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olliegator - who has written 19 posts on Page1Listings – Internet Marketing For Small Businesses.
Reviews of Local Business Just Got Easier: Google Business Reviews, Too!
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Continue reading...Google Places – Pictures and YouTube Videos Tell Your Story
Sunday, May 9, 2010
A friend of mine coined a new variation on an old maxim…. “A picture is worth 1000 words”….it is “A YouTube Video is worth 1000 pictures”. Google allows up to 10 pictures and 5 YouTube videos on each page. You would do very well to maximize this opportunity. Remember another maxim. Google LOVES information. You [...]
Continue reading...Google Places – Your Business Address Can Make Or Break You Online
Friday, May 7, 2010
The address you use for your business on Google Places is such a big deal that Google has just changed how home based and service businesses can use their address. Let me set the stage. There are many ways to try and game or spam Google Places. Google seems to be on to many of [...]
Continue reading...Google Places – Pick Your Business Category Wisely
Friday, May 7, 2010
Have you ever heard..”a lawyer who handles his own case has a fool for a client.”? Most small local business owners who try and do their own listings on Google Places fall into the same category. It is only rarely that I see a new client who has listed themselves on Google Places, and where [...]
Continue reading...Google Places and The Name of Your Company
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Google Places, until recently known as Google Local Business Center, has provided some actual guidance with regard to listing the name of your business. They want you to provide the actual name of your business. This would seem to be fair, reasonable, and obvious were it not for the fact that the name is the [...]
Continue reading...Google Local Business Center is now Google Places
Sunday, April 25, 2010
We will be covering every aspect of Google’s attempt to dominate this niche on the Internet. Google openly admits that 1 out of 4 searches on Google are related to local services and businesses. We will be posting 8 separate blog posts on the coming week related to Google Places.
Continue reading...Reviews Improve Web Site Rankings
Saturday, April 17, 2010
We have known for over a year that reviews on City Search were going to be the most important element regarding placement on CitySearch. This knowledge came about as a result of a lunch I had with a regional manager for CitySearch. Yesterday, I had a conversation with a 10 year veteran of SuperPages.com who [...]
Continue reading...Google Search Loves YouTube – YouTube and Business Internet Marketing
Sunday, February 21, 2010
If you need to move product from retail shelves, create trust with your clients, or explain important details about consumer goods or business-to-business services, YouTube may provide your company amazing returns on your investment. YouTube videos are reportedly 27 times more likely to show up on page one of your critical key words. Knowing why [...]
Continue reading...Page1Listings.com – A New Company with 50 Years of Experience!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Welcome to the Page1Listings Blog. We’re a new company started in May of 2009; however, we have over 50 years of marketing and business experience. Come back often as we’ll be posting Internet Marketing and SEO tips to help you get your business on page 1 of Google, Yahoo, Bing and Youtube.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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