Comments on: Local SEO Service Area Challenge (Local Business Listings) Solution

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Sat, 29 May 2010 05:41:20 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:32:50 +0000

they just launched this service last week in fact, where you can define it. We know business owners are going to tell the truth and Google will have a clean database….right?!

By: George Shea

George Shea — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:20:12 +0000

Good post Scott. What about when you go into your Google account or a directory listing and set your delivery area preferences? Why can’t Google define that same service area?

By: Ron Reed

Ron Reed — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:07:09 +0000

I was introduced to your blog by a friend. I won’t drop any names.

This is the first post I read. Impressive. Very advanced. Thank you.

You posed the question, “what do we do when we’re all on the move with mobile?”…

To that, I bounce it back to you to encourage businesses to develop applications that push data to the mobile devices of users when they are within “x” distance to the business location.

The idea of creating these types of apps is just scratching the surface. Local businesses already have the ability to market to consumers who are “mobile and in the area”. Imagine driving past your favorite restaurant and your mobile device pulls up an exclusive “Show this ad at the door in the next 10 minutes and get 20% off your entire meal”. Local businesses already have access to consumers who are within “x” distance from their location. They just need to know how to get in front of those users or how to outsource it. Kinda like the big bright sign most companies have sitting out front of the building, but from a much more powerful online user-generated approach.

Thanks for your insights. I look forward to reading more of your content. It comes highly recommended for anyone looking to dominate local search marketing.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:17:38 +0000

Way to go Scott, nice post.
I believe that the bigger the database’s
get at Google and BinHoo the harder not easier it will be
form them to deliver relevant info. Think about it that would mean every search that somebody would make for “pizza Chicago”
would have to crunch a huge amount of info just to give one
result and that result would be different every city block.
The dime or 2 into the energy just for that one search would
not justify the few penny’s per search that Google earns.
Maybe that is where caffeine comes in?

Andy