Comments on: Noteworthy Local Happenings of the Week http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200 SEO, Local Search Optimization and Website Design for small web business owners Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:23:26 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60291 admin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:13:18 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60291 Hi Tim, That makes beautiful sense, thank you. The data is coming from the part in the registration process where the business owner lists brands carried, services provided, etc. Now that I'm clear on that, it all makes very good sense. Thank you for your patient explanation, Tim. I appreciate it! Miriam Hi Tim,
That makes beautiful sense, thank you. The data is coming from the part in the registration process where the business owner lists brands carried, services provided, etc. Now that I’m clear on that, it all makes very good sense. Thank you for your patient explanation, Tim. I appreciate it!
Miriam

]]> By: Local Hound http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60263 Local Hound Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:23:58 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60263 Local sites use sort of a hybrid between category search & keyword search. When a category is queried it simply pulls up the category. When a keyword is used (which is anything that is not a category) the local engine than looks to the information given by the business owner. In this example if the business owner listed 'oil to gas conversion' as one of the SERVICES provided. That listing will be returned. So, the "where" is the information provided to the engine by the business owner. The same thing could happen with brand names... user types in Canon Camera and the business listed Canon as on of the BRAND NAMES, that business is going to be returned. Or as Brian Gill put it... will be part of the initial recall. Does that make sense Miriam? Local sites use sort of a hybrid between category search & keyword search. When a category is queried it simply pulls up the category.

When a keyword is used (which is anything that is not a category) the local engine than looks to the information given by the business owner. In this example if the business owner listed ‘oil to gas conversion’ as one of the SERVICES provided. That listing will be returned.

So, the “where” is the information provided to the engine by the business owner.

The same thing could happen with brand names… user types in Canon Camera and the business listed Canon as on of the BRAND NAMES, that business is going to be returned. Or as Brian Gill put it… will be part of the initial recall.

Does that make sense Miriam?

]]> By: admin http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60252 admin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:21:42 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60252 Tim - Thanks for talking with me about this. Using your example, I can refine my question. WHERE in the business profile would 'oil to gas conversions' be coming from? Obviously, not the category, so where? Miriam Tim -
Thanks for talking with me about this. Using your example, I can refine my question. WHERE in the business profile would ‘oil to gas conversions’ be coming from? Obviously, not the category, so where?

Miriam

]]> By: admin http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60251 admin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:20:12 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60251 Michael, it was my pleasure. This is definitely a very brilliant invention! Michael, it was my pleasure. This is definitely a very brilliant invention!

]]> By: Local Hound http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60240 Local Hound Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:31:41 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60240 My understanding of that would be this... say a person is looking to convert their house from oil heat to gas heat. They might go to the internet and type in "oil to gas conversions paramus nj". Rather than plumbers or heating contractors. The local site will try and return business listings with that term in their profile... not necessarily a particular category. So being in a category is not enough. Hope that helps My understanding of that would be this… say a person is looking to convert their house from oil heat to gas heat.

They might go to the internet and type in “oil to gas conversions paramus nj”. Rather than plumbers or heating contractors.

The local site will try and return business listings with that term in their profile… not necessarily a particular category. So being in a category is not enough.

Hope that helps

]]> By: Michael Jensen http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-60224 Michael Jensen Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:09:34 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=200#comment-60224 Miriam, thanks for the mention, it was great getting your feedback and ideas for leavefeedback.org. Very helpful! Miriam, thanks for the mention, it was great getting your feedback and ideas for leavefeedback.org. Very helpful!

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