This week I have been approached by a number of potential clients who have been working with in-house SEO groups from large media companies. I had not been aware of that these groups were now selling services outside of their companies. I had a few of reactions: 1. The prices these groups are charging are […]
I could use some Soup in New York, NY
If you find yourself on a very early flight sitting next to a 91-year-old woman named “Whiskey” do not acknowledge her in any way as she will spend the whole flight trying to engage you in a conversation about how she knew Mike Wallace back in the 40’s, and no matter what, when she asks […]
If you are thinking you need some help with search engine optimization you are probably also wondering when is the right time to bring SEO into the process? And the answer is…right now.
I was recently asked if a small business should start a blog and my initial reaction was something like “great idea but it’s probably not the right move for most small businesses given the time and energy required”. Then I thought that actually not every blog needs to be a daily or even weekly affair. […]
I am celebrating Local SEO Guide’s one month anniversary (and Halloween) of spewing forth thoughts on local search with a greatest hits post. For those of you new to these pages here are the top posts from the past 30 days. And here’s your tip of the day:
A client was recently told that they needed to build a custom content management system or CMS. If your web developer or head of engineering is telling you they need to build you a custom content management system and you have survived the initial heart attack, here are some recommendations (apologies for the formatting) for […]
In case you’re interested and hadn’t seen the news, Judysbook, one of the original “social-local” search companies, is shutting down most of its operations and looking for a buyer. More on this story at TechCrunch.
For those of you who have been following this story, Blogrush’s CEO, John Reese, looked into my case and found that my Blogrush account was deactivated because of a typo I made in their system. I am now activated again. On what must be an insane day for him, I appreciate the effort John made […]
Sorry for the deviation from local search but this just in – You may have noticed I had been running a Blogrush widget on the side of these pages over the past couple of weeks. Not anymore. I just got an email from Blogrush saying that my account has been made “inactive” because this blog […]