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• Coupons.com and RetailMeNot in Reciprocal Deal

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  Coupons.com and RetailMeNot have announced that they’re going to be distributing the other’s coupons in an exclusive reciprocal deal. The press release, which goes out later this morning says: Shoppers visiting Coupons.com can now browse and use RetailMeNot.com’s 400,000 online coupon codes that, when entered ...
  11 hours ago

• Google Improves Movie Listings

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  Google has done a few things to beef up its presentation of movie listings. The Google Blog explains the catalog of the new features: Comprehensive movie pages . . . Our new detailed layout brings together all the basic information you need with a plot synopsis, trailer, reviews and photos in the same page. ...
  11 hours ago

• KML and Sitemaps on SEO 101- WebmasterRadio.FM

  
  Local Search Optimization - Martijn Beijk — Authority: 103
  I have been talking on WMR about KML and Sitemaps . The show is mainly about using KML for Local SEO and citations. OK – it has been almost two weeks ago, but I wanted to share this for the people who missed out. I got the opportunity to talk in the radio show SEO 1on1 on WebmasterRadio.FM on short notice. ...
  1 day ago

• More Street View in more Countries

  
  Local Search Optimization - Martijn Beijk — Authority: 103
  Yes! Finally, almost half of the Netherlands is now covered in Street View, including some parts of the city where I live, Zwolle. This is what the LatLong blog reported yesterday. More Street View cities have become available in the Netherlands and Spain. Apart from that Google also announced that Street View ...
  1 day ago

• Google Includes Place Pages Ad Info on Placement Performance Reports

  
  Search Engine News — Authority: 149
  In September, Google launched Place Pages, which aggregate content to give a fuller listing for local content in Google Maps. Ads appear on those Place Pages and now AdWords users can see if their ads are appearing on them. The data is included on Placement Performance reports. You can’t currently bid for an ad to ...
  1 day ago

• Real Time Search Coming to Mobile

  
  Search Engine News — Authority: 149
  Real time and local mobile search are two of the major hot spots in search today. and now they’re coming together. We’ve heard more and more about OneRiot now that their rumored deal with Yahoo has been confirmed in testing—and OneRiot is bring real time (and social) to mobile, this time through a partnership ...
  1 day ago

• Future of Local-Mobile: Your Questions

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  On Thursday at 1 ET/10 Pacific I’m doing a webinar with MobilePeople called “ The Future of Location on Mobile Devices: LBS, Apps & Monetization .” We could talk for eight hours about this cluster of topics but I want to be responsive to where the interest resides. Tell me what questions and areas you’d ...
  2 days ago

• Yahoo Mail Goes All Social On Me

  
  Local SEO Guide — Authority: 409
  I just sent an email out to a bunch of local seo types and saw this on the “message sent” confirmation screen: For now the data looks relevant only to Yahoo social activities, but you could imagine a future where Yahoo (or Google via GMail) would understand the text of the outgoing mail and shown social ...
  2 days ago

• HelpHive Shifts: SMBs Must Opt-In to Have HelpHive Number

  
  Local Onliner — Authority: 469
  HelpHive , the new Seattle-based leads provider for service SMBs, had made some changes after running into real PR problems last week from Evan Conkllin, an angry (and persistent) plumber. He was irate that the company was taking SMB phone numbers and trademark info, and funneling them through their own system so ...
  2 days ago

• Microsoft & Yellowpages.com on Maps, Mobile

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  I wrote this morning at Search Engine Land about some upgrades and changes on Google Street View and Bing Maps and I stumbled across a Bing Community post about Yellowpages.com’s use of Bing Maps in mobile. Yellowpages provides the paid ads for local results on Bing Maps on the PC and in mobile. One thing ...
  2 days ago

• Twitter & Local: How Good Will It Get?

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  There are several ways to add location to Tweets: # tags, Praized offers a browser plug-in and Twitter has a geo-location API : A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. Folks will need to activate this new feature by choice because it will be off by default and the exact location ...
  2 days ago

• Google Local Listing Ads Update

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  Mike Blumenthal has a nice update on Local Listing Ads (LLAs). He points out that there’s an extensive help/FAQs area now, with questions such as: Why does Local Listing Ads offer a free trial? What’s the catch? Who qualifies for Local Listing Ads? What’s the difference between Local Listing Ads and ...
  2 days ago

• HelpHive Seeks to ‘Set Record Straight’

  
  Screenwerk — Authority: 571
  In response to a lot of controversy over HelpHive’s approach to delivering calls/leads to local businesses, the company has made some changes and is seeking to clarify policies to correct what it says are “false information and half truths that are being purported in the business community.” I won’t ...
  2 days ago

• Google Updates, Re-Updates Quality Guidelines

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 152
  Google got all the local search experts talking last week with the release of an updated (and then re-updated) set of Business Listing Guidelines . See the original post here: Google Updates, Re-Updates Quality Guidelines
  2 days ago

• Google Maps Adds NYC Subway System Layer, Available for Some Mobile Phones Too

  
  Search Engine News — Authority: 149
  Google has added a new layer to their Maps: the New York City Subway System. This will be handy for those of you attending SES New York next spring. To use it, view New York City in Google Maps and then click the “More” option and select Transit. Zoom in and you’ll see individual station icons. Click on an icon ...
  2 days ago

• Google Street View Arrives in Hawaii

  
  Search Engine News — Authority: 149
  Street View in Google Maps has completed capturing all 50 U.S. states as it has finally added street view imagery of Oahu and Maui in Hawaii. With Hawaii now in Street View on Google Maps, you can now go on a virtual vacation, identify possible destinations that you would want to go to on your next vacation or to ...
  2 days ago

• ‘Oodle Pro’ Ties the Self-Serve Sensibility of AdSense With Social

  
  Local Onliner — Authority: 469
  Its not just about advertising anymore. Social media is important too. Accordingly, a number of vendors and network providers have developed tools to help them see where there best placements are; how their reputations are unfolding online; and to simplify and automate their processes for listings and other ...
  3 days ago

• Use Newspapers for Local SEO

  
  SEMClubHouse - Key Relevance Blog — Authority: 91
  Newspapers and search engine optimization are made for one another, but the newspaper industry has been a reluctant participant in the internet age. Today I posted a marketing advice article geared towards small, local newspapers entitled, “ Local Newspapers Need To Embrace SEO To Survive “. Ironically, Rupert ...
  3 days ago

• Twitter’s Future Local Filters

  
  The Praized Blog — Authority: 411
  Improvements like geolocation have the potential to make the Internet suddenly relevant to society as it is lived, not just relevant to what happens online. Mr. Sarver imagines features like “local trending topics,” a list of subjects popular in a particular area; or searches for happy hour in a neighborhood of ...
  3 days ago

• Is The Google OneBox A Problem?

  
  Search Engine Optimization Journal - Search Optimization Blog — Authority: 524
  Blumenthals asks if Google has fixed its OneBox problem . I’ll try to restate what the problem is exactly. There are certain keywords and geographic locations that, if used in conjunction in a search query, return a local listing for a single business and the map to that location. However, if you conduct the same ...
  3 days ago

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