Ever since the introduction to of Google Plus Local for Business last year there has been a lot of confusion around the web. One of the questions I heard frequently was “What should we call it?”. With Google Places, Google Plus Local, and Google MapMaker it’s easy to see why people were confused. However it [...]
Read More »Should You Merge Your Google Places and Google Plus Local?
NO! Don’t do it! Joel Headley made that very clear at Local U Advanced in Baltimore last month. They are currently working on the revised version of the product which Mike Blumenthal has been writing about as the updates come out. Only new and recently verified businesses have been given access to the new dashboard, but you [...]
Read More »The New Google Places for Business Dashboard
Last week Joel Headley from Google Announced the new Google Places for Business dashboard. In the release he indicated that it will be coming out in phases and is only available to those who are creating new listings. If you have an existing business the advice is to hold tight for now. An update will [...]
Read More »Free Website Content
The value of content on a website is no secret. Having great content can help you to get more exposure and customers in a short amount of time. Once you have good content on your site it’s also important that you blog regularly to ensure that the search engines spiders are actively viewing your website. We have [...]
Read More »How Long Does SEO Take to Show Results
One of the most common questions I’m asked is how long does SEO take to show results? To me this is a funny question. I understand it’s legitimate and as anyone involved in any marketing campaign will tell you that they need hard data to justify KPI timelines, the answer is easy. Most SEO campaigns will [...]
Read More »Nonprofit SEO Offer – Free SEO Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations
Giving back the community has always been a personal commitment of mine. I used to volunteer my personal time to organizations such as the Civil Air Patrol, The Rotary Club, The Salvation Army, and much more. After serving the homeless recently I had an idea. I had to ask myself “How can I use my [...]
Read More »Screaming Frog SEO Spider Tool for SEO Site Analysis
Have you been looking for a good SEO Site Analysis tool? About a year ago I found the Screaming Frog SEO Spider Tool which has been very valuable in my organization for conducting SEO site audits. One of the best things about this tool is that it won’t break the bank because it has a [...]
Read More »Does Keyword Position in Search Engines Matter?
It’s no secret that ranking higher in search engines will provide you with more click throughs and traffic. But what data do we have to know how big of an effort that will make and how can we use it to re-tool our SEO strategies? Below I have created a real world examples and broke [...]
Read More »Google Plus Local Now Provides Phone Verification
If you need to act on this the time is probably now since it may not be around forever. Mike Blumenthal reported on his blog earlier today that Google Plus Local has taken a turn for the better by now offering a phone verification option again for business listings that have not gotten their postcards [...]
Read More »Denver Internet Marketing Company
This is another video I made in the office, but I decided not to use Google Plus Hangouts since my last video had too much lag on it. Let me know what you think! This video was created for the purpose of promoting the Denver Internet Marketing company Ethical SEO Consulting Tweet
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