1 day ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: In the world of SEO, there's nothing worse than finding out that your site is no longer listed in the search engines. In many cases, you may be missing a whole site, or several pages, because of one or more simple problems that can be resolved fairly quickly. Also, if you have a new site that hasn't gotten any search engine (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: The London Times Ski Deals MapThe London Times has produced what will probably be the first of many ski related map mashups for this ski season. The Times' ski correspondent Mark Frary has used Mapalist.com to create a Google Map that shows ski deals in Europe.The map ranks deals into four categories: amazing (>50% off), fa (Read More)

1 day ago

Screenwerk Twitter’s COO Dick Costolo said this morning at the TechCrunch CrunchUp event that he felt the “geo opportunity” was “huge.”The location-stamping or geocoding of content and the release of that data to third parties (online and in mobile) will unleash a wide range of creative applications and expressions for local tweets. I (Read More)

1 day ago

Search Engine Watch Blog After announcements from Google and Bing about incorporating Twitter into their search results, Yahoo! is throwing hopping on the real-time results news bandwagon. Yahoo!'s Twitter integration is part of a new update when the News Shortcut is implemented in the search results.Yahoo! is also recognizing when there's breaking (Read More)

3 days ago

SEO Igloo Blog This is huge news! Our client, Glenn Younger of Grah Safe & Lock, has just reported to us that Google appears to at last be taking offensive action against the spammers that have so polluted the locksmith sector of Maps. You may recall that we recently published an article about our website design and Local [...]. (Read More)

3 days ago

geo2web.com Tracks on a MapThis Google Map shows the locations of bands that have uploaded tracks to SoundCloud and even lets you listen to the tracks directly from the map.The tracks can be selected by genre of music. Selecting to view markers by genre gives an interesting view of which types of music are popular in different parts of (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: The inspiration for this article emanates from emails and phone calls I have received from a few local businesses.  They want to know how they can remove sponsored listing ads from their Google business listings (Google Place Pages).While it may be wrong for Google to charge local businesses a fee to remove sponsored ads fr (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: I just found this interesting post today at WebProNews.com where they revealed the Coles Notes version of a recent study done by two NYU Professors.   It basically shows that by having a strong SEO presence and running PPC ads together will improve your conversions rates.  If you would like to read the full meal deal, then (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released its November Small Business Economic Trends report.  When polled, small businesses believe conditions are getting a little better — but just a little.The problem, the report suggests, is that small businesses need customers and sales more than anything.  Wh (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: Let’s discuss automation Watch part 3 of my interview with success coach Justin Popovic where I discuss why it’s a bad idea to automate your workflow. (Read More)

4 days ago

Search Engine Watch Blog Google is unveiling a new type of image search they're calling "Image Swirl." It's available as a limited preview in Google Labs. You can access the Image Swirl search here.Here's an example of what you'll see when you do. I did a search for "golden retrievers" and the initial page of results looks like this:Then, once you (Read More)

5 days ago

WebProNews Feed A study from a couple of NYU Stern professors has found that organic search engine results can play a direct role in whether or not a paid listing is clicked. Basically, if this research is any indication, if your business has both a paid result and an organic result appear at the same time, you have a better chance of your (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: Let’s explore the concept of on page SEO. Watch part 1 of my interview with success coach Justin Popovic where I prove that your page content is not as relevant to your rank as you may think. Leave your comments and questions below. (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Submitted by Matthew Sboc from Google Reader: In my dual role as industry blogger and co-founder of a company that provides social media technologies to local media companies (including ratings/reviews), I’m often asked about deployment of user ratings/reviews in the context of a directory publisher.Here are my current thoughts (in no particular order) about what’s nee (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Screenwerk At the recent Local Social Summit in London I moderated a panel about Real-Time Local Search. It featured Dave Ingram of BrownBook, Seb Provencher of Praized, Andrew Hunter of Qype and Sokratis Papafloratos of Trusted Places. The discussion was excellent and interesting because definitions and concepts were elusive and ther (Read More)

Matthew Hunt

I am an internet junkie helping small business owners market online.