It is foolish for any business not to obtain their free listings on at least the major sites offering local directories. Not having these listings is like having someone offer your business years of free advertising and saying "no thanks". This benefits Bloggers and Online Businesses too. You do need to provide a physical address and phone number to be listed in most directories. Nielsen Consumer surveys clearly show the importance of having an Internet presence. Among the latest Nielsen … [Read more...]
Verifying What is Do Follow versus No Follow
I just replied to an email I had missed last month from Will at Charlotte Fence Company. Will looked at the source code for GrowMap and when he saw nofollow tags in it he thought we were not really Certified DoFollow. It is easy to see how someone might think that so I want to share more details with my readers. The best WordPress Themes automatically nofollow certain unimportant fields and since we use Thesis that is true here. The nofollow tags Will is seeing are on the Twitter links, … [Read more...]
Why We No Longer Recommend Yelp to Businesses
Yelp has been repeatedly accused of manipulating reviews to pressure businesses to advertise with them. Based on the information we share in this post and much more we have seen, we no longer recommend Yelp to business owners. The East Bay Express article Yelp and the Business of Extortion cites twelve separate instances where business owners confirmed these accusations plus a former contract employee's statement plus Yelp's own admission that they pay employees to write business … [Read more...]
My Review of The New Community Rules
Originally submitted at O'Reilly The social web provides businesses with a largely untapped marketing channel for products and services -- the trick is knowing how to take advantage of it. With this book, you'll understand how social web technologies work, and learn the most practical and effective ways to reach the people who... The New Community Rules Highly recommended; I use it regularly. By GrowMap from Near Dallas, TX on 2/25/2010 5out of 5 Pros: Easy to understand, Helpful … [Read more...]
KeywordLuv: How Using It Benefits Us All
Time is our most precious resource. All bloggers and business owners wish they had more of it and continually seek ways to accomplish more each day. Scroll Down for DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv blogs by Niche! KeywordLuv and CommentLuv are effective ways to make every comment we write or receive provide far more benefits. I strongly recommend bloggers join the do follow movement and install the CommentLuv and KeywordLuv plugins. We and many of our favorite bloggers are focusing more … [Read more...]
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