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Google Offers Now Aggregating Local Deals

Google evidently believes better targeting will turn a deals strategy previously tried - and abandoned - by Facebook into a winner. Google…

By Christopher Heine · 31 Oct 2011

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How to Launch an English Only Global Search Marketing Campaign

With 350 million speakers, English is still the most widely spoken language of business and international commerce. If you’re thinking of trying…

By Michael Bonfils · 26 Oct 2011

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Google Places Now Get Automatic Updates from Users, Crawls

Google is giving more trust to user reports on the address, hours & operating name of businesses. Submitted updates will show up…

By Rob D Young · 17 Oct 2011

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Google Eye-Tracking Study Highlights Impact of Local/Places Results

SEOmoz recently conducted an eye-tracking study that looked into the way people focus on results on different Google layouts, including those with…

By Miranda Miller · 07 Oct 2011

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Business Listings: What’s the Crowd Appeal?

Crowdsourcing business content can be powerful and meaningful for businesses. This type of information is valuable for adding descriptive business content to…

By Jeff Beard · 07 Oct 2011

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Google Maps Adds Helicopter View, Streamlines Design

Users who request driving directions on Google Maps will now be able to get a fly-through of their route with a new…

By Rob D Young · 04 Oct 2011

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Bing Adds Airport Maps for 42 U.S. Hubs

Bing Airport Maps offer various views of medium and large airports, with sortable business and service listings. Check traffic speed around the…

By Miranda Miller · 30 Sep 2011

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Google Pays INRIX Millions to Improve Real-Time Traffic Data

Google has awarded real-time traffic information company INRIX a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide Google Maps and Google’s mobile navigation applications…

By Danny Goodwin · 28 Sep 2011

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Google Offers Bounces Back, On Pace to Double Revenue This Month

Aided by higher revenue per deal and increased voucher sales, Google has already surpassed its August revenue and could double it by…

By Danny Goodwin · 23 Sep 2011

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Local Deals: The Platypus of the Post PC Era

Is the deals space imploding? Evidence of an impending fatality has been over exaggerated and in some cases misreported. The daily deals…

By Michael Boland · 23 Sep 2011