Online Restaurant Reviews: Make Or Break
In a slowed down economy with tightened consumer spending, drawing in customers becomes an even more challenging task for many companies. Low prices and high quality products no longer guarantee...
View ArticleYour Business Can’t Ignore SEO: Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Blah, blah, blah. Search engine optimization is important, SEO is time consuming, but really why is it worth it? Here’s 3 reasons. 1. Your Competitors Aren’t Ignoring It Search engine optimization...
View ArticleBringing Due Process to Internet Reviews
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to… be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the...
View ArticleTues News: 1/12 (A Little Bit Creepy Edition)
Okay, Coach Z. You are still the captain of creepy! The world of search marketing and the Internet in general is a diverse place. There are good guys (kiva.org), bad guys (swoopo.com) and ugly guys...
View ArticlePubCon South 2011: Local Search and Hyperlocal
Why has there been so much interest in local search lately? Well, for starters, 70% of users look for local information online first, and 20% of all searches are location related. Google has outbound...
View ArticleOptimizing For Mobile & Local Search: 5 Things Businesses Need To Know About...
The annual SMX Advanced Conference covers a vast array of information in the search industry. This year, like others, covered everything from SEO, to Social Media, to Paid Search and more. And while...
View ArticleA Stroke Of Bad Luck In NYC & The Continued Expansion Of Yelp
This past Tuesday I returned to Los Angeles from an awesome week on the east coast with my girlfriend. The trip was jam-packed with fun – I got to see lots of friends and family, and we covered a lot...
View ArticleHow To Remove A Negative Online Review
Online reviews are quickly becoming one of the most visible barometers of a business’ success from an outside perspective and a major factor in drawing in new customers. In fact, recent surveys...
View ArticleLunch Relief For The Office Cog
You’ve seen this lunch scene before: a hoard of emotionless hungry zombies standing in line with their lanyard IDs, dressed in the mandatory uniform of post-millennial business casual while waiting for...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 8/19/13
Happy Monday my friends, and welcome to another Smattering of SEO news, this time covering the week ending August 16th. There’s some interesting stuff that happened last week, so let’s get right to it:...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 9/9/13
Hello my friends, happy Monday, and welcome to another smattering of SEO news covering the updates and news from last week. While we had a good amount of stuff coming from Google, as always, we also...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 9/23/13
Hello my friends, and welcome to another Smattering of SEO news. This week we have a bombshell of a story regarding Google and the data that webmasters, site owners and SEO professionals will be able...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 2/12/14
Hello folks, and happy Wednesday! We’ve moved the Smattering to Wednesdays because that better matches when I do the news for our internal teams. Because of this, we have two weeks worth of SEO news...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 3/12/14
Welcome to another installment of SEO news! Join me as we discuss some of the interesting changes for Google and Yahoo, and what it could mean for you! Google News: • Sites With Long Histories Of...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 6/18/14
Hello my friends, and welcome to this week’s installment of A Smattering of SEO News! This week we have algorithm updates, datacenter updates, and much more, so let’s dive in! Google News: Google...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 7/9/14
Hey folks, happy Wednesday. I hope all my fellow Americans had a wonderful 4th of July holiday, and that everyone else had a wonderful regular weekend. The holiday here in the States slowed down our...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO: 7/30/14
Hello my friends, and welcome to another week of SEO news. Much of this past week’s news was dominated by a new animal in the Google kingdom, and by that I mean an algorithm shift, so let’s take a...
View ArticleA Smattering of SEO News: 9/11/14
Hello my friends, and welcome to another week of SEO news! September has gotten off to a fantastic start in SEO news and there was just a ton of stuff this week. I highlighted the best for you, so I...
View ArticleA Smorgasbord of Social Media –‘Richer’ Pins and Emailstagram
Welcome back to another Smorgasbord of Social Media, your weekly roundup of all things social. Here’s the latest in social media news: FACEBOOK Facebook Messenger Enables Payment Feature Tired of...
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