Category: Local Search


Anatomy of an Optimal Local Landing Page Infographic

Posted on July 16th, by Mike Ramsey in Local Search, SEO, Web Design. 16 comments

The Anatomy of an Optimal Local Landing Page Every website has landing pages. Every local landing page has certain traits. But there is nowhere that explains what pieces of information are important and where that information should go to reach a higher ranking. That was until now. What we’ve done is gone through and checked [...]


The Future: Seen Through Google Glasses.

Posted on March 26th, by Ryan Amen in Local Search. No Comments

There’s already a lot of buzz going on about the coming release from the “Google X” office. Some of the theories floating around about what kind of technology will eventually be implemented into these “Google Glasses” and the possible ramifications they could have on society are nothing less than profound. I am both excited and scared [...]



SMX West Presentation about Onsite SEO + An Interview!

Posted on March 11th, by Mike Ramsey in Local Search. 1 Comment

I had the pleasure to speak on the Hardcore Local Tactics session at SMX West a couple weeks ago and wanted to post my slidedeck. There are some gems in it so please enjoy…   Onsite Local Search Tatics For Conversion and Ranking View more PowerPoint from niftymarketing Also, I was interviewed by Eddie Bluff [...]



Star Wars and SEO

Posted on February 23rd, by Nifty Curtis in Local Search. No Comments

I remember the first time I ever saw the opening crawl to Star Wars: Episode IV – the music was grand, the words were hard for me to understand (I was five) but from that opening brass swell to the very last low-budget circle wipe I was hooked. Princess Leia was going to marry me [...]



5 Reasons to Microsite for ORM

Posted on February 2nd, by Ryan Amen in Local Search. 2 comments

Wikipedia’s definition of a microsite describes it as a 1-7 page site that likely has its own domain name…. etc, etc. you get the idea. A small site for a specific purpose. But why not just make a page or few pages on the main site that has the same information. Often, online reputation management [...]