For the second year in a row, David Mihm has put together his incredible Local Search Ranking Factors survey.  David’s motivation? “It is my hope that this study will help small business owners confused by Local Search, or those strapped for time, to prioritize their marketing efforts.” The Internet and …

Today marks the official launch of the YellowSpaces iphone app, iLPS. With that I continue my conversation with Constantin S. Manta of YellowSpaces. Q. Why did you decide to make a mobile app also? A. I believe mobile is the purest form of local.  I also noticed that the IYPs …

If you have spent anytime reading the search engine marketing blogs or tweets, you undoubtedly have heard of YellowSpaces– a new local search engine that recently went live. Greg Sterling had a nice post/interview on the site. Well, Constantin S. Manta, the man behind this site,  was gracious to give …

Found a few good articles for you to review: Gauging The Online Visibility Of SMBs by Hanan Lifshitz. Thoguht this was a nice follow up from his last article over at Search Engine Land Twitter and Local Search: A Status Update by Mike Boland at Search Engine Watch.  One article …

With all of this talk about Twitter, what are some the sites or tools you can use for Twitter, specifically local related tweets?  (the descriptions come from the respective websites) TwitterHawk “TwitterHawk is a real time targeted marketing engine that will find people talking on twitter now by your chosen …

My regular readers should have noticed by now, there is a  new tab of the top of the blog: “What is being said about local search” I have set up this page to provide a quick and easy way for you to see what is being said about local search …

There have been a number of excellent articles on Twitter and how local business can and are using Twitter to connect and promote.  Here are the ones that I recommend: Can Twitter Be Useful For Business? by Dave Wallace. Dave provides 5 points he believes Twitter can help small business.  …

If you are using Twitter, what do you consider to be its pros and cons?  Having been twittering for about 7 months, here are my thoughts: Pros quick to do are limited in how much you can say plenty of apps for mobile devices and desktop computers to make it …

In my post at Citysquares last week, I mentioned that small business should be cautious of social marketing – simply because it can become a time drainer.  How do I know? Experience, trust me. LOL. Social marketing is important and should be part of your online marketing but make sure …

Twitter is everywhere. I know because I check it all the time. LOL Here are two video that I found and thought were great.  Enjoy! Watch Real Life Twitter and more funny videos on CollegeHumor