Dissecting a Google Places Business Listing

By Paul J. Dumas|2016-10-23T17:21:54-05:00May 7th, 2010|Google Places|

Google is notorious about not publicizing their ranking methods. Google Places, formerly Google Local or Google Maps, is certainly no exception. However, when you’ve optimized nearly 1000 Google Places listings for local businesses in various industries certain trends become apparent. Keep in mind as you read this that dissecting anything based on a complex formula [...]

The FABs of Optimized Local Search Services

By Paul J. Dumas|2012-01-24T12:16:03-06:00May 7th, 2009|Local SEO|

Advantages The Optimized Local Search Service works regardless of whether you have a company website or not. The local search destinations spend in excess of $50 million a year to ensure that their sites are featured prominently in organic search results – AND that customers use their services to find local businesses just like you. [...]