LOC@L SEO GUIDE

I got a call from Dan Hobin, G5′s CEO, who tells me that they have just become an ‘authorized reseller of Adwords”. G5 Search Marketing is one of those great Internet marketing companies you’ve never heard of.  They focus on servicing the self-storage industry and by their account they are kicking butt and profitable.  I [...]

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The guys over at Palore have been sending me some interesting info on the local search sites they have been crawling.  Recently they looked at how many sites a particular business appeared on as an advertiser.  According to their data it looks like a high percentage of SMBs advertise on only one site.   Check [...]

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Stephan Spencer of NetConcepts. High Value Link Targets: Find PR10 /9 Sites: ercim.org, w3.org, usa.gov, etc. Look for sites one click away from Google They have a new tool that involves the Google Directory. Use a Backlink Anchor Text analysis tools: SEOMoz SEOBook Jim Boykin’s Tool Networking in the Blogosphere: Comment on “dofollow” blogs Submit [...]

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Don Campbell has a pretty good overview of Yahoo Search Monkey and it’s relevance for online marketers.

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As a follow up to my post on the true cost of SEO I recommend you check out the SEO Success Pyramid on Matt McGee’s blog.  I recently was explaining how SEO works to the board of one of my clients in the flooring industry and they found it very helpful.  Thanks Matt.

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I often recommend to clients that they consider adding more articles to their site via a blog.  The idea is to have an easy system to add content that is useful for both potential customers and search engines.  If you are a plumber the content doesn’t necessarily have to be about how to fix a [...]

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TurnHere has already made a name for itself in the industry as the purveyors of online video for small businesses.  Something must be in the air because I just got pinged by Steve Espinosa about Buzzspot.net a new service that provides affordable TV advertising to small and medium-sized businesses.  Buzzspot is basically a reseller of [...]

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A reader recently asked me how to generate buzz locally online. If you are going to promote yourself locally one of the first things you need to know is how to find a local audience. So I thought it might be helpful to put together this list of local online media: General Web Search Engines [...]

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A while ago David Mihm asked if I could provide guidance on how to optimize a business with multiple locations in the same geographic area. Well Dave, here at Local SEO Guide we aim to please, eventually:

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There are so many Web tools and sites to help you market yourself locally that it can make your head spin. The best ones are easy to understand and use, like Meetup.com. For those of you who are looking for simple, inexpensive ways to reach your target customers, Meetup could be just the thing for [...]

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