Archive for October, 2010

In Case You Missed It – Week 42

Got some more reading for you. Enjoy! How 4 Small Businesses are Using Location-Based Services by Erica Swallow Who Will Own Local Data? Search Engines, Yellow Pages, Aggegators Or Social Media? by Chris Smith Google Maps Rich Snippets for Local FAQ: Testimonials to be Treated as Reviews by Mike Blumenthal Ranking for Keyword + Cityname [...]

Local Search Studies from TMP Directional

Recently the TMP Directional Marketing and 15Miles Study: Bridging the Gap, from Search to Sales Local Search Usage Study from September 2010 was reviewed by Lisa Barone atThe Search Crossover: Local, Mobile Social and Matt McGee at  Local Search Study Results at SMX East. After reading their review/comments, I decided to take a look myself. [...]

In Case You Missed It – Week 41

Sorry am a day or two late with this installment…oh well. Universal Search: Not All Blends are Created Equal by Eli Goodman “Searchers are more inclined to interact and engage with blended results than they are with text results. Different types of blended results drive different types of behaviors, but the value to the searcher [...]

In Case You Missed It – Week 40

Wow, two weeks in a row. LOL Here is the weekly listing of some cool articles.  This week we have a couple of articles series, well worth your time. Enjoy. Competitive Analysis for Local Search by Mary Bowling Competitive Analysis for Local Search–Part 2 Competitive Analysis for Local Search-Part 3 The Journey From Clicks To [...]

Another Baseball Season in the Books

Just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know that our fantasy baseball league SEM2010 is in the books.  Congrats to me for winning this year.   My first winning season.  (Sorry Gib) It was a close and fun year. I learned a lot about fantasy leagues and can’t for for next year. Thanks [...]

DROID

Do I have any Android phone users out there? Well I have recently seen the light and switched from Blackberry to Android and what a difference. Got the Droid X and holy cow..it is a great phone. What makes it so good?….the Android OS. I am amazed at the number of apps out there. Now Blackberry [...]