Jan Kearney -Your Local Business Marketing Consultant
I’ve probably mentioned before that I don’t do social search. It irritates me, I want new results not what my connections share, like or circle etc. So, when Facebook announced Graph Search on a personal level I was pretty ambivalent. Graph Search definitely falls into the “whatever” category for me. There is a but… I [...]
One of the good things about Google local search was until earlier this year you could have a page 1 listing without a local business website using Google Places. As with everything Google, their algorithms change and search moves on. Google Places – your local business page, traditionally pulled the map into the search results [...]
The weeks are flying by… here’s a quick round up of what’s caught my eye in Google this week. Google Search Updates Google announced 53 search updates throughout April. Pandas and Penguins aside, there’s a few other interesting changes: Improvements to local navigational searches. [launch codename "onebar-l"] For searches that include location terms, e.g. [dunston [...]
Google Places Local Search Bug Earlier in the week, it became apparent that all was not well with local search. Searching for any local business – in the example below it’s Plumbers Widnes, everything looks fine. Until you click the “see more results” link. You’re redirected to a local search results page as expected, but [...]
I was asked recently if I could “do anything” with a local website for a business that served multiple locations. Well I can do all sorts! Tying down what “anything” actually meant was the interesting part. This local website had several pages, each page dedicated to a specific town or city in the area. That [...]
Wow the week has flown by! Since I am at my Accelerated Learning Coaching course tomorrow, here’s this weeks Google round up done the night before. Google Places – Why You Must Hide Your Business Address Not long after posting how to hide your business address in Google Places, it appears that Google have snuck [...]
I had a great Google Places question by email this week. You know my philosophy, if one person has a question than many will! The question was: What are Google Places citations? Citations are references to your business on other websites. Traditionally to rank a website, links to your website from other websites are very [...]
I'm really pleased to have Evelyn Cucchiara as a guest blogger today. I met Evelyn through the … [Read More...]
The 30 Day Facebook Fanpage Challenge started on Monday in a flurry of activity and mad clicks. One … [Read More...]
Facebook Graph Search is rolling out to users as we speak. Unfortunately, small businesses simply … [Read More...]
“Being novices to IT, we hired Jan through a recommendation to help us with our web site(which is brilliant). Not only did she build the web site but she as mentored us through every step of the way, navigating the internet, encouraging us to joining different social networks. With out her help we would have been really struggling to cope with the requirements of a modern day business.
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