breakdown: Search Engines (31%)Print Yellow Pages or White Pages (30%)Internet Yellow Pages Sites
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The AdWords API Local Database Sync Project
Jeffrey Posnick from the AdWords API Team announced at a Google Groups thread the AdWords API Local Database Sync Project. The details of this project are located over at code.google.com/p/awapi-local-db-sync/. Here is the summary: The AdWords API Local Database Sync...
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Q&A on Google Maps and Local Businesses
Timed to coincide with a local search session at SMX East, Greg Sterling posted a Q&A about Google Maps and local businesses on Search Engine Land today. If you’re a small business owner with questions/concerns about your local business listing in Google Maps, I’m guessing this Q&A will have some helpful, interesting informati
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