In the brave new world of “SoLoMo” there are an increasing number of sites and mobile apps competing to help you choose a local business or lead you there. In addition to Google Maps, Yelp and Foursquare there are the venerable yellow pages’ sites and many others. They all get their local data from generally [...]
Read MoreLegal Web Site Tip – Include Your Location on Site
It’s important to make sure your law firm’s location is included on your home page and all over your site. I have noticed a lot of attorney sites lately where they don’t indicate anywhere on the homepage what city or state they are in. If I can’t find it, Google probably can’t either. If I [...]
Read MoreGoogle Local changes Name to Google Places
Today, the Official Google Blog announced that the Local Business Center is becoming Google Places. Why? According to John Hanke, Google’s VP Google Maps, Earth and Local, “Millions of people use Google every day to find places in the real world, and we want to better connect Place Pages — the way that businesses are [...]
Read MoreLocal Search Gains Momentum
Comscore released results showing the growth of the Local search market. Its important that your lawfirm is listed with the Google Local and Yahoo Local programs, its another way that users are looking for businesses online. "Two out of five local searchers (41 percent) were looking for information on a local service in their home [...]
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