Comments on: Where Local Search Falls Down In Small Town USA http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214 SEO, Local Search Optimization and Website Design for small web business owners Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:39:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Small Business Rantings http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-92765 Small Business Rantings Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:08:47 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214#comment-92765 [...] I wanted to comment on two posts that I thought were very good. The first was by Miriam Ellis, Where Local Search Falls Down In Small Town USA.  Miriam hits the nail on the head in this [...] [...] I wanted to comment on two posts that I thought were very good. The first was by Miriam Ellis, Where Local Search Falls Down In Small Town USA.  Miriam hits the nail on the head in this [...]

]]> By: Small Business Rantings http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-92766 Small Business Rantings Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:08:47 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214#comment-92766 [...] I wanted to comment on two posts that I thought were very good. The first was by Miriam Ellis, Where Local Search Falls Down In Small Town USA.  Miriam hits the nail on the head in this [...] [...] I wanted to comment on two posts that I thought were very good. The first was by Miriam Ellis, Where Local Search Falls Down In Small Town USA.  Miriam hits the nail on the head in this [...]

]]> By: SEO Igloo Blog » Google Maps and YP - Comparing Oranges To…Tangerines http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-87981 SEO Igloo Blog » Google Maps and YP - Comparing Oranges To…Tangerines Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:07:39 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214#comment-87981 [...] in responding to a comment left by reader Marjin Bejik, it occured to me that my own professional gripe Google Maps is [...] [...] in responding to a comment left by reader Marjin Bejik, it occured to me that my own professional gripe Google Maps is [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-87970 admin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:19:22 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214#comment-87970 Martijin, How nice to hear from you and I really appreciate the kind comments about my writing. I do enjoy documenting my everyday experiences with Local Search. Your idea of an intermediary agency is such a good one, particularly if they had the power to put feet on the street as, I agree, Google is unlikely to do this. When I encounter the remoteness of Google, I can't help contrasting this to YP. My father worked for YP for several years and his entire worklife revolved around calling clients, driving to meet clients, counseling and consulting face-to-face with clients. Doubtless, Google is trying to expend much less effort to accomplish similar results of a giant directory of local businesses, but the bugs and communication breakdowns are really troubling. Automation can be a bugbear and the human face of a local search practitioner assisting small businesses could be a big help. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! Miriam Martijin,
How nice to hear from you and I really appreciate the kind comments about my writing. I do enjoy documenting my everyday experiences with Local Search.

Your idea of an intermediary agency is such a good one, particularly if they had the power to put feet on the street as, I agree, Google is unlikely to do this.

When I encounter the remoteness of Google, I can’t help contrasting this to YP. My father worked for YP for several years and his entire worklife revolved around calling clients, driving to meet clients, counseling and consulting face-to-face with clients.

Doubtless, Google is trying to expend much less effort to accomplish similar results of a giant directory of local businesses, but the bugs and communication breakdowns are really troubling. Automation can be a bugbear and the human face of a local search practitioner assisting small businesses could be a big help.

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
Miriam

]]> By: martijn http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-87924 martijn Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:55:32 +0000 http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=214#comment-87924 While I don't think it's realistic to think that Google is going to be in the streets for this purpose I do get your point and I smell a business here for small specialized agencies/accountmanagers/consultors who contact those small business to inform them about the actual existence of this possibility. As you said, a lot of these people are also not aware of all the possibilities. Local Search Marketing is not only for the big powerhouses though, I think there is a fair amount of business for people who can not do it themselves and rather spend a little basic inclusion fee with a small agency who would take care of Google Inclusions, and (hopefuly) in a proper way. btw keep on the good work, I like reading your stories because they show a realistic everyday-experience with local search and points to that, what is really missing. While I don’t think it’s realistic to think that Google is going to be in the streets for this purpose I do get your point and I smell a business here for small specialized agencies/accountmanagers/consultors who contact those small business to inform them about the actual existence of this possibility. As you said, a lot of these people are also not aware of all the possibilities.
Local Search Marketing is not only for the big powerhouses though, I think there is a fair amount of business for people who can not do it themselves and rather spend a little basic inclusion fee with a small agency who would take care of Google Inclusions, and (hopefuly) in a proper way.

btw keep on the good work, I like reading your stories because they show a realistic everyday-experience with local search and points to that, what is really missing.

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