The article, How Local Business Can Win with Search by David Vazdauskas provides a nice summary of the whole local search picture. The crux of the article is something that I have been talking about, to my clients, for years. David wrote: “A lot of entrants in the online local …
Read More »Monthly Archives: May 2007
MySpace to the Rescue!
A while back, a friend asked me about online networking sites that he could use to build his business. I had mentioned this briefly earlier in a post “It is not What you know, but Who you know!” and was going to spend some more time on the subject but …
Read More »Geothingy.com -New Local Search Directory (Part 2)
Today we finish up our interview with Jason Stubblefield, President of Flatland Industries and Geothingy.com. Before we continue today Jason, can you tell us a little about yourself. A. I have over 20 years of experience with computing, programming and networking. I have owned several business in my life, prior …
Read More »Geothingy.com -New Local Search Directory (Part 1)
Local search is growing daily and new sites and services are emerging. One of those sites is Geothingy.com. Recently I met up with Jason Stubblefield, President of Flatland Industries and Geothingy.com. Jason was kind enough to sit down and answer some questions for us. Q. What is the goal of …
Read More »Small Business
An excellent article for those starting a new business is 10 Lessions Learned from Starting a Small Business by Steve Woodruff. Great advise! I am in the process of setting up a website and Local Internet marketing to two new clients-one has a brand new business and the other, has …
Read More »Which is the best Search Engine?
Most everything that is done to a website to make it better is because of the search engines. They are what drive the Internet. That is why there are tons of websites/businesses specifically dedicated to search engines and marketing. Years ago I found the website Search Engine Showdown.com which gives …
Read More »Online Reviews
Jennifer Laycock posted the other day “Don’t Overlook Reviews in Your Social Media Strategy” at Search Engine Guide. It was about a new report, “Social Technographics” by Charlene Li at Forrester Research. I followed the link provided to the Forrester website but the report costs $279 to read so all …
Read More »Defining Local Search
I was really tired last night when I posted so I want to continue with some comments on the article from Chris Linnett, I mentioned (and linked to) yesterday. This article got me thinking. As I mentioned the other day, at the Rocky Creek Spring Fest, I had about 2 …
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