Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

What we learn doing SEO for real clients. 1,311 posts since 2007.

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ShowMeLocal: SMB2B Social Networking Is King

SMB2B social networking is becoming the flavor of the month in local search. It makes sense to focus on businesses as how many more online yellow pages sites focused on consumers can we and the…

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Joe The Plumber...

...is going to get a ton of clicks to his site over the next 24 hours and probably a ton of hilarious emails too. Getting a presidential candidate to use you in his talking points is a great SEO…

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SEO Strategies In A Recession

DaveN has some interesting thoughts about keyword targeting strategies for attracting consumers living in a global recession. This doesn’t mean people will be searching for “discount…

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Angies List: Flip Video Cameras For Doctor Reviews

When I started at InsiderPages, Yelp didn't exist, but there was this service called AngiesList that we were obsessed with. AngiesList was a pioneer in figuring out how to get contractor reviews…

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Slow Blogging This Week

The site was down all day Monday thanks to Dreamhost. I am trying to get a lot of work done before I head to jury duty next week. I'll have plenty of time to blog about fascinating things while…

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Sequoia Capital Recommends SEO in an Economic Downturn

Apparently Sequoia Capital had a meeting with its portfolio companies this week where they gave them some grim advice for how to weather the bad economy. One of the talking points that stood out…

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SEO, Small Business Websites & Downtrepreneurs

Downtreprenuer [doun-truh-pruh-nur] a person who organizes and manages a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk, because they have lost their jobs and baby needs a new pair of…

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Calling All Small Business Readers

Do you own or work for a small business? If so, I'd love to speak with you for about five-ten minutes and ask you some questions. Please email me at localseo @ localseoguide.com if you're up for…

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Happy First Birthday To Local SEO Guide!

It actually was last week, but in true slacker blogger fashion I totally spaced it out. Huge thanks to our thousands of readers, commenters and people who just stumble by while looking for…

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Kelsey Group Acquired by BIA Financial

Congratulations to John, Neal, Matt, Pam, Mike, Bobbi, Charles, Peter, Steve & all of the other gurus over there. These guys are a key component of the yellow pages/local search biz. Good move BIA.

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