Posts Tagged ‘local-business’

How to Choose the Right Category in Google’s Local Listings

{ Posted on Feb 08 2010 by admin }
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One of the most important things a small business can do with its listing in the Google Local Business Center is choose the right category(ies). In fact, “Associating LBL w/Proper Categories” scored very highly in last year’s Local Search Ranking ...Read More »

Alerts on Place Pages? I Want More From Google

{ Posted on Jan 14 2010 by admin }
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Here’s the latest addition to Google’s Local Business Center: a tool to add alerts/updates to your Google Maps Place Page. The widget you see here is only available to businesses that have claimed their listing in the Local Business Center; ...Read More »

New Google Local Listing Guidelines

{ Posted on Nov 03 2009 by admin }
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Google has published a new set of guidelines for local businesses using the Local Business Center — guidelines that continue to get more specific to counter the very specific ways small businesses spammers try to bend or completely get around ...Read More »

SBS Flashback: October 2008

{ Posted on Oct 18 2009 by admin }
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For those of you who are new SBSM readers & subscribers, here’s a list of noteworthy posts you probably missed from one year ago. I try to put together a post like this each month to introduce new readers to ...Read More »

Wanna learn about Local Business Databases/Listings?

{ Posted on Aug 16 2009 by admin }
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I’m usually not much into the webcast/webinar scene, but as soon as I hit the ‘publish” button on this post, I’ll be grabbing a spot in a local search webinar that’s coming up this Wednesday: Local Business Listings: Straight Talk With ...Read More »

Google’s Local Business Dashboard is Borderline Useless

{ Posted on Aug 12 2009 by admin }
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I think it’s terrific that Google is showing analytics-style data in the Local Business Center (LBC). This has been available for a couple months now, and I’m glad it’s there. Any idea that gives small businesses more information to understand ...Read More »