Posts Categorized: Search Marketing

How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile

We have written about how to Get Right with Google in previous posts but did you know that your Google Business Profile is free and one of the first things a prospective customer will see when searching online? It is the key citation for businesses, and for some of you, it may be more important… Read more »

Bing imagery

How to Claim and Optimize Your Bing Places for Business Listing

Your business, whether you have a physical, brick-and-mortar storefront (e.g. restaurants, car dealerships, experience provider), multiple locations (e.g. restaurant chain, hotels) or offer your services at the customer location (e.g. plumbers, electricians) needs to have a Bing Places for Business listing. Why is Bing Places For Business Important While Google My Business is by far… Read more »

Managing Your Online Reputation

The Holy Trinity of Online Reputation Management for Your Tourism Business

Managing the online reputation of your tourism business, or any business for that matter, is of critical importance in today’s digital world. With dozens, if not hundreds of articles by major news sites like Inc. and Forbes talking about  how to keep your online reputation from affecting your bottom line and sharing some of the horror stories… Read more »

Here we Google again… now Google My Business

Here we go(oogle) again… Google Places for Business is now Google My Business.  Just when you thought you were getting the hang of all things Google for your business…  Google Places, Google+ Pages, Google Analytics, YouTube, Gmail, Google Webmaster Tools and perhaps Google Adwords or Google Apps…  in true Google fashion, along comes another interface… Read more »

Google Yourself - Manage your online reputation

“OK Google, What’s on my calendar today?” The Changing Face of Search

Google Conversational Speech has just been released on Chrome.  As a linguist in my previous life, this is pretty incredible news. Since forever, computers have had difficulty participating in natural language conversation, both spoken and written. Prepositions for example have always been tough.  “Who is he?”  He what?  He where?  What he?  What does he refer to?… Read more »

Let's Collaborate