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Welcome back
Well, its been a long time, and welcome back! Please excuse the deafening silence for the last, oh, 5 years! Can it really be that long?? Well, the good news is that The Brownbook has been performing almost flawlessly for … Continue reading
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Thanks for the recognition from Local Search expert Chris Silver Smith
Always nice to get a little recognition: Sept 13, 2010 – Chris Silver Smith: Who Will Own Local Data? Search Engines, Yellow Pages, Aggregators Or Social Media? Thanks Chris, one day we MUST catch up for a chat. Dave
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Tagged aggregators, business directory, business listings, local, local search, location based search, social media, ubl, Yellow Pages
Richer Business Profile Pages get more traffic and clicks [stats]
We did a little analysis this week, intended for some internal purposes but the results are so interesting that I thought I’d share them with you. Business Pages with more content get more views and clicks – sounds obvious and … Continue reading
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Tagged clicks, content, local search, rich content, SEO, views
The FOUR simple tricks to NOT screw up your shiny new SEO
Brownbook business listings give you great organic SEO, helping your business get found more on search engines. But DID YOU KNOW you can mess that up with a few well-meaning faux-pas? Here are FOUR simple tricks you can use to easily … Continue reading
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Tagged better SEO, common SEO mistakes, get found online, SEO mistakes, what are microformats
Brownbook’s decision not to use nofollow links is appreciated by search engine marketers
In response to Andrew Shotland’s revealing post “SuperPages New Profile Pages Not Doing Advertisers Any SEO Favors” on Local SEO Guide (Local Search Engine Optimization & Marketing Made Simple), these comments caught our eye: Marcus | ADMAX // May 27, … Continue reading
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Webmasters – please tell me what you think…
(… and I will credit you with a link back in the resultant blog post!) – see my contact details at the end of this post An open invitation to webmasters and owners of the following types of websites: local/regional … Continue reading
