Posted by Larry Sullivan

Today I finish up my interview with Luis Pereira, the Founder & CEO of AskPoodle.com
Q. What else do you think small business owners need to know about AskPoodle?
A. AskPoodle was specifically designed for small business owners.  Our novel concepts allow small business advertiser the opportunity to engage in simple on-line and off-line collaboration activities that [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

Earlier this week, AskPoodle sent out a press release officially launching the web site.  Just before this release, I caught up with Luis Pereira, the Founder & CEO of AskPoodle.com and interviewed him about the new site and service available to small business owners.
Here is part 1 of that interview:
Q. What is AskPoodle.com?
A. AskPoodle.com is an on-line [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

Verticals directories have been around for some time and can be a very good way to promote and list your web site or business. I found a good article a while back  by Julie Mason,  Practical Guide to Vertical Search Advertising at Search Engine Journal.
Julie provides a nice summary what verticals are why you should [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

Today we finish our interview with Erron Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer of YellowBot.
Q. Do you think it is better for a small business to add their information themselves or go through a professional service?
A. The short answer is that they should do both. The human body needs oxygen, but you can’t live without both a [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

I am always on the look out for new and additional ways to get small businesses listed locally on-line.  A few months ago, YellowBot was created.  From what I saw, it looked very interesting so I decided to do some more research.  I contacted them and Erron Silverstein, Chief Executive Officer of YellowBot was kind enough to [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

One of the comments made about local search regularly is, “fragmented.”  In general I would agree. There seems to be a lot of competing programs, directories, theories, etc out there, but as time goes on and the market develops more, much of this should go away. (hopefully)
One of the areas that I see as fragmented [...]

Posted by Larry Sullivan

Last month, Perry Evans of Local Matters announced and launched Localguides.com. On his blog, Perry said “The site was created to “begin to lay the foundation to tackle two vexing problems in local search – how to place consumer participation into the center of the experience and, how to connect search and commentary into useful [...]