The 7 Deadly Sins of Google Local Listings

In my “teenage internet marketing years” when I was first playing around with local listings, I experimented with many things that might not exactly be 100% down the whitehat trail of happiness. Now, I am much older, much wiser, much worse looking, and I have been able to determine a few practices that might be tempting for some, but to me they are 7 deadly sins that will ultimately lead down a path of destruction for your local listing.

via searchenginejournal.com

1. Stuffing Your Business Title With Keywords
2. Putting Location Keywords in your Categories
3. Using a P.O. Box For Your Business Address
4. Using a call tracking number
5. Faking Reviews
6. Hiding Your Address
7. Stuffing your description with duplicate information

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Yahoo's Display Ad Target: Neighborhoods - Local Search Marketing

Yahoo wants to remain the top display ad seller. Its strategy is to go local.

National advertisers spend more than $120 billion on advertising in local markets and Yahoo wants it.

This year the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's sales reps are going after big companies with outlets that advertise in local newspapers and on regional radio stations and Web sites. These marketers include Dunkin' Donuts, Burger King, Pizza Hut, State Farm Insurance and Home Depot. The list goes on and Yahoo intends to call every advertiser on it, offering them the opportunity to target regionally and reach millions of people online.

via forbes.com

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Google and Yahoo Face Off Over Local Ads

Yahoo this week described itself to Forbes.com as “laser focused” on bringing local brand advertisers online. Meanwhile, Google’s director of mobile advertising, Diana Pouliot, told an audience at a CTIA-related event that a third of mobile Google searches are now related to the location of the searcher.

It’s no secret that local and mobile advertising are growth areas — Borrell recently projected that location-based mobile spending would grow to $4 billion in 2015 from $34 million in 2009 — but now both giants and startups are rushing to get their ducks in a row. Yahoo says it wants to bring on national chains like fast food restaurants that advertise regionally, but often spend just 1-2 percent of their budgets online. “Local display is about to take off,” Lem Lloyd, Yahoo’s VP of channel sales for North America, told Forbes.

via salon.com

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