Get Started in Local Search Without a Web Site
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Get Started in Local Search Without a Web Site

14y Mary Bowling

Get Started in Local Search Without a Web Site

By taking advantage of these opportunities, which can be done as time and budget permit, you can build a decent presence across the Internet without a...

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What's the Future of Google's Local Search?
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What's the Future of Google's Local Search?

14y Mary Bowling

What's the Future of Google's Local Search?

Highlights of Google Maps over the past five years and predictions on where it's going. Read More...

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Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam
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Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam

14y Mary Bowling

Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam

The future of Google Maps includes the new Business Listing Quality Guidelines, which will start regulating local listers' spam. Read More...

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Google Place Pages Come to Local Search
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Google Place Pages Come to Local Search

14y Mary Bowling

Google Place Pages Come to Local Search

See the changes, good and bad, to Google's new display format for Local Business Listings. Read More...

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LinkedIn and Local Search 101
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LinkedIn and Local Search 101

14y Mary Bowling

LinkedIn and Local Search 101

Five steps for local businesses to participate in this online professional network. Read More...

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Twitter for Local Search
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Twitter for Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Twitter for Local Search

A look at tools and resources for local businesses to connect with people on Twitter who live or work nearby. Read More...

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Social Media and Local Search 101
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Social Media and Local Search 101

15y Mary Bowling

Social Media and Local Search 101

Local businesses can tap social media to help promote their goods and services online. Here's a primer. Read More...

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Bing Local: A New Face in Local Search
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Bing Local: A New Face in Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Bing Local: A New Face in Local Search

While waiting for details about the Microsoft-Yahoo to emerge, don't wait to get your business listed on Microsoft's Bing Local. Read More...

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Managing Multiple Listings on Google Maps
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Managing Multiple Listings on Google Maps

15y Mary Bowling

Managing Multiple Listings on Google Maps

Google Maps is dropping duplicate local business listings as it cleans up results. How to ensure your best, correct listing survives. Read More...

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Local Search=Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Part 2
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Local Search=Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Part 2

15y Mary Bowling

Local Search=Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Part...

How to increase your company's visibility in Google Maps, Yahoo Local, and Bing Local. Read More...

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Local Search = Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Part 1
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Local Search = Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Part 1

15y Mary Bowling

Local Search = Where Are You? + What Do You Do? Pa...

Search engines want to know the same things about your business that searchers want to know. Here are some things to do to avoid wasting your search m...

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Advertising and Local Search
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Advertising and Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Advertising and Local Search

What can you do to get people to shop at your business? Consider these approaches to stretch your range. Read More...

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Google Maps Dashboard a Boost for Local Businesses
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Google Maps Dashboard a Boost for Local Businesses

15y Mary Bowling

Google Maps Dashboard a Boost for Local Businesses

Google gives local businesses another reason to update their local business information. Read More...

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Information and Trust in Local Search
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Information and Trust in Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Information and Trust in Local Search

Local business owners should claim and verify their local business listings in Google Maps. A new dashboard should make that easier to do. Read More...

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Local Search's Google 10 Pack
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Local Search's Google 10 Pack

15y Mary Bowling

Local Search's Google 10 Pack

Some local business owners rank well in Google's Universal Search results, but cannot crack into the local business results, a.k.a., the Google 10 pac...

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Yelp and Local Search
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Yelp and Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Yelp and Local Search

Local businesses need to manage their online reputation on the consumer-generated review site. Here's where to start. Read More...

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Craigslist and Local Search
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Craigslist and Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Craigslist and Local Search

Local businesses can leverage the power of searches on this online classified ad site that gets more than 20 billion page views each month. Read More...

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Yahoo and Local Search
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Yahoo and Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Yahoo and Local Search

Why local search marketers should try spending more time, money, and effort on Yahoo again. Read More...

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When All Search Is Local
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When All Search Is Local

15y Mary Bowling

When All Search Is Local

How to use Google and Yahoo to your advantage locally. Read More...

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Tools for Local Search
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Tools for Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Tools for Local Search

Two directory listing services and two Google tools provide an assist to local search marketers. Read More...

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How Citations Help with Local Search
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How Citations Help with Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

How Citations Help with Local Search

There are plenty of reasons to increase the number of references to your business on yellow pages and other sites. Here's how. Read More...

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Why Local Businesses Need E-mail Marketing
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Why Local Businesses Need E-mail Marketing

15y Mary Bowling

Why Local Businesses Need E-mail Marketing

E-mail marketing offers a low-cost, easy way for local businesses to reach out to customers. Read More...

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Why Should I Buy From You?
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Why Should I Buy From You?

15y Mary Bowling

Why Should I Buy From You?

Online marketers must offer a convincing answer that's part of their marketing message. Three pitfalls to avoid. Read More...

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Vertical Directories for Local Search Success
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Vertical Directories for Local Search Success

15y Mary Bowling

Vertical Directories for Local Search Success

Tips for choosing the best directories for your business listing. Read More...

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Top Five Tips for Local Search
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Top Five Tips for Local Search

15y Mary Bowling

Top Five Tips for Local Search

Don't suffer from information overload paralysis. Get started on these five tasks today. Read More...

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Videos for Local Search Marketing
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Videos for Local Search Marketing

15y Mary Bowling

Videos for Local Search Marketing

How can you use videos for marketing your local business? Learn here. Read More...

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Establishing Trust in Your Local Business
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Establishing Trust in Your Local Business

15y Mary Bowling

Establishing Trust in Your Local Business

Tips for your Web site that tells visitors you're a legitimate business that will be around well into the future. Read More...

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