Tag: Local Search

Google Is Now Getting Serious About Local Businesses
Google has big plans for local businesses, and making billions for itself in the process. Google announced a major...
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Google+ Local Reveals Google’s Plan For Zagat
Google has announced that it's rolling out Google+ Local, which it bills...
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Google Talks More About Google Places & Google+ Local
Earlier today, Google announced the launch of...
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Google Makes Changes To Local Listings On Android, iOS
Google has made some adjustments to local search results on Android and iOS devices. Users can now see an experience that more closely resembles that of the desktop experience....
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Google Suggests Closing Old Listings In Places When Changing Addresses
SEO Barry Scwhartz blogged about moving to a new office, saying that Google suggested he close his listing...
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Google Makes Some Local Search Adjustments
On Friday, Google put out is monthly list of algorithm changes, for the month of April. We've taken a closer look at various entries on that list - there were over 50. Here's our c...
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Google Local Ranking Factors Listed By New Bizible Study
Bizible, a company created by former Bing/Microsoft adCenter staff, has put together an interes...
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Google Mobile Search Gets New Recent Icon
Google announced the launch of a new local search featurew for mobile devices. There's a new "recent" icon that appears on Google.com on Android devices and iPhones, which will sho...
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MapQuest Vibe Launched to Rank Local Businesses
AOL announced the launch of MapQuest Vibe, which it says generates ā€œreal-time rankings of neighborhoods, local hotspots and points-of inte...
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Google Place Pages Drop Third-Party Reviews
Google announced some changes to Place Pages as part of its new refocused efforts. For one, they've added a "write a review" button at the top of the page, encouraging users to...
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Local.com Adds Deals Service, Location Data, & Ad Unit to Its Offerings
Local search is quickly turning into the first place that people go when they search for information online. In fact, it is impacting users so much that search veteran...
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Local Product Listings on Google Place Pages
Google is now letting businesses list local product availability on Google Place Pages. This way, when customers search for local businesses and look at the pages, they can make be...
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10 Local Search and Social Location Resources to Have Your Business Listed In
You have a new business… perhaps a bar, a coffee shop, or maybe a GIS consulting firm! Regardless of the business type, if you have a brick and mortar presence then you need to g...
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Search Google For Just Businesses That Are Currently Open
Google has launched a feature for its iPhone and Android mobile search that lets you see results for only local businesses that are actually open at the time of the search. Whil...
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