The online Internet yellow pages (IYP) are another major component available to the small business owner to promote themselves locally on-line. If you are looking for a good site with information and links to some of the major Internet Yellow Pages, check out Local Search Guide. Their own q & …

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 …

I found a couple of nice articles the other day so I thought I would pass them on to you: Local Search Marketing For Local Business, by Darrell Zahorsky at About.com Local Search Engine Marketing | Local Internet Marketing by Eric Darby at Darbyworks.com Happy reading!

Hope all is well with folks. I took a couple of days off to get some stuff together. As you can see I have modified the site template. I like it-if you have any comments ( + or -) let me know. One of things I have set up is …

Any Spaceball fans out there? Everytime I hear the term hyper-local, I think of that movie. 🙂  Hyper-local is one of those terms that most local small businesses probably never heard of but is an important component in local search.  I wanted to comment on an article that I have …

One of the big things with Internet marketing, especially local search, are the terms used. I was speaking with a potential client the other day and spent a bit of time simply defining the different terms, etc associated with local search.  This got me thinking; I would start a post …

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, …

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 …

Hope everyone is doing well today. Just wanted to bring your attention to a couple of items. 1. To the right, you will see a new “Rate this Blog” option from Blog Catalog. If you like my blog, please take a second to rate it. 2. Also I have set …

To continue on the subject of Local Search in Europe…a while back I contacted Frank Fuchs, from Locally Type* Local Search & Maps blog to get his take on local search in Europe.  There is so much stuff, that I can’t cover it all so I will introduce the subject. …