Google Places for Business (AKA “Google Places,” formerly “Google Local Search”) is a must-have for online businesses. Your listing will appear in Google searches when it’s relevant to the search terms typed in and the searcher’s...
Last month, Bizible, the local marketing software firm did a study of Google Places ranking factors. The study involved 30 possible ranking factors, which were studied in around twenty local categories. Using 400 search terms, they looked at the first three pages of...
Did you know that more than 20 percent of the searches at Google are for local businesses? If you think that’s impressive, guess what? The percentage doubles when you’re talking about mobile devices. People are looking for YOUR business at home and on...
Do you own an offline business? Have you only recently come online? Is your website getting traffic? Or is has your business been online awhile? Are you getting customers from your website, or is it just kind of sitting there, taking up Web space? If you’re...
Did you know that more than 33% of all searches at Google are what they term of “local intent”? It’s obvious what that means… People are looking for businesses, people, or events where they are, whether residents or vacationers. Because of this, Google...
