A survey representing over 5,000 local business websites backs up what many of us already knew: Google sends dramatically more traffic than Yahoo, Bing and Facebook combined. The study finds that Google accounts for 58% of visitors to local business websites. It's closest competitor, Yahoo,
Smartphone Barcode Scanning Up 800%
Have you ever scanned a barcode on your phone? In the last year, scanning of QR Codes is up 800%. QR Codes are those square barcodes that you've started seeing over the past few years. QR codes are a quick way for anyone with a smartphone to instantly access information.
How to Change a Facebook Business Page URL
When you first create a business page on Facebook, the web address or URL isn't very pretty. It's usually something like: www.facebook.com/pages/My-Full-Long-Business-Name-Incorporated-LLC/909932628188 Fortunately, once you reach 25 Likes you can easily change a Facebook business page url to
Google Social Search: More Personalized Search Results
Google has taken another big step in showing different results to you compared to what others see: Google Social Search. In 2009, Google introduced Social Search to enhance your normal Google Search results with info from your social media contacts. You may have seen this under the heading "Results
Big Changes at Google, Again – Internet Marketing Group Meetup
Google has made some big changes over the past few weeks that have shaken up alot of websites. They've targeted websites with low quality content... like article submission sites that have a copy of a copy of an article that's barely readable. Google's also discounted the value of low quality
Google Panda Update Info
Google made a significant tweak to their main ranking algorithm in late February 2011 that they internally refer to as the Google Panda Update. It's also been called the Farmer update since it targets low quality pages commonly referred to as Content Farms. Two of the main architects of the Panda
Want to Rank Better? Google Warns: Don’t Pay for Reviews
One way for business owners to get better rankings in Google Place Search is to get more positive reviews by consumers. Many businesses have taken advantage of this by offering discounts and free products in exchange for reviews. Google has long stated that it was against their policy to offer
Nashville Internet Marketing Meetup Group
Come join us for the next meeting of the Nashville Web Presence & Internet Marketing Meetup Group. We try to meet the last Thursday of the month @ 6:30pm. Our current schedule with details & RSVP is here: Nashville Internet Marketing Group At our monthly meetings, we'll discuss Internet