Just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a blessed and Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010 New Year!

This is something I have been wanting to comment on for a while. I really like WordPress- its ease of setup, cool widgets, tons of templates available, and the amazing amount of SEO components you can employ with it, make it a no brainer for small business. If you are …

I recently got word from 8Coupons.com that their service is going nationwide. You can the press release on their blog here. “When a user visits 8coupons.com, the map on the homepage will automatically populate the Top 8 most popular deals based on his or her IP address. This ensures that …

Well ILM09 is in the books. This year I was not able to attend but from what I have seen and read, it looked like an awesome meeting. Over the next few days,  I hope to review over some of the presentations and info provided and give you some recaps. …

Today we have an interview with George Ramos, CEO and Founder of  Guías Local, Inc. Q. What is guiaslocal.com? A.  GuiasLocal.com is a new, non-yellow page, bilingual start-up that connects consumers to major U.S. cities and millions of businesses.  Guias Local translated in English means “Local Guides” (a logical name …

With the state of the economy today, what can a small business do to help itself? Marketing online is definitely one thing, I would recommend. LOL Over the last few months, I have been pulling together articles on the subject and over the next few posts, I will be reviewing …

Just wanted to remind folks that in two weeks, ILM09 or Interactive Local Media 2009 put on by the Kelsey/BIA group will be going on in LA.  Looks to be a great meeting. “ILM:09 focuses on the rapid innovation in local online, search and mobile – the Web’s “last frontier.” …

Just want to wish all of our US readers a happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Despite all of the difficulties, we have a lot to be thankful for. 🙂

Kevin Leu of Merchant Circle sent me info on a survey that Merchant Circle had recently done. I thought the results were interesting. More than 12000 business members participated in the survey.  Just over 10% of those responding businesses classified themselves as retailers, while 90% fell into other categories.  For …

Today we finish up the article by Tim Conley. If you have any questions, please post them here and Tim or myself will be more than happy to discuss them. Now…. Dominating Local Searches on Google First you need to do basic search engine optimization on every page of your …