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I wrote about this a few months ago, but since the event is getting closer I wanted to mention it again. The 1st Annual SMX Local & Mobile Search conference will be in Denver on October 1 and 2, 2007 (thats 3 weeks from now). You do not want to miss this event. Local and […]

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 […]

While at the SES Local conference Dick Larkin introduced me to Gary Remy. Gary offers a great service called ListAndFound which for lets you manage and submit your local business listing to a ton of local directories and Internet Yellow Pages. Some of the directories included are Google Local, Yahoo Local, Superpages, Insider Pages, and […]

This session was more of an update on what each of the “local” search engines represent are up to currently. Participating search engines include Yahoo, Google, Windows Live, Local.com, and True Local. Below is a brief synopsis of what each engine had to say as well as some ‘takeaways’. As usual Chris Sherman was an […]

This session had highs and lows. As usually Google didn’t really reveal any ground breaking information rather they showed the latest features in the Google Local product such as coupons and the ability to add logos and icons to local listings. Windows Live discussed the some of the new abilities Local Advertisers have in Windows […]

This was a very good session. Greg Sterling was a fantastic moderator, Justin Sanger from local launch explained the high level opportunites, challenges and risks involved with local search. Christine Churchill from KeyRelevance dove deeper into tactics and helpful hints for local SEO and Paid search. Gib Olander from Localeze professed there are two types of local search: […]

I know a lot of you are interested in learning about what happened at SES Local. Please check back here late tonight as I will summarize each of the sessions I attended. It was a great conference and I learned a ton. I will be passing this knowlege on to you starting tonight! Stay tuned
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I will be attending the Search Engine Strategies Local conference here in Denver on Thursday Sept 28th 2006. I will be posting notes from each of the sessions I attend on my blog, so please check back soon if you want to learn about local search engine optimization. Please let me know if you want […]