Comments on: Google’s Mind is on Local Search http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/googles-mind-is-on-local-search/2006/07/17/ Hospitality Industry Internet Markting Blog from Blizzard Internet Marketing Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Howell Jones http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/googles-mind-is-on-local-search/2006/07/17/#comment-7985 Howell Jones Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:03:54 +0000 http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/googles-mind-is-on-local-search/2006/07/17/#comment-7985 Hi Mary, Great Article! It's no secret that Google & YaHoo have been looking into how to build a local model that yeilds relevant results and is a revenue stream. DiscoverOurTown has been in conversation with both companies and the day of the virtual walk down main street is coming. People need more info than just name address phone number...they want details of what specifically that business offers...French Antiques / Indian water colors, etc...That too has been the success of our National Directory at DiscoverOurTown.com. With Google the AdSense, ads are building revenancy and this to me is the first place they need to be successful...more "hometown" adverstisers. In our 2000 cities, we see on the lodging page of Little Rock, Arkansas advertisers in West Virginia...so they a far way to go ...but the local market will be emerging over the next decade...as some people in business do not have web sites yet!! Hi Mary,

Great Article!

It’s no secret that Google & YaHoo have been looking into how to build a local model that yeilds relevant results and is a revenue stream. DiscoverOurTown has been in conversation with both companies and the day of the virtual walk down main street is coming. People need more info than just name address phone number…they want details of what specifically that business offers…French Antiques / Indian water colors, etc…That too has been the success of our National Directory at DiscoverOurTown.com.

With Google the AdSense, ads are building revenancy and this to me is the first place they need to be successful…more “hometown” adverstisers. In our 2000 cities, we see on the lodging page of Little Rock, Arkansas advertisers in West Virginia…so they a far way to go …but the local market will be emerging over the next decade…as some people in business do not have web sites yet!!

]]> By: Trent Blizzard http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/googles-mind-is-on-local-search/2006/07/17/#comment-7973 Trent Blizzard Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:45:12 +0000 http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/googles-mind-is-on-local-search/2006/07/17/#comment-7973 One of the obvious recommendations I would make is to ensure that your contact info is listed at the the bottom of your webpages, especially the homepage, in a standard format (name, address, city, state, zip + phones). Make sure it is standard text, not a graphic, which the search engines can't read. One of the obvious recommendations I would make is to ensure that your contact info is listed at the the bottom of your webpages, especially the homepage, in a standard format (name, address, city, state, zip + phones). Make sure it is standard text, not a graphic, which the search engines can’t read.

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