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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 40 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Why I think local could be a bright spot in the economic downturn. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: SEO
How to screw up a M&A deal by not understanding SEO read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 116 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Because someone has to speak the truth to power... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 124 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.clicktale.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Found this data on surfing habits by country. Some of the findings:
1. Apparently slow loading web pages have a 6x positive effect on the length of time a user spends on a page.
2. Dutch & Israeli surfers "outsurf" all other countries because th read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 198 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.problogger.net)
Category: Blogging
Inspiring and down-to-earth post about how to power through the inevitable ups and downs of blogging. I heart Pro-Blogger. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 200 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.praized.com)
Category: Social Media
Good overview of what's happened on Twitter over the past 3 months. As if you didn't already know... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 250 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slate.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Good history of the yellow pages and why they are on their way out, as if you didn't know that already. Interesting historical facts like:

Its omnipresence has made it a barometer of societal change. In 1906, Jews in Trenton threatened to boycot read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 263 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Some valuable lessons for businesses (and Governors) who suffer site outages during a search engine marketing campaign. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 273 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://gesterling.wordpress.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Greg Sterling gets it straight from Microsoft's, I mean Yahoo's mouth - user ratings matter in how Yahoo ranks local results - sort of... read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 285 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Some observations and theories about why a company's Google Maps profile has been merged with the profile of the company it rents office space from. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 293 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.smallbusinesssem.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Matt McGee passes some sage advice about using local SMO onto his wife the realtor and it works like a charm. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 298 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Google SEO
I just used this technique I call the "Page 2 Bump" to get to page one of Google for one of the most competitive terms on the planet. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 313 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Meetup may be old news to most search marketers but it also may be one of the most overlooked tools for local businesses to take advantage of. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 320 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Link Building
Warning: This post is not for those who are weak of heart or small children. If you use the safe search option on Google or a V-chip turn back now. You are in the wrong place. Really. Stop. I mean it. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 328 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.urbanmapping.com)
Category: Local & Maps
UrbanMapping just released a free api to provide neighborhood data to all smart SEOs/SEMs who want to do some niche local search targeting. Pretty cool stuff. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 330 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Greg does a nice job, as usual, of boiling the future of local search down to some interesting data points. My one complaint - nothing about SEO! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 340 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Online coupons seem like they would be a winner but there has not been a big breakout success in this niche. The NYT covers the launch of a new coupon site but the real story is that online coupon sites have grown only 6% in the past year.
As usua read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 340 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: News Sites
Patrick Altoft provides a great case study in how a new web directory launched using a successful SMO campaign. Of particular interest are Patrick's points on how the directory was almost designed with social media in mind and how they revised and read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 355 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Water Cooler
I couldn't resist this one. A bit punchy after a redeye. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 362 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blumenthals.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Mike Blumenthal has a great post on how Google Local's seems to be spiking Citysearch reviews and how that has affected a small florist's business. Also of note is how high-paying national advertisers are starting to encroach on Google Local ad spa read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 369 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Local & Maps
Just sat through a Facebook Local presentation and if they succeed I think they have the best solution I have seen so far to crack the Local Search code. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 369 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: Networking
Note to social local search 1.0 sites. Check your patent applications. You may have just struck Facebook gold. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 400 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Local & Maps
If the New York Times is talking about video optimization for dentists then you know it is now a mainstream tactic. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: andrewsho 405 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: Jobs Offered
I have a great client in Santa Monica who is looking to fill a VP Marketing role. The company is backed by some good names and has a very solid team. I also like their office space (very Dwell magazine).

Here's their description. Interested pa read more »
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