Happy Local SEO Holidays
to all you Misers out there.
NewsFlash: SMB Websites Suck
This was my favorite piece of data that came out of the BIAKelsey ILMWest show: (For the bots) Only 13% have a local phone number on their homepage #insane Only 24% have an email address on the site #alsoinsane 36% of these sites are single page #couldbeofficial
Local Search Revenues to Hit $9.1B in 2015
I haven’t had time to do any blogging at #ILMWest but as the show winds down, I thought I’d post some of the slides that BIAKelsey has shared with me. This one shows that Local Search is going to grow by 50% over the next few years: Kudos btw to BIAKelsey for doing a great job […]
Going To BIA Kelsey ILM West?
If you are going to be at ILM West and want to connect let me know. I will be there on Monday & Tuesday. If you are looking for a partner to supply awesome mobile sites for SMBs let me know and I’ll show you some cool stuff.
How To Get A Link From A Blogger
From: Peter Gregory Subject: From one SEO to another – ya got some broken links Message Body: Hey Andrew, It’s been awhile, but a little over a year ago I contacted you about a blog post and press release we wrote that included a quote from you in reference to local SEO. You had […]
How To Respond To Negative Reviews
My latest post, 5 Tips For Responding To Negative Customer Reviews Online is now online at Search Engine Land. I made this little chart for the post outlining some of the different types of review management tools offered by some of the top local review sites:
Breaking The Link Between Incentives & Customer Reviews
Al Hanzal of Local Search Marketing-St. Paul pinged me with Do Incentives Hurt or Help in Getting Online Customer Reviews, a response to some of my posts on the subject. “If the customer or the public online sees your incentive as a direct payoff for completing a customer review, negative consequences can follow. Break the […]
Stop The SOPA House Bill!
Check out http://americancensorship.org/ for more info about how to stop Congress and the Stop Online Piracy Act (aka SOPA) from breaking the Internet, destroying life as we know it and generally acting like assholes (well, that part will never stop).