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5 Ways to Improve Your Local Search Marketing Strategy Don't lose out on a huge amount of potential business. Use these local search strategies.   |
Search Engine Watch
February 25, 2011
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Ratings & Reviews: 5 Strategies for Local Businesses Ratings and reviews are essential to local businesses. They help by differentiating products and services, improving search engine rankings, and driving free web traffic. |
Search Engine Watch
May 29, 2009
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Ranking in Local Listings Why are local listings important? It's all about consumer usage. With so many consumers seeking local listing information, it's vital that advertisers with local entities proactively manage and improve their listings' accuracy |
Search Engine Watch
November 5, 2010
Frank Watson |
Top 10 Local Search Insights for the Moment The local search marketing game is changing fast, driven by Google Places, mobile, maps, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare and more. Here's a look at 10 recent developments in local you need to be aware of. |
Search Engine Watch
January 13, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Should Your SEO Strategy Target the Head or the Long Tail? If you're focused on ranking for that one major keyword, having a deep Web site full of great content is necessary to achieve authority in the eyes of the search engine. So, whether or not you intended to do it, you'll be optimizing for the long tail in order to achieve your goals. |
Entrepreneur
July 2010
Tracy Stapp |
Top of the Heap Here's how to be sure your franchise's website pops into the No. 1 spot in an online search. |
Search Engine Watch
June 20, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Who's Who in Local Search There are lots of opportunities for search marketers use to highly targeted services to reach users looking for local products and services. |
Search Engine Watch
October 20, 2010
Gareth Owen |
On-page Optimization is Dead Further proof that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics -- especially in SEO. |
Search Engine Watch
November 11, 2008
Carrie Hill |
Six Things You Might Be Doing Wrong (And How to Fix Them)! When you look at what is and isn't working for a small business Web site, you'll find that the most frequent issues fall within six categories. Some are flaws in site architecture, while others are the result of poor planning or marketing discipline. All are fixable, if you know what to look for. |
Search Engine Watch
July 30, 2008
Eric Enge |
Google vs. Yahoo on Paid Links Google created a firestorm in the industry with its Paid Links directive. So where does Yahoo stand in the Paid Links debate? |
Search Engine Watch
October 9, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo Renews With Google, Changes Results After months of speculation, Yahoo announced today that it has renewed its relationship to use Google's results as part of its search listings. In addition, Yahoo made a substantial change to end its historic barrier between human-powered and crawler-based search results. |
AskMen.com
January 31, 2001
Justin Becker |
How To: Use Search Engines Well, no need to feel lost anymore -- here is a map of which search engines I highly recommend, and which ones to use for specific searches. And since information is power, you'll feel like king of the world in no time... |
Search Engine Watch
September 13, 2010
Kaila Strong |
Search and Social: Are You Missing Out? Examining social media's impact on search, and how best to integrate a bit of social into your search engine marketing (or search into your social media marketing). |
Search Engine Watch
September 19, 2007
Jim Parent |
8 Ways to Improve Your Local Search Results If you have not taken steps to ensure your business' online presence in local search results is complete and accurate, you're missing a big opportunity. |
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Nov/Dec 2004
Greg R. Notes |
Internet Search Engine Update Ask Jeeves joins the push for local search... Google and Yahoo! now have their own blogs... Lycos has introduced two new focused search engines: People Search and Discussion Search... MSN Search's technology preview of its new search engine is now gone ... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
January 27, 2011
Peter van der Graaf |
Local Search: Your Address is the New Link A look at some of the changes local search results are bringing to SEO -- especially link building. |
Search Engine Watch
March 2, 2010
Herndon Hasty |
Your Locations are Your Biggest Digital Assets A physical address has huge online implications. While you're covering your assets, make sure to build up your presence for local-based searches. |
Search Engine Watch
October 29, 2010
Rob Chant |
Preparing Your Small Business Site For SEO A starter guide for small business owners who are launching a brand new site and approaching search engine optimization for the first time. |
Search Engine Watch
December 7, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
What Happened To My Site On Google? The outcry from webmasters about Google's recent ranking algorithm change has been unprecedented. This article takes a Q&A-style approach to examine many of the issues and questions that have arisen from the change. |
Search Engine Watch
January 13, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo & MSN Closing the Google Gap While Big G continues to maintain its leadership position in the eyes of web searchers, a new study finds that Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves have all made significant improvements over the past year and are narrowing Google's mindshare advantage. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2005
Rob McGann |
Majority of Searchers Use Multiple Search Engines What are the most popular search engines? |
Search Engine Watch
April 7, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Don't Overlook Local Search Opportunities With local search, there are many free or low-cost opportunities for local advertisers to get found. How many businesses, both small and large, are taking advantage of local SEO? |
Entrepreneur
December 2008
John Jantsch |
Look Good Online The only way to control what people say about your company is to be part of the conversation. |
Search Engine Watch
April 22, 2011
Dave Davies |
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 3 Google Places tips and strategies for image optimization, reviews, and geographic targeting. |
Search Engine Watch
December 23, 2008
Carrie Hill |
The Small Business Guide to Choosing Keyword Phrases Here are some best practices for choosing good keywords to utilize when optimizing your small business Web site. |
Search Engine Watch
September 29, 2009
Carrie Hill |
Small Business Guide to Tools that Help Your SEM There are plenty of tools that a small business can and should use to make their limited time most productive in online marketing. Some are free, some are paid, but all of them are worth the investment of time and money to learn to use. |
Search Engine Watch
August 3, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with New Local Search Yahoo has rolled out a feature-laden beta version of its local search service, sharply upping the ante in the rapidly evolving local search sweepstakes. |
Search Engine Watch
July 7, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Top Signs Your Site Isn't Ready for Prime Time, Part 2 We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look the title tag, domain age, and link building to see if your Web site is ready for prime time. |
Search Engine Watch
October 28, 2010
Jon Schepke |
Google Place Search: Location Information Just Became More Critical Google's new Place Search makes it more important than ever for business to implement a local search, online review, and SEO strategy to achieve prominent visibility in Google's results. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Mapping Google's Latest Direction Search engine now also helps you see where you're going with a new map service. |
Search Engine Watch
December 29, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
2005 in Review: The Top Search Industry Stories of the Year Your Search Utility: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Developments With Consumer Search... Search Advertisers Deserve Better: Search Engine Ad Reps: Friend or Foe?... SEO Isn't A Criminal Activity... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
November 4, 2008
Mark Jackson |
SEO Site Review: Custom Creations, Unlimited The author performs his quarterly SEO site review, and this time the subject promises to implement his recommendations. Like many Web sites, it isn't in bad shape from a SEO perspective, but it is a great example of the importance of the little things. |
InternetNews
October 2, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo Re-Launches Search Yahoo today re-launched its search, replete with special features designed to improve the experience and better enable rapid, accurate searching. |
Search Engine Watch
November 1, 2010
Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Importance of Localized Content - Local SEO Takes Center Stage How to create content and link connectivity that sends the right signals to the search engines, telling them your site is relevant for users in those geographies. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2004
Parker & Rodgers |
Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves Bow Local Search Tools The news follows closely on the heels Google's own local Web search offering. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2007
Susan Kuchinskas |
A New Face For Live Search Microsoft Live Search invents tricks to keep current users happy. |
Search Engine Watch
Kevin Newcomb |
Where's Search Heading? Ask Yahoo's Chief Scientist Yahoo is taking a task-based approach to its search strategy, improving results to focus on the user's task stage, according to Andrew Tomkins, chief scientist for search at Yahoo. |
Search Engine Watch
March 22, 2004
Greg Jarboe |
Yahoo News Upgrades To Take On Google News Yahoo released a new version of its news search engine late last week, a new move in what may be a modern-day version of the great newspaper wars. |
Search Engine Watch
July 27, 2010
Eric Enge |
12 Ways Your SEO Mileage May Vary If you've spent time analyzing search results for a variety of queries, you've likely seen results you can't easily explain. Here's why this happens. |
Search Engine Watch
May 1, 2011
Eric Enge |
The Role of On-Page SEO Content: Relevance, Not Rankings From an SEO perspective, on-page content is solely about helping establish what search queries your page might be relevant to. Visualizing how the major SEO components fit together. |
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May 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Avoid the Void: Quick and Easy Site Submission Strategies "If I build it, they will come."
This is one of the worst assumptions a Webmaster can make. No one will come unless you also promote your Web site, and search engines are one of the most important places to do this.... |
Search Engine Watch
June 21, 2010
Josh McCoy |
What Google Thinks of Your Site Paying attention to your site's Sitelinks, hierarchical listings, and internal link listings in Google SERPs are great ways to see how Google understands your site. |
Search Engine Watch
September 22, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Myriad Search: Meta Search Your Way A new meta search engine lets Internet marketers and others compare results from the four top web search engines, and tweak their relative importance in a cutomized result set. |
Search Engine Watch
October 31, 2007
Steve Haar |
Search Quality Depends on Intention From a marketing perspective, we should try to keep in touch with the environments in which our ads and SEO efforts are seen by the users. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Battle for Search Share in Lower Tier The latest search engine share rankings show Google maintaining its lead over Yahoo, with upstarts gaining points. |
Search Engine Watch
October 25, 2010
John Greer |
Organic Search Listings That Drive Clicks People scan search results quickly. Here's how to make your listing stand out and make searchers want to click on your site. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
Search Engines: What's the Difference? Yahoo! Google and Ask Jeeves go toe-to-toe in frank discussion of which technology yields the best results. |
Search Engine Watch
February 26, 2008
Kevin Newcomb |
Yahoo Opens Up Search Results Third-party publishers will soon be able to create plug-ins that will change the appearance of their listing on a search results page. |
Search Engine Watch
November 20, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Local Search Part 5: Citysearch Brings Local To Searchers & Merchants Citysearch has long offered local content to searchers. But the company has made new moves to bring local merchants into the world of search advertising by introducing a cost-per-lead program. |
Search Engine Watch
September 30, 2008
Mark Jackson |
Tin Foil Hat? I Have Mine On When Google advises against URL rewriting in their Webmaster Central blog, is there an ulterior motive? |
