by David Rothschild | Aug 12, 2011 | Adwords, Facebook Pages, Google, google places, Google+ Brand Pages, San Francisco SEO, SEO, Social Media Marketing
We are all becoming fairly familiar with the ubiquitous Facebook Brand Page. Just to recap: Facebook Profiles are for individuals, wheras Pages are for businesses, celebrities and other ‘entities.’ In a standard Facebook profile an individual acquires...
by David Rothschild | Apr 13, 2011 | google places, Page Speed, SEM, SEO, social media
The Search Engine Marketing Professional organization just released a report that shows the search marketing industry will grow 16% this year, bringing the industry to account for about $19.3 billion total. Not only does this statistic reflect the recovering economy...
by David Rothschild | Dec 8, 2010 | Google, google places, San Francisco SEO
“Contextual Discovery” is a new Google search term coined by Google VP of Local Places Marissa Meyer. Essentially, contextual discovery refers to utilizing a individual’s location across a number of Google products, including Places, Latitude,...
by David Rothschild | Oct 28, 2010 | google places, San Francisco SEO
Google recently started rolling out their new and improved Google Places search results. Essentially, the changes make Google Places listings for local businesses more visible by occupying more real estate (See below for the side by side comparison.) So, the...
by David Rothschild | Aug 4, 2010 | Franchise SEO, Google, google places, local SEO, San Francisco SEO
Google has added a new feature that lets local business owners respond to reviews in their Places accounts. This feature-add continues a trend with Google Places matching / competing with Yelp as a major player in the user-generated business review sector. For both...
by David Rothschild | Jul 1, 2010 | Franchise Marketing, Google, google places
A Google Local listing is a great way to get search engine exposure with customers for each of your franchise territories. A Google Places account will let you manage multiple franchise listings from one page. However, one issue that can come up for a franchise...
