The One Big Thing: Follow The Data
Photo courtesy of theeerin. In this mashed-up and syndicated online world, the The One Big Thing you need to know for preparing for the increasingly local and mobile Web is Follow The Data. Have you...
View ArticleRogers, Minnesota Vanishes
Reports posted at Search Engine Roundtable yesterday say that the city of Rogers, Minnesota has literally disappeared from the map. Google Maps, that is. As the following screenshots show, a search for...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Has Gone 3D…And Flattened All The Cars With A Steamroller
Google Earth now sports some pretty cool 3D imagery but that technology apparently doesn’t apply to cars. Check out this stunning video tour of the streets of New York City…and notice all the flattened...
View ArticleVoice Search Engine Optimization: Punch Pizza Example
Image courtesy of Google A month ago I wrote about the importance of understanding where your local business data was online, it’s integrity, and how it was being used. Imagine my delight, then, when...
View ArticleFriday Fail: Twitter, Stop Being So Stooooopid!
In March, Google lost Rogers, Minnesota. Now this: Twitter consistently thinks I’m in Illinois whenever I’m at my office in the Twin Cities. This is what it looks like: Similar Posts: Rogers, Minnesota...
View ArticleBranding With Twitter Geolocation
In this screencast, I demonstrate how to use Twitter’s newly enhanced geolocation feature for branding purposes. Similar Posts: Twitter Geo-Location Place Stamp Demonstration Twitter’s New Who To...
View ArticleLocal Small Business SEO
In this marketing screencast I discuss the importance of local SEO for small businesses, specifically the importance of search engine optimization for local business listings such as Google Places....
View ArticleTime-Lapse Twitter: Tweets Reveal The Mood Of The Nation
Researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University have analyzed 300 million tweets over a three-year period and mashed them up with census data and Google Maps, Mashable reports. This is...
View ArticleGoogle Places SEO
Google Places GOOGLE PLACES DRIVES A THIRD OF LOCAL BUSINESS WEB TRAFFIC BrightLocal Google Places drives 33% of visits to local business websites. Google Organic drives 25% of visits to local...
View ArticleUS Airways Ejects Blind Customer & Bat Kid Saves San Francisco – Beyond...
Topics on episode 25 of the Beyond Social Media Show: Lulumon founder Chip Wilson’s failed video apology; JPMorgan’s #AskJPM Twitter storm; US Airways ejects a blind man and passengers revolt; Give To...
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