Category Archives: Local Search

Video from SES San Jose 2009

I would have love to have gone to SES in San Jose this year but  it wasn’t in my stars I guess. A lot of cool stuff  happening in local search these days. Thankfully the Internet and it’s ability to bring the world to me (and you) allowed me to round up a bunch of [...]

Top 5 Ranking Factors for Local Search

Being a  reasonably dedicated student of local search marketing I’m always on the look out for the straight skinny on search marketing and improving rankings at the local level. Over the weekend I had a chance to  read David Mihm’s results from his 2009 Local Search Ranking Factors survey that was conducted in May 2009 [...]

Simple SEO For Local Search

When I’m searching for something local I usually include the the city name, state or zip code in my search. I do this mainly because I’m looking for a local business that is close to me as I really hate driving to timbuktu for something I need. To attract people like me (avid Internet user) [...]