Since Google’s been showing up to ten local results within their natural listings lately, it seems like a good idea to get back to the local search engines. They’re now more visible than ever and are not going away. The search engines don’t say (nor should they) how to get top local listings, and here are some basic steps and ideas to […]

Every day we get businesses coming to us looking to improve their search engine rankings. They want to talk about an SEO campaign but one quick look at their site and we see that SEO may not be the right approach for them. Usually in these cases the site needs a complete usability makeover.
These businesses, […]

Hiwise has just released their 2007 holiday report. Heather Dougherty, Research Director at Hitwise and author of the report does a great job covering the retail trends, traffic sources, uses of Social Networking/Email/Search, and the key findings. Below is a summary of the report. Download your copy here.

Strong overall traffic growth despite economic fears – […]

It sounds like an April Fools Day joke but SEO-focused journalists first got wind of it around Christmas. Sam s Club Wal-Mart s brand for bulk sales to small businesses now offers search marketing services. What does this mean for SEO and SEM consultants …
Solve more issues on the first call. […]

We’ve collected the 2008 predictions of several search engine marketers, sharing their best guesses about the direction of the industry in the coming year. Read Original Post Here

How does a big stodgy business with a fairly boring product leverage social media? Easy. They create a new and growing social community of entrepreneurs. Ideablob is that community. Launched byAdvanta, one of the largest providers of business credit cards to small businesses, Ideablob is a great example of how B2B companies are leveraging social […]