The true pace of mobile and local search can be seen when the market withstands an entire column's worth of updates and announcements in just one month. In an effort to continue courting SMBs – the lifeblood of local search – Facebook has rolled...
Mobile isn’t just for finding local merchants to start the shopping experience. Recent data from Google shows mobile is a shopping companion while consumers are in the store looking to buy. In a new study, “Mobile In-Store Research: How in-store...
Mobile specific sitelinks open up opportunities for additional massaging with a local emphasis like directions or local specials. Ad Group Mobile Bid Adjustments Mobile bid adjustments for AdWords enhanced campaigns are made at the campaign level.
Search results are customized based on a user's location and mobile continues to change the game. The third edition adds a new chapter on local SEO that will have you optimizing like a boss. Optimizing For Local Search
Mobile marketing name Mobile pointing method Mobile has QWERTY keyboard? Mobile is NFC supported? Mobile has cellular radio? While you may not necessarily need this level of granularity for your website, remember that Google Analytics can also be...
This interesting format is clearly targeting mobile and tablet users who can easily go between results by swiping. Google seems to be doing a limited beta test of a new style of displaying local search results, such as restaurants, in a unique...
With more than 100 million monthly unique visitors to the site (both on desktop and mobile), it's a great place to gain visibility for your company and create a place for reviews, ratings, and even some social engagement.
Users can also rate places they checked into by using Nearby in their Facebook mobile app (now called "Local Search" on iOS). Everyone using Facebook's mobile app has a mechanism for researching and checking into a place called Local Search (on iOS...
Although it's still premature to talk about "ranking" on Google Now's information cards, we can safely assume that current best practices for local SEO will play a key role in staying ahead of the mobile search game.
If last week's data on the rise of mobile research and conversion didn’t stir an action, more stats are surfacing from the Local Search Association and comScore that show mobile, local, and apps are the trifecta in web marketing.
After purchasing, Facebook creates three different types of advertisements for you that show in desktop and mobile news feeds, and on the right-hand column of Facebook. Promoted Page Likes are really targeted toward the local business.
The Mobile-Local Sweet Spot Dinan cites local relevance as a primary reason for mobile ad engagement. Mobile is movin’ on up as a preferred device for consumers to perform research on and purchase with in the U.S.
Presentations of case studies and best practices will provide details of how to integrate a variety of channels – including social, local, mobile, analytics, and others – in order to engage and acquire new customers.
MOBILE Bing is retiring features: "creating deals, coupons, QR codes and mobile sites as well as removing the ability to create and print collateral for your business. Enhanced campaigns improvements for Google+ and mobile apps – Inside...
It seems that many search marketers have not caught up to the mobile revolution, however. Mobile devices account for 19 percent of all U.S.paid search clicks, but 14 percent of spending; in the UK, mobiles account for 28 percent of paid search...
I suggest reviewing the video, image, and mobile sitemap extensions section. Jade Wang, Community Manager, Google+ Local Find out in this collection of tips, guides, resources, and tutorials straight from Google.
While general trends prepare companies for what's on the horizon, mobile content strategy should be based off of current user patterns. The Guardian delivers specialized content to their mobile site, but that content is the same for tablet and...
On searches that trigger Google local results, Google will mark links to its reviews as "Google Places Search", and also include the option to search local results on three "other relevant providers" to the right on desktop searches, or "Other...
Opportunities from content marketing to GPS, local, and mobile optimization beckon and promise high ROI for brands. Mobile optimization: Going hand in hand with local, optimized mobile landing pages are no longer optional.
While marketers continue to covet U.S.mobile users for their wallet share, many North American local search companies are now pursuing the lucrative UK mobile consumer audience as well. Since local relevance is a high priority for mobile users in...
