So does that little yellow icon that you just bought for $25 for the month that Google will show next to your Google Places aka Google Maps listing work to drive traffic? Interesting question and here is the statistical data from one client that shows it is not worth the…
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Test Your hReview Tags to See if Google Will Grab Your Reviews for Google Places
I have been an early embracer of the rich snippet technology as when it was released about a year ago I felt that it would be to my and my client’s advantage to have the coding in place. However if you are expecting your hReview rich snippets to be picked…
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Google Boost Looks a Lot Like Yahoo Local
If you’ve been around for a while you will know what I mean when I refer to the now defunct Yahoo Local, but Google Boost sure looks a lot like it! That being said, I am really watching Google Boost carefully. Google Boost a new monetization tactic being used for…
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Google Boost for Google Places, A New Advertising Model Being Tested
Here’s what Google says about Google Boost: Google Boost is a new online ad program that lets business owners build search ads from their Google Places account. The goal is to make the ads contextually relevant. Google is really putting some muscle behind moving to strongly monetize Google Places or…
