Posts tagged ‘Google Places’
Of Doula Marketing, Midwifes, and Trends – New York, LA, and SEO
I just heard the most fascinating story on APM’s Marketplace (http://www.marketplace.org, about Doulas: The Birth of a New Career). As an Internet marketer, I was fascinated not just by this trend towards supportive birthing… but of this “new” word – doula, and the marketing implications. For all of those who are involved in SEO, Internet
Should You Buy Fake Reviews for Google Places, Yelp, or Amazon?
First, we had the buying and selling of links, which annoyed the heck out of Google, and remains one of the few ways that you can easily get your site blacklisted. Now, as we move to social search, we are seeing the emergence of the latest cockroach infesting industry: the buying and selling of fake
Should You Solicit or Encourage Reviews for Yelp or Google Local?
Reviews are an incredible engine to SEO success. For many local searches – say, ‘Pizza Restaurant New York City,’ or ‘Personal Injury Attorney Dallas,’ or just the word ‘Attorney,’ Google is often smart enough to realize that this is a ‘local search,’ and thereby give top ranking to ‘Google Places results.’ How do you know?
SEO and Google Places for Antiques in Grand Island, NE
Are All Businesses Google Businesses? Are all businesses ‘Google businesses?’ Do all businesses have a social media marketing opportunity? I’m not sure. Yesterday (July 11, 2011), we spent the afternoon in Grand Island, Nebraska’s, ‘Antique Alley’ – the area around 3rd street downtown. My wife was looking for the ‘Desert Rose’ pattern of cups, plates,
