845-258-6777
local search

Effective SEO solution for local businesses

    Normally, local businesses that are also very small find it hard to follow all the market trends in their industry. Actually, small businesses don’t have a large financial budget and they have to continuously struggle when it comes to marketing, as most marketing solutions are tailored for large companies and therefore they are too expensive […]
    Read More

    Yext Reviews

      A while back, we told you about Yext Advertising, a new way for small businesses to be found online through local search.  At the time, Yext was offering highlighted listings on some of the top local directories – all managed from one single Yext dashboard – for $99.95 per month.  Well now, Yext has tweaked […]
      Read More

      List of Free Online Directories

        Make Sure Your Company is On Them If you are a small local business, it is important that prospective customers can find you when they do a local search, ex. “farm market vernon nj or bookkeeping chester ny.” Adding your business to free online directories is a great way to enhance your web visibility.  Take […]
        Read More

        Google Places PO Box Update

          As we covered in our previous post Can I Use a PO Box As My Google Places Address?, Google does not approve of using a PO Box as an address in you’re your Google Places listing. Google reaffirmed this position in an update to the Google Places Quality Guideline stating: Do not create a listing […]
          Read More

          Claiming Google Places Listing

            Although businesses have been able to claim their Google Places Listings since 2005, the number of businesses claiming them since April of 2010 is tremendous. Over 1 1/2 years ago, only 4 million listings had been claimed. Last March the number jumped to 6 million, and now just nine months later the number has jumped […]
            Read More

            Local SEO For Small Business

              You have heard it all before. If you want to be found online by prospects, you need to optimize your website with search terms related to your products and services AND your local target market. Maybe you have put off doing so because you weren’t sure how much you bought into the whole idea of […]
              Read More

              What Happened To Google Tags?

                Those bright yellow Google Tags that highlighted your business will soon be history. According to an email from Google, the company will be retiring the tags on April 29th. If you currently run a Google Tags campaign and you didn’t get the email – hopefully you will – let this posting serve as your notice. […]
                Read More

                Google Hotpot Reviews Now Rolled Into Google Places

                  Hotpot is a recommendation engine that displays reviews and ratings of local businesses and establishments. Until last week, Google Hotpot reviews were integrated with Google Places in the iPhone and Android Google Places apps when users were searching Google Maps or Google.com. You set a geographical location and local reviews were displayed. Now Google has […]
                  Read More

                  Can I Use a PO Box as My Google Places Address?

                    Clients with home businesses often ask if they can use a PO Box as their address in the Google Places listing. The short answer – not a good idea. Google has seemed to waffle back and forth in this area. When Google Maps was first created, businesses without a brick and mortar address could not […]
                    Read More