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3 comments Jan 19, 2010 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Adwords, Local Search

Google Adwords Offline Promotion Through The Local Business Center

I got a letter from Google today with $100 worth of free advertising. The letter is being sent out to businesses with claimed LBC listings and starts out saying “You already use Google’s Local Business Center to help customers discover your business online when they search locally on Google or Google Maps.” Then goes on ...

3 comments Jan 14, 2010 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Small Business Marketing

Small Business Blogs That Actually Work

It seems that more and more businesses are understanding that they need to have a blog whether they are practicing law, or selling brownies. They have heard that “blogging” is a great way to close the gap between businesses and consumers, so they picked their software of choice and added a blog to their site. ...

12 comments Dec 9, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Local Search

Secret Local Search Ranking Facts For Free

Local Search seems to be taking dramatic steps forward on a weekly basis. Not too long ago, a search for anything local would bring up a 10 pack on Google, and since then, we have seen local listing ads, lucky 7 packs, and even the possible future low 5 pack. The above all have to ...

1 comment Nov 6, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Adwords, Local Search, SEO

My Thoughts on Where Google Organic Search Results Went

I just read Aaron Wall’s post Excuse Me Where Did Google’s Organic Search Results Go? that seemed to spark a bit of conversation in the comment section. The article highlights the changes taking place on the SERPS, and gives great advice to organic seo’ers on future steps to take. The best part of the article ...

1 comment Oct 19, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Local Search

Reviews and Lucky 7 Local Listings

I just wanted to bring up a very interesting thing that has taken place with the switch to local listings displaying 7 instead of 10 results. Now, when the lucky 7 pack shows up, The number of reviews are all in line, and fall at the end of the listing. So, it is easier to ...

3 comments Oct 12, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Local Search

Lucky 7′s, Local Ads, and Lucrative Support

A lot of big things have been happening in Local Search over the past couple weeks and it would be a shame for me to let everyone else cover them without throwing in my own two bits. So, I am going to talk about 3 things that are going have a major impact on the ...

1 comment Aug 26, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Adwords, Local Search

Adwords and Local Search – A Happy Marriage

Back in my romantic days when I got married, I remember the advice that every one gave me. From old to young, and ugly to beautiful, most people summed up their “fireproof” plan like this…”If you want this marriage to work, you have to work together” Now, I haven’t be married for a very long ...

2 comments Aug 24, 2009 | Posted by Nifty Mike in Customer Reviews, Directories, Local Search

The Best Ways to Get Customer Reviews

In the National Search Engine Optimization arena, getting people to link to your site with great anchor text is what the game is all about. There are thousands of articles about it, there are companies that dedicate themselves to the practice, there is even (purely rumor) a religion based on the subject. So, what about ...

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