Tag: small business

Google Is Working On The ‘Next Generation’ Of Panda
Google's Matt Cutts spoke at the Search Marketing Expo on Thursday, and reportedly said that the search team is working on the "next generation" of the controversial Panda update,...
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Yahoo Launches Yelp Integration For Local Search
We heard last month that Yahoo and Yelp were teaming up to add local business reviews t...
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Google Launches AdWords Format With Consumer Ratings, Says CTR Can Improve By 10%
Google announced that it is rolling out a new consumer ratings annotations format for search ads, which gives users "detailed" consumer opinion data. Don't worry. They highlight th...
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Yelp Gets Blasted By Business Owners And Celebrity
Yelp is taking some harsh criticism in the media once again. Its handling of fake reviews is coming under fire, as is its worth to consumers. Business owners are speaking out (as u...
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Facebook Redesigns Timelines For Pages
Facebook announced the launch of some changes to Pages, including a redesigned timeline, new options for admin tools and a new Pages to Watch feature. With the new Timeline des...
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Matt Cutts Was ‘Trying To Decide How Sassy To Be When Answering This Question’
Google has put out a new "Webmaster Help video" with the title "Can sites do well without using spammy techniques?"...
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Google Changes Result In Duplicate Listings For Businesses
Google has run into some "complications" upgrading local businesses to the new Places dashboard. In some cases, businesses' accounts and another accounts that they don’t control...
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Square Pickup Lets You Place Orders With Square-Using Restaurants
Square is testing a new app called Square Pickup, available by invitation only. The app reportedly lets users order food from restaurants...
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Report: Square Tests Giving Merchants Money, May Delay IPO
According to a report from The Information, Square is testing giving merchants "thousand...
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Yelp CEO Pens Letter To Jan Brewer Urging Veto Of SB 1062
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman has written an open letter to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, which was just posted to the company's blog. Stoppelman urges Brewer to veto...
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LinkedIn Infographic Looks At How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media
LinkedIn recently put out a report based on a survey of small business owners, looking at...
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Google Updates Quality Guidelines For Businesses
Google announced that it has made some tweaks to the Google Places Quality Guidelines, specifically for business names. The changes illustrate how you can add descriptors. Jade...
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Sprint Offers Its ‘Framily’ Plan To Small Businesses
In early January, Sprint introduced a new "framily" service plan that allowed users t...
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Google Adds Regional Dialects To Business Categories
Late last month, Google announced that it was adding 1,000 new categories in th...
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Business Owner Details Getting ‘Screwed By Square’
Alex Shvartsman runs a small store called Kings Games in Brooklyn as well as its e-commerce counterpart. He's been a longtime Square Reader use...
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