Facebook announced today that they are releasing their much anticipated email platform.  Coined the “Gmail killer”, Facebook’s Messages is more of an extension of their existing messaging features.  Users will ... » Continue

Is the current web design process broken?  Companies spend giant sums of money to completely redesign their websites every couple years while their websites are often neglected during the interim ... » Continue

A few short months ago, Facebook changed the online landscape by introducing like buttons & social plugins.  In a flash, Facebook’s domain moved beyond the 500+ million users of its ... » Continue

I recently saw a tweet from eMatador highlighting their definitive list of local search directories, and felt the need to pass this along this fantastic list to our loyal readers as ... » Continue

Sometimes when we least expect it, we can be suddenly tossed into the limelight. For a local co-owner of a coffee shop, that time was last month. I’ll give a ... » Continue

Since 2008 David Mihm has been polling some of the industry’s top local search experts to understand and identify the top ranking factors specific to local search. The 2010 results ... » Continue

It’s been confirmed by Google that their latest algorithmic update, which has been coined “Mayday” by the folks at Webmaster World, does in fact affect long tail search queries. Google’s ... » Continue

For small businesses, your reputation is your livelihood. Your store (or website) doesn’t see the foot (or website) traffic like the major corporations see, which means that every set of ... » Continue

I know, I know, another post about social media tools. Are you getting sick of hearing about these tools? If you’re a small business owner, you might want to pay ... » Continue

There have been a plethora of changes happening over at Google’s Local Business Center, um, I mean Google Places. All of the changes have been positive, in my opinion, and ... » Continue