Archive for April, 2006

Yahoo Local adds “Featured Listings”

Filed in Local Search, Yahoo by Matt McGee on April 29, 2006 3 Comments
Yahoo Local adds “Featured Listings”

This is another opportunity to hit your local market by advertising in the growing Local Search venue. I suspect this will be a great opportunity for many small businesses to get extra exposure at what should be a reasonable price. Yahoo Local is now offering very visible advertising at the top of the local SERPs […]

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Directory links – be careful

Filed in Directories, Link Building by Matt McGee on April 28, 2006 0 Comments
Directory links – be careful

If you’ve read my Directories page, you know I’m counted in the links from trusted directories are still an important part of SEM camp. Dan Thies (of SEO Research Labs) adds some more tips on finding trusted directories — namely, by looking for any paid links the directory may be selling, and how those links […]

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Where are all your eggs?

Filed in Google, MY BEST POSTS, SEM, SEO, Statistics, Yahoo by Matt McGee on April 27, 2006 0 Comments
Where are all your eggs?

Google-this, Google-that … judging from the discussion that takes place at many webmaster / marketing forums and mailing lists, you’d be excused if you thought Google was the only search engine on the web. Take a look at WebmasterWorld, for example: the Yahoo World boards total about 62,000 posts in four categories, only three of […]

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Google Local … Google Maps

Filed in Google, Local Search by Matt McGee on April 26, 2006 0 Comments
Google Local … Google Maps

Quick note for future reference: Google Local has been renamed Google Maps. Back to the future. So we’ll be referring to Google Maps in future discussions of local search here on SBS.

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SE reps on web development

Filed in SEO, Web Design by Matt McGee on April 23, 2006 0 Comments
SE reps on web development

Another recap post from last week’s WebmasterWorld PubCon event, this one from the blog of Matt Cutts, a Google rep. who turns his blog over to another Googler, Vanessa Fox for this post recapping the Organic Site Review session. This is a panel where reps from the main search engines review business web sites and […]

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Build Links Naturally

Filed in Link Building by Matt McGee on April 21, 2006 0 Comments
Build Links Naturally

I also suspect the subject of link building will be a frequent one here on SBS. It was the subject of a panel discussion at this week’s WebmasterWorld PubCon event, and WebProNews has a brief recap of some of the session comments. What stands out the most for me is this comment from Eric Ward, […]

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