I know that it has been a while since our last Local Search Talk Series. But, this interview was well worth the wait. I held this interview in my draft box for a specific reason. You see, in Idaho we do family reunions. Now, these aren’t a get together and have a meal reunion…these are everybody gets ...
For our seventh installment of the Local Search Talk Series we are going to be getting to know Eearlperl. This man brings a very unique perspective to local search, and has some of the best insights that you will read (if you are lucky enough to catch up with him on some of the top ...
Next up on our Local Search Talk Series is a gal I had the pleasure to meet up with at the GetListed.org Local University event in Spokane. Her name is Mary Bowling and she is part of the amazing seOverflow team in Colorado. Mary is seriously talented in “things to do” with local, and is ...
Everyone within the local search space has been aware of Google’s local ad tests that they have been running in Houston and San Fransisco. Well, upon an early run through on a few of my clients listings, it seems that the option has been opened to the entire Local Business Center as you can see ...
I have been playing around with the “service area” option in the Google Local Business Center today and found something interesting. I decided I would test with my own listing because… -I live in Burley, Idaho and it’s a small enough town that I’m not too concerned about ranking. -Google Local hates internet marketers and ...
There is nothing I would rather do than talk Local Search. I’m serious when I say that. I have traveled around the world, climbed on things found in famous photographs, seen animals in the wild that are even hard to come by in zoos. Danced, sang, and have made myself merry many times. But, at ...
Hopefully by now you know that I live in Burley, Idaho. I love my small town. My wife and I grew up here, “hated and dated” each other through school, I got smart…we got married, and now we are back (that was my life recap in one sentence). But, one thing that drives me literally ...
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 ...