Google Places Now Verifying Discrepancies with Local Listings
I know we share our issues with Google here from time to time, but we try to be fair. In that vein, they deserve some praise today for something they apparently started doing last night with Google Places (Mike Blumenthal is always on top of local SEO changes and his [...]
How Much of Your Budget Are You Re-Allocating to SEM?
First thing’s first. Despite what some people in the industry say search engine marketing, or SEM, refers to all forms of marketing, optimizing, and advertising through / to / with search engines. Primarily that means paid search and search engine optimization plus all related disciplines and offshoots like local search, [...]
Happy (and Safe) New Year
A quick note of thanks to all our clients, employees, partners, and friends who contributed to making 2009 our company’s finest year. We’ve made huge gains as a company that would not have been possible without everyone’s support. We look to even bigger things in 2010, including some new offerings [...]
Understanding Local Search from Pittsburgh PA to Pittsbug KS
Many of our clients (and readers) are concerned with getting traffic and buyers from throughout the United States or from all over the world. An increasing number of small businesses, larger locally-based organizations, and huge conglomerates with multiple brick-and-mortar locations are starting to realize just how powerful search engine marketing [...]

