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Then come and learn from local search expert Mary Bowling at the SES Training session in Denver on May 6. It’s a half day class on Local Search. Even its entitled Local Search Engine Marketing 101, it really goes way beyond that and pretty much covers everything to do with Local Search. Anyone who promotes […]

Steve Perlow contacted me today about a new site he just released called CheckLocal.com. The site uses Ajax and other technologies to allow a user to search multiple local search sites at once. Pretty neat if you need to quickly check statuses for a new client or something like that. I suspect an end […]

Aaron from FindBuffalo has a great “faceoff” interview on his blog with Local Search superstars Matt McGee and Paul Jahn. Check it for tips including what a local business should do with a budget of less than $100 a month for search marketing!
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Last year it was SES Local, this time it is the SMX Local and Mobile conference. Denver has gotten lucky again for being able to host a local search conference. This one will be programmed by Chris Sherman and Greg Sterling who both participated in last years SES Local conference. I went to SES local […]

So everyone and their mother is now giving out local SEO advice about getting listed in the local search engines/internet yellow pages. Recently articles were published on Entrepreneur.com and MSNBC which both of course suggested getting listed in these local directories including Google Maps. Sound advice indeed.
So finally when I have time to start […]

Over the next 5 days Graywolf will be conducting 20 local search related interviews. When looking at the list of folks to be interviewed, this is a must read series for people interested in local search. The first four interviews have already been posted and include some SEO Celebrities such as Aaron Wall. It was […]

Josh, a friend of mine works for the company that puts on the eTail conference series. eTail 2007 is arriving soon so I thought I would mention it here for anyone who is interested in attending. I can’t make it this year but do plan to attend next year(as a speaker right Josh?). The conference […]

Pizza Patron has got the right idea. The restaurant chain announced this week they will accept Mexican Pesos as currency in their restaurants. Now if that doesn’t earn some links I don’t know what will. It is almost the “Perfect Storm” of link bait for a local business if you consider the current immigration debate, […]

It is official, this blog has been voted ‘Best Local Search Blog of 2006′ by the readers of Search Engine Journal! Thanks to everyone who voted for me, but mostly thanks to my fellow local SEO bloggers who lend the inspiration for each article. I hope I can continue to live up to and improve […]

As this year is coming to a close I thought I would recap what I thought were the best blog posts and articles on local search engine optimization in 2006. 2007, should be a big year for local SEO. The search engines and search engine optimizers are really ramping up to meet the demand of […]