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We thought it wouldn’t take long and Google certainly didn’t disappoint.
Less than two months after its release, Google has started pushing reviews and ratings from Hotpot into Google Maps.
Google’s aim for this is to make the Google Maps results more personalized for users by providing more personal, relevant and trustworthy reviews and to stay up to…
Google have some good news for small businesses and webmasters – they will now support rich snippets on the Google Maps and local results.
Google Local Rich Snippets will improve the performance of your listing in local SERP’s through the use of structured markup formats such as RDFa and hCard.
Carter Maslan, director of product management for Google’s Local Search…
Can you believe it? Almost ALL consumers now rely on the online world for researching local products or services.
A new report out by BIA/Kelsey and Constat confirms what we’ve know has been building for some time. Local businesses can no longer ignore the online space if they hope to be sustainable.
That usage level…
Local search has been one of the fastest growing areas of search marketing in the last few years. A local search engine listing gives small businesses the chance to “play with the big boys” by having their listing appear towards the top of most search results pages without the need for expensive PPC advertising.
Besides the listing itself, there are…
Google have just released their newly overhauled local search for mobiles.
With the rapid adoption of smart phones and web driven mobile devices, mobile search is hot property and this latest development by Google aims to further assert its position at the forefront of local search.
Local search has been bubbling away for sometime, but the proliferation of…
Bing has definitely created a healthy buzz since its launch earlier this year. Whilst not yet a Google killer, it’s definitely got searchers questioning their preferred search engine.
And not content to rest on their laurels, the Microsoft team are busy looking for new ways to improve the Bing search experience.
Last week, we got wind of…
There’s no denying local search has exploded in recent years. As the print yellow pages decline, more and more people are using search engines like Google to connect with businesses in their local area.
This is highlighted by the rapid growth of local search in 2008. According to research firm comScore Inc., the annual growth of…