Comments for Small Business SEO Weblog http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com Helping small business owners get web traffic through the search engines Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on A Few Ideas for Local Small Business Marketing Online by Phil Barnhart http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/a-few-ideas-for-local-small-business-marketing-online/#comment-33 Phil Barnhart Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:49:53 +0000 http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-33 Sorry about the classification - I missed the address on your other site. BTW I have been trying to get all of my clients, business associates, friends (even my parents) to use hCard format when publishing business addresses. See http://www.wolf-howl.com/seo/hcards-microformats-address/ Sorry about the classification – I missed the address on your other site. BTW I have been trying to get all of my clients, business associates, friends (even my parents) to use hCard format when publishing business addresses. See http://www.wolf-howl.com/seo/hcards-microformats-address/

]]> Comment on A Few Ideas for Local Small Business Marketing Online by jeremyskillings http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/a-few-ideas-for-local-small-business-marketing-online/#comment-32 jeremyskillings Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:32:49 +0000 http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-32 Thanks for your post. I agree with Phil that you do need a physical location to show up in many of these directories. However, my post was intended for local small businesses with a physical location. But you are correct, for home based businesses, etc. you may need a local mailbox. I'm a little confused by your classifying my organization as a "virtual local service" as I do actually have an address and have done these things I'm suggesting for my own business as well. Thanks again for your post and clarifying for those who may not have a local address. Thanks for your post. I agree with Phil that you do need a physical location to show up in many of these directories. However, my post was intended for local small businesses with a physical location. But you are correct, for home based businesses, etc. you may need a local mailbox. I’m a little confused by your classifying my organization as a “virtual local service” as I do actually have an address and have done these things I’m suggesting for my own business as well.

Thanks again for your post and clarifying for those who may not have a local address.

]]> Comment on A Few Ideas for Local Small Business Marketing Online by Phil Barnhart http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/a-few-ideas-for-local-small-business-marketing-online/#comment-31 Phil Barnhart Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:25:23 +0000 http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-31 The good news is that search engines and tools want to find companies just like you. Unfortunately, the push for local and hyperlocal is causing problems for virtual local service companies like yours. It is vital to get a street address - even if its at a local mailbox company. More and more directory sites are requiring addresses to show up in local search. Once you do that, you can dramatically increase your “findability” through free and low-cost listings: Bing (formerly Windows Live): https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx Yahoo: http://listings.local.yahoo.com/ Google: http://www.google.com/local/add/ The good news is that search engines and tools want to find companies just like you. Unfortunately, the push for local and hyperlocal is causing problems for virtual local service companies like yours. It is vital to get a street address – even if its at a local mailbox company. More and more directory sites are requiring addresses to show up in local search. Once you do that, you can dramatically increase your “findability” through free and low-cost listings:

Bing (formerly Windows Live): https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx

Yahoo: http://listings.local.yahoo.com/

Google: http://www.google.com/local/add/

]]> Comment on About SEO for Small Business by affordable seo services http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/about/#comment-30 affordable seo services Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:18 +0000 #comment-30 I agree that tere are quite a bit of scams out there...it's good to develop rapport with you SEO and make sure to get refrences. I agree that tere are quite a bit of scams out there…it’s good to develop rapport with you SEO and make sure to get refrences.

]]> Comment on Happy Holidays – Small Business Blog Links by jberthelsen http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/happy-holidays-small-business-blog-links/#comment-28 jberthelsen Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:35:44 +0000 http://smallbizsearchengines.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-28 Thanks for your insight! Thanks for your insight!

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