Can I Use a PO Box as My Google Places Address?
Clients with home businesses often ask if they can use a PO Box as their address in the Google Places listing. The short answer – not a good idea. Google has seemed to waffle back and forth in this...
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Why do I need a mobile website? One important reason (among others) is...
Last week Google held its ThinkMobile event. The statistical insights it provided highlighted how big and powerful mobile search is and how much bigger it will become. As mentioned above, Google...
View ArticleGoogle Places Mobile App Improvements
Over the last few months, Google has been making it easier for users to find local businesses on their mobile devices. Last month it released the Google Places iPhone App. This month, it has launched...
View ArticleGoogle Hotpot Reviews Now Rolled Into Google Places
Hotpot is a recommendation engine that displays reviews and ratings of local businesses and establishments. Until last week, Google Hotpot reviews were integrated with Google Places in the iPhone and...
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What Happened To Google Tags?
Those bright yellow Google Tags that highlighted your business will soon be history. According to an email from Google, the company will be retiring the tags on April 29th. If you currently run a...
View ArticleWhat are Boost Ads?
The replacement of Google Tags? Now that Google has officially retired Google Tags, if you were a Tags user have you received a call from a Google representative offering Boost Ads? Some of our clients...
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Claiming Google Places Listing
Although businesses have been able to claim their Google Places Listings since 2005, the number of businesses claiming them since April of 2010 is tremendous. Over 1 1/2 years ago, only 4 million...
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Google Places PO Box Update
As we covered in our previous post Can I Use a PO Box As My Google Places Address?, Google does not approve of using a PO Box as an address in you’re your Google Places listing. Google reaffirmed this...
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List of Free Online Directories
Make Sure Your Company is On Them If you are a small local business, it is important that prospective customers can find you when they do a local search, ex. “farm market vernon nj or bookkeeping...
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How Does My Website Look on an iPhone, Droid or Other Smart Phone?
If you don’t know how your website looks on an iPhone or any other smart phone, you REALLY need to find out. Research shows that there are now 1 billion smart phones. Imagine the number of potential...
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