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By: New Local Opportunities: How To Rank Higher In Google Place Search

New Local Opportunities: How To Rank Higher In Google Place Search — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:02:54 +0000

[...] For some advanced local SEO tactics, read up on: choosing a local domain name; specialized local search ranking factors; how to add a Google Map to your webpage; add geocodes to your address; create a KML map including your business; increase your social media presence locally with Twitter and bump up your Facebook “likes” and incorporate Open Graph code; optimize your dealer locator pages; mark up your local events with hCalendar, hReview and hProduct; and incorporating hyperlocal blogging. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:44:31 +0000

On some of our local blogs, traffic is way up in the past couple weeks, Mary — but I don’t know if it’s specifcally Caffeine-related. We have some recent posts that I knew would attract a lot of traffic (they’re about annual events), and I haven’t been disappointed.

By: Mary Bowling

Mary Bowling — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:05:46 +0000

Hi Matt, SEO’s love wordpress blogs because it’s been so easy to use them to attract long tail traffic. Have you (or anyone else reading this) noticed any changes in that since the Caffeine update? Thanks,
Mary

By: Newspapers Put Less Than Half of Hyperlocal News Online : HyperlocalBlogger

Newspapers Put Less Than Half of Hyperlocal News Online : HyperlocalBlogger — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:05:09 +0000

[...] either a problem or an opportunity for Web-only hyperlocal sites. But, as I explained last year in Why Local Blogging Works, I think it’s most certainly an opportunity. There’s a door open and if the newspaper [...]

By: Local Papers & Local Web Traffic : HyperlocalBlogger

Local Papers & Local Web Traffic : HyperlocalBlogger — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:04:32 +0000

[...] Why Local Blogging Works, I suggest that the decline of traditional media is a big opportunity for local blogs to succeed. [...]

By: Why NOW is the Best Time to Start a Local Blog : HyperlocalBlogger

Why NOW is the Best Time to Start a Local Blog : HyperlocalBlogger — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:31:36 +0000

[...] it: For local bloggers, this is an Opportunity. With a capital “o.” When I wrote about why hyperlocal blogging works, decline of the traditional media was high on that list. If you’re thinking about starting a [...]

By: 46 Links on Local Online Marketing: Techniques to Promote Your Local Business — Web 2.0 Marketing For Small Business

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:54:37 +0000

[...] Why Hyperlocal Blogging Works – Hyperlocalblogger. The answers are: growing interest in local “stuff” online, decline of the traditional media, local websites are often lacking, and search engines love a good blog. [...]

By: 46 Links on Local Online Marketing: Techniques to Promote Your Local Business — Web 2.0 For Small Business

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:04:44 +0000

By: Leveraging the Power of Local Blogging. | Virtual Networker

Leveraging the Power of Local Blogging. | Virtual Networker — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:51:51 +0000

[...] am across an excellent article on the topic of local blogging, and I strongly recommend that you read it. It will provide a great deal of insight into how [...]

By: 46 Links on Local Online Marketing: Techniques to Promote Your Local Business « Web 2.0 For Small Biz

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:48:23 +0000