Comments on: Google Maps expands local view http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy Vaughn http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-292316 Randy Vaughn Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:14:20 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-292316 John, Thanks for the tip! -Randy John,
Thanks for the tip!
-Randy

]]> By: Bryan http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-287063 Bryan Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-287063 I noticed the bank branches are easier to find now. I noticed the bank branches are easier to find now.

]]> By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284657 John Jantsch Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:04:07 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284657 Hey Deborah, sounds like you are still knocking them dead - great work. BTW: I just signed a contract to come back to Corporate College East for the 2nd annual. Looking forward to seeing you there Hey Deborah, sounds like you are still knocking them dead – great work.

BTW: I just signed a contract to come back to Corporate College East for the 2nd annual. Looking forward to seeing you there

]]> By: Deborah http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284614 Deborah Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284614 Great minds. I just shared on my blog, learns from a state of the web address I attended last week and of all the take aways, Local Search, was the number one piece of information. Even if a company doesn't have a website or blog, they can still register with the local directories and have some web presence. Of course adding local references in their web content is a must! I have to be honest - I already learned this last May when you came to Corporate College East - it was part of your speech and was the one goal I selected to complete within a week - your challenge to the audience. However, since last year there have been more directories and more places to register - it is something worth staying on top of. Deborah Great minds. I just shared on my blog, learns from a state of the web address I attended last week and of all the take aways, Local Search, was the number one piece of information.

Even if a company doesn’t have a website or blog, they can still register with the local directories and have some web presence. Of course adding local references in their web content is a must!

I have to be honest – I already learned this last May when you came to Corporate College East – it was part of your speech and was the one goal I selected to complete within a week – your challenge to the audience.

However, since last year there have been more directories and more places to register – it is something worth staying on top of.

Deborah

]]> By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284469 John Jantsch Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284469 Todd, nobody can tell for sure but I will tell you that there seems to be some relationship to reviews. Get your entire profile updated fully, link to your profile from your website and encourage some friendly reviews of your profile (there is a link right on the map) and through Insider pages, Judy's Book and the Local.com - Google picks up the reviews from these sites. Todd, nobody can tell for sure but I will tell you that there seems to be some relationship to reviews.

Get your entire profile updated fully, link to your profile from your website and encourage some friendly reviews of your profile (there is a link right on the map) and through Insider pages, Judy’s Book and the Local.com – Google picks up the reviews from these sites.

]]> By: Todd http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284451 Todd Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:42:22 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284451 I noticed this the other day. Do you know one can increase his or her ranking in the top 10 list? I noticed this the other day. Do you know one can increase his or her ranking in the top 10 list?

]]> By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284274 John Jantsch Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:51:38 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-284274 Webster - deadly might be premature, but it is nice to see real businesses listed as opposed to the lead services that spent heavily on collecting the traffic only to resell it to mom and pop in much less valuable forms. Webster – deadly might be premature, but it is nice to see real businesses listed as opposed to the lead services that spent heavily on collecting the traffic only to resell it to mom and pop in much less valuable forms.

]]> By: Webster http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-283546 Webster Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:33:56 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/02/03/google-maps-expands-local-view/#comment-283546 This move is a deadly blow to big aggregator sites feeding off of long tail geotargeted queries. This will be a big win for mom and pop shops, and legitimate businesses with actual locations. This move is a deadly blow to big aggregator sites feeding off of long tail geotargeted queries. This will be a big win for mom and pop shops, and legitimate businesses with actual locations.

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