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Google Goes Local With Local Search | Small Business Mavericks

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Google does that automatically for you based on your IP address, or based on your personalized settings if you are a user of Google’s personalized search features. I’m pretty certain, and I’m sure Frank would agree, that Google Places will be the main focus on Google’s local efforts far into the future.

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Search Traffic Declining? You’re Not Alone (and What to Do About It)

Webbiquity SMM

According to research from BuzzFeed , “Search traffic to publishers has taken a dive in the last eight months, with traffic from Google dropping more than 30%…While Google makes up the bulk of search traffic to publishers, traffic from all search engines has dropped by 20% in the same period.” But what does it mean?

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EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important | Small Business.

Small Business Mavericks

» EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important If you’ve been paying attention to the Google Panda update, you’ve noticed that EzineArticles – the largest article directory online – was hit and suffered a huge traffic loss. Chris Knight says he agrees with Google’s update.

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Why Article Marketing Will Never Die

Small Business Mavericks

The True Meaning Of Content » Why Article Marketing Will Never Die A couple of days ago I wrote about Google’s recent algorithm change and how it is beating down the article directories. I’m not willing to say that article directories are dead. Consider it safe to say that I don’t think it will ever die.

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The Changing Face Of Article Marketing

Small Business Mavericks

Google slapped the article directories hard, so hard that you might not want to keep putting your articles there. Try HubPages, Google Knol, and Squidoo Lenses. But recently, article marketing has taken a huge turn – for better and for the worse. They may work and they may not. Even niche-related blogs.

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New Search Engine For Vets | Small Business Mavericks

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It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google. Here’s the catch: That’s IF they find the MyVeterinarian.com website, which doesn’t have particularly high rankings at Google for the search term “veterinarian.&# I always recommend listing a business in a professional directory or search engine.

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How Search Engine Optimization Adds Value to a Website

Bill Hartzer

They invested in a few good website directory listings such as the Yahoo! Directory and a few others, and have been working on getting more on-topic links to their website. What if Gun Barrel Ranch wanted to go directly to Google, and show up in Google’s search engine results. Post on Google Buzz. Tweet This!