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Your SERP Position Depends On Your Location

{ Posted on May 20 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Today, we did an interesting test at the office. I noticed that our corporate site is now ranking for an intensely competitive one-word keyword in Google organic search. The keyword is historically known as a high converter for us. Picture ...Read More »

5 Things I Don’t Like About Foursquare

{ Posted on Apr 12 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Ever since the initial novelty of Foursquare has somewhat left me through my months of using it, I find myself picking at all of the obvious issues the service has. Don't get me wrong, it's still a revolutionary idea that ...Read More »

Check-In Fever with Foursquare

{ Posted on Mar 08 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Now that I've discovered the fun of services like Foursquare and Yelp with their mobile apps, I find myself checking in no matter where I am. It's like a reflex. The exciting part (if you're a nerd) is how primitive ...Read More »

Making Sense of Geographic Targeting in Google Webmaster

{ Posted on Jan 25 2010 by Pixelrage }
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That little checkbox for "geographic targeting" in Google Webmaster can be quite helpful in some situations (affiliate marketing, anyone?) Here are some quick tips about this feature, and some insight into why you just might want to isolate your site ...Read More »

Google Local Business Center Rolls Out Analytics

{ Posted on Jan 14 2010 by Pixelrage }
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If you do internet marketing for a franchise business, have multiple offices, or even one office - a new feature that just came out for Google Local Business is going to make you very happy: per-building analytics for the Google ...Read More »

Why Yelp.com Shouldn’t Be Taken for Granted

{ Posted on Nov 02 2009 by Pixelrage }
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I submitted a new local business to several local search directories: Merchant Circle, Yelp, CitySearch, Yahoo Local and YellowPages. Not even 20 minutes later, I did a search for the business that I had just submitted to these sites, and ...Read More »