Put up the bunting and hold a street party – Bing Places for Business is now available in the UK! Gone is the messing around with my118. Gone is the hard upsell when they phone to “confirm” your business details. And hopefully gone are the endless calls to update business listing details that never get […]
Keyword Not Provided: I Won’t Know You’re Searching For Jan’s Urine…
Google recently switched to all secure searches, which means we will no longer know what words people are typing into Google to find our websites or blogs. For a while now, My Local Business Online’s (not provided) keyword data has been creeping up and was well into the 60% of searches. Yes, it’s a pain. […]
What Can Ricky Gervais Teach You About Online Marketing?
I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of Ricky Gervais – far from it. He makes me grit my teeth while I suppress the urge to wallop him! However, flying through my feed last week was a post over on Hubspot with a video from Fast Company‘s creation series. Thankfully, the post was called “A […]
30 Facts About Me You Probably Don’t Want To Know (But I’m Telling You Anyway!)
I’m taking part in Bonnie Gean’s Article Writing Challenge this month. The challenge is to write an article a day through October. You are more than welcome to join in, simply pop over to the Facebook group and request to join. Since the term “article” can be used to mean many things, I’m taking the […]
Google Hummingbird Optimisation Checklist [Infographic]
Following on from my post “Google Hummingbird – Will Hummingbird Affect Your Local Website?” I spotted this useful infographic with 5 useful tips for Google Hummingbird optimisation. Google Hummingbird Optimisation Infographic by Meteorsite 5 Tips to Optimise for Google Hummingbird Increase user generated content on your siteYou can do this by using forums, Q&A’s, reviews […]
Google Hummingbird – Will Hummingbird Affect Your Local Website?
Google announced at their 15th Birthday bash a brand new algorithm – Hummingbird. Perhaps more surprisingly, the Hummingbird algorithm had been in use for a month prior to the announcement and no one seemed to notice… Unlike the now infamous Google algorithm updates Panda and Penguin, Hummingbird is not an update but a new and […]
#OpenForBusiness – A Business Fair for Widnes, Runcorn and Frodsham
I’m really excited about the Open for Business local business fair at the Holiday Inn in Runcorn in October – not least because I will be speaking there! A local business fair for local businesses! How often do you go to a business fair and see a local business with a stand? Not often! Generally […]