Mainly About Online Marketing & Keeping Up with Google

Local Search: Google Maps & Place Pages Expectations in RSA

Google Maps & Place Pages Expectations in RSA. Many features available in USA are not yet here in South Africa… but they’re coming. be prepared

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Uncapped ADSL at Lower Cost Finally Reaches South Africa

The Internet is About to Take Off… Are You Ready? March has been an eventful month for those of us interested and involved in online marketing. By the end of this year the Internet as we in South Africa know it will change beyond recognition due to 2 major announcements one of which occurred only yesterday (March 25th).

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24 Hours to go to the Next Workshop

This will be the first time I have held the “Google Adwords and Beyond” workshop on the train and as such it is a bit of an experiment. At this workshop I will be providing the delegates with my recently completed book on the massive opportunties relating to Google Maps and Local search.

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Google Adds Another Local Search Option

Just in case anybody still doubts the importance of Local Search to Google and thus the world should make themselves aware of another brand new way for a searcher to access local search information. The option is not yet available in South Africa but it will come…

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NEW! Drag ‘n Zoom on Google Maps

Google has now made it easier to zoom into a preferred area on Google Maps using what they call Drag ‘n Zoom. Prior to this it was a matter of drag and trail and error.

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Watch This Google Ad… Notice Prominence of Local Search

You can watch this 52 seconds ad (not a word is spoken… so don’t mess with the volume control). Now ords are necessary. The point I want to make which is critical… NOTE THE PROMINENCE OF LOCAL SEARCH AND GOOGLE MAPS IN THIS AD. Yes… Google is really serious about Local Search. Are you?

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Google Controls Search Results NOT SEO’ers

You and I can practice SEO till we’re blue in the face and this will no longer give us preferential positioning if Google determines (not you or me) that the searcher will be more satisfied with local results and frankly this will start to mean most searches.

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Another Reason to Claim Your Google Maps Listing

Local Search Showing Open Times. Anybody still doubting the importance of local search? Add hours to a search for a business and see for yourself

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Amazing Insightful Information from Google for Year 2009

One in 13 Google Search Results in USA have a Google Map Embedded in Them. And why BROAD Match is Important

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Google’s “Near Me Now”…

Can you imagine… Google’s “Near Me Now” has arrived

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