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Apr 02 / Local Search Results Increasing On Google

by Jason Landa

Google is looking to help users find more local information by placing local search results in non-local search queries. Instead of having to search “Dentists in Delano, MN”, you can just type “Dentists” and get local results on page one. Google is using the location of your Internet provider (ISP) to determine where you are, [...] Read More


2 Comments » -- Posted in Google, Local Search, SEO, Small Business |

Feb 09 / GetListed.Org – A Fantastic Local Search Tool For Small Business

by Jason Landa

Local search & web design gurus Pat Sexton and David Mihm delivered simplicity and value in the launch of their new small business tool GetListed.Org. The website allows a business or their marketing partner to verify their main local search listings in Google, Yahoo, Best of the Web (BOTW) and MSN Live in one easy [...] Read More


4 Comments » -- Posted in Business Building, Google, Local Search, Small Business |

Sep 02 / Clean & Simple Web Designs, Dashboards & The New Google Browser Chrome

by Jason Landa

Yeah, a lot going on in the title here, but I promise it’s all related and of value. Clean & Simple Web Design Stuart Atkinson of Bulletproof Box, a blog offering web design techniques, recently highlighted the Five Technology website as one of his 7 Fantastically Simple Web Designs. If you’ve peaked around our portfolio [...] Read More


5 Comments » -- Posted in Google, Web Design |

Jul 02 / Google, Getting Crawled & More From Matt Cutts via USA Today Tech Talk

by Jason Landa

USA Today’s Jefferson Graham recently did a video segment on Google by interviewing Google’s Matt Cutts for their Tech Talk section. The video is great to get a base understanding of Google’s search results and and search engine optimization basics. The biggest takeaways I found: + It’s tough to be found for a term being [...] Read More


No Comments » -- Posted in Google, Internet Marketing, SEO, Video |

Jun 04 / Google Search Inside of Google Search

by Jason Landa

After reading a story about the top newspaper websites (thanks to Ed Kohler’s Tweet), I wanted to view the San Francisco Chronicle website since it received an “A” grade. Upon typing in “San Fransisco Chronicle” into my Google search field (bad article, no links!) I saw something I had never came across before. A search [...] Read More


6 Comments » -- Posted in Google, SEO |

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