Google recently warned small businesses about the dangers of hiring SEO agencies that violate Google's business listing quality guidelines with Tips for a Safe Google Listing: Business owners are a busy group, and there are many third party … [Read more...]

Local University is excited to announce that we’ve finalized our agenda for an all-day Advanced Local conference on the East Coast in March. The event will take place on March 9th, 2013 at the Hunt Valley Inn,  just north of Baltimore, … [Read more...]

As you've probably heard by now, David Mihm's GetListed.org has been acquired by SEOmoz. This is great news for all of us, since I'm sure that Moz will improve and expand its local tools with David's help. As part of this change up, Get Listed … [Read more...]

It’s fair to say that most small business owners will have jumped on the Facebook bandwagon by now. They may even have evolved to the occasional tweet. If you’re interested in the numbers, a recent Manta survey of 614 small business owners found … [Read more...]

I recently had to tackle the  task of changing all of the listings for a business with 194 locations from auto renew to do not renew in the web app of  the business data provider Localeze. It seemed like it should be a pretty easy, … [Read more...]

Guest Post by Christian Arno Most entrepreneurs know the value of breaking out of their comfort zone. It can be the first step to reaching an ever wider circle of potential clients. Of course, the beauty of online marketing is that geographical … [Read more...]

We've been through a lot of  growing pains with Google Local since it's inception in 2004. And although we've seen the name change numerous times over the years, the product has essentially remained the same: business listings were created and … [Read more...]

Our Spring 2012 series of Local Search Seminars is kicking off in Spokane, Washington on Friday, April 27th. This will be our 3rd visit to Spokane and the businesses there have become more internet savvy, so we are offering a more advanced all day … [Read more...]

I am often asked about businesses that don't have a landline, only mobile phone numbers,  and if that presents any challenges in  Local Search. The answer usually is that a mobile number is fine, but the IYPs are a trusted source of local … [Read more...]