I hope everyone is well. I know I have been relatively quiet these last few weeks–just seems like there isn’t enough time. Well I think things have calmed down and I hope to get back on a regular schedule. As my regular readers have noticed, I have redesigned the blog …

I have not yet gotten in line for the new Apple iPhone but was speaking with Paul O’Brien the other day at Zvents and he tells me about a new Yellowpages.com mobile app that is powered by Zvents.  I have written about Zvents before and I think this sounds like …

Well we can’t work all the time! Earlier this year, a group of SEMs and I got together to form a Fantasy Baseball league-SEM08. Since it is the All-Star break thought I would let everyone know how we were doing! If you are interested in participating next year, let me …

Received this press release from Paul O’Brien of Zvents: Paul Levine Joins Zvents Board of Directors AdBrite Executive and Former Yahoo Local GM Brings Depth and Expertise to Zvents Team San Mateo, CA July 15, 2008 “ Zvents , a local search and advertising network featuring event listings to promote …

Got a few good articles for your review: The BCS for Local Search Engine Optimization by David Mihm, “A Look at Why InfoUSA, SuperPages, Acxiom, Localeze, Yelp and InsiderPages Are So Important in Local Search” Small Business Link Building: Part A – Analysing Opportunities over at SEOmoz. Winning the Local …

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still around. I need to apologize for not writing more but I have been swamped. Working mulitple jobs just takes the energy out of you.  Maybe some day I will find that one great job…..if anyone is hiring, let me know. …

Some interesting data Palore has put together about how many restaurants nationwide have on line reviews. Their data was gathered from over 70 local and vertical sites.  The map below shows what percentage of restaurants, in each state, has one or more user reviews on at least one site.

Just a quick note to let everyone know that LocalBizBits in now listed at AllTop. For those not familiar, each Alltop site as like digital magazine rack of the Internet. Each AllTop site is a collection of all the “top stories” for that particular themr or topic.  It looks like …

David Mihm, author of Mihmorandum, recently asked myself and a number of other highly respected local search SEMs about what we thought were the important aspects that influenced rankings in Google and Yahoo Local Universal search algorithms.  The survey is Local Search Ranking Factors, Vol. 1 David did a great …

Starting today, I am starting a new feature here are LocalBizBits. The folks over at Palore.com crawl the Web to identify which local businesses advertise online, where they advertise, when, and how much they pay for their ads.  Periodically I will be posting some of their research data. Today post …