A couple of year ago is when the toolbar mania began. It seemed like everyone was creating their own custom toolbar. Yes I must admit it, I did too.  In general the toolbar is not a bad idea. They can be very helpful. The question is though, how many toolbars …

The reasons I list today are sort of secondary reason to do local search marketing.  Also all of these are items I plan to cover in more detail in future postings. —Google411. Ever hear of it? I recently tried it and it is pretty cool. “Google Voice Local Search is …

Last week Google announced its new Universal Search, “With universal search, we’re attempting to break down the walls that traditionally separated our various search properties and integrate the vast amounts of information available into one simple set of search results” What this means is that news, video, images, local, and …

Just a quick post today, sort of as follow up of the post from the other day about online networking.  There are two good articles, I want to refer you to: 1.  The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking – The Top 24 Sites by Chris Winfield. The title says it …

The new web with its social media is great but it also means you need to be careful of what you do. I found this article on MSNBC.com today about MySpace and an “innocent” photo put online. The article I really like is by Todd Mintz, Online Reputation Management Begins …

Every small business owner understands that networking is very important, often critical to survival. I can speak from personal experience; the off-line networking that I have done and continue to do, has produced a lot of new business, connections, and new friends. Today I wanted to write about on-line networking.  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …