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Reply to Reviews in Google Places »
Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Google - SEO, Local Search | 1 Comment

If I had a penny for every time I mentioned to somebody that they ought to respond to reviews or comments wherever they may appear I reckon I’d have close to 76p. I’d probably have another 73p every time they said they don’t want to.

I have some sympathy with business owners and their pained expressions when you tell them they have no control over what is said about them online and that they must involve themselves in conversations – good or bad – mentioning them.

That’s just the nature of the beast.
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Bing & Yahoo! Transitioning in a Tree »
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Search Engines | Leave A Comment

Are you ready? Did you know? Do you care?

….about the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance. Yes, the time is nearly upon us as pointed out by the following email:

Organic Search Transition:
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The Decision Engine, Twitter Search & Trying to Find a Non-Charred LeBron Jersey »
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Search Engines | Leave A Comment

Nobody, I mean nobody, does sporting soap opera quite like you Americans.

That whole LeBronathon last night had it all: the egocentric sporting superstar talking of himself in the third person; cities (well bars (ok, a bar) within various cities) waiting for his decision; the superstar’s hometown humiliated; residents of hometown burning superstar’s jersey; owner of superstar’s team going ballistic via emails written in Comic Sans – and this is just the start of it.

I’m obviously just a limey import that happens to reside in a Cleveland suburb, and couldn’t really give a hoot about hoops, but as a sports fan this was/is one sorry episode to witness.
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Google Places Replaces Local Business Center »
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Local Search | 1 Comment

Google’s gone and re-branded Local Business Center as Google Places. Although, on writing, when I signed into my personal Google Account it was still listed as Local Business Center under products in there. Once you click on it you’re taken to Places (like you’ve kinda seen…)

As for new features (via the Official Google Blog):
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Google Facts & Figures Chart »
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Paul Woodhouse in Google - SEO, Google Adwords, Search Engines | 3 Comments

Once upon a time there was an iddy-biddy search engine that went by the name of Google. It was run by some of the most cleverest (sic) people in the whole wide world. But, it was the job of the Google to organize everything on the other www. – the world wide web.

As the Web got bigger, Google began to grow. Then it grew some more; and a bit more, until one day they had computers under the ocean and fired trained cartographer monkeys at the moon to make maps of it using only Google turn-by-turn Navigation.

Seriously, it’s all true. Check this infographic timeline out from 1997 onwards:

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