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LOCAL SEARCH
Local search is the use of specialized Internet search engines that allow users to submit geographically constrained searches against a structured database of local business listings. Most local search queries include information about "what" the site visitor is searching for (such as keywords, a business category, or the name of a consumer product) and "where" information, such as a street address, city name, postal code, or geographic coordinates like latitude and longitude. For example, one couls search for "Hong Kong hotels", "Manhattan pubs", and "London Hertz". Local searches exhibit explicit or implicit local intent.
Currently, local search sites are primarily supported by advertising from businesses that wish to be prominently featured when users search for specific products and services in specific locations. This topic covers the latest news and information on local searches and the advertising that goes along with it.
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Today, I am presenting at the second third GetListed.org Local University in the Cleveland. If you are coming PLEASE...
I lived in Kenya for several years in the mid 70s. About every 6 weeks I would take the train from Nairobi to the funky...
Local University Cleveland went off incredibly well despite some unexpected speaker changes. Mary Bowling was laid up...
This past week at SMX East, I presented a longer-tail marketing tactic for Google Maps — creation and uploading of...
Google is swapping its info window in Maps out in favor a much richer full-page experience that offers more information...
Google's recent introduction of the ability for SMBs to respond to reviews is a welcome and surprising turn of events...
Update 7/6 1:02 P.M.: Google's Elaine Filadelfo (Global Communications & Public Affairs) noted: It is an experiment...
Google Tags rolled out nationally at the end of June. Several questions that have been often asked about Tags are: How...
A reader alerted me to a problem with Google Places (aka LBC) where a record is currently unable to be created or...
This article on responding to negative reviews was first published here in March. With Google introducing their feature...
Getting your website appearing in the local search results (e.g. when someone searches ‘Indian restaurant, Reading’)...
Forum: Local Search Techniques Posted By: randy kirk Post Time: April 5th...
Growing saga of small business owners' plight and struggle with the power of Yelp, a local business reviews web site.
Today Google has, once again, stepped up their localization features.
The "Online Tips for Offline Businesses" Edition - If you've gotten a taste of online marketing this season,...
You've had dozens (or possibly hundreds) of articles about how to use Twitter for your businesses hurled at you over...
Today Google formally rolls out its new presentation of local results, called Place Search. It offers a dramatic change...
How Google's Search Engine Really Works - Internet search technologies corporation, Internet-based services and products
As the Portland Community Manager for Yelp.com, the number one question I hear from business owners is: How do I make...
Google SEO Starter Guide, Tips for webmasters to make their websites more SEO friendly.
Today AT&T has formally launched Buzz.com , a site dedicated to promoting local business listings.
Top Sources: Local Search
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- searchengineguide.com
- ezlocal.com
