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There’s long been a concern among “local” business owners and marketers that Yelp might filter or otherwise remove your hard-earned reviews if you copy and paste them onto your site. Yelp’s a killjoy, so there’s some basis for that … [Continue reading] about Can You Repurpose Customers’ Yelp Reviews on Your Website? An Answer from Yelp HQ
It's busy around here. Lots of projects for clients old and new. Then there’s blogging, LocalSpark, the time I spend running and lifting, and the need for a little time left over to be a halfway decent husband and to kinda sorta have a … [Continue reading] about Hiring Another Gun at Local Visibility System
When I went to Citysearch today, I noticed a wee something on the homepage: Citysearch has been in the reviews game for years. But this is CS’s first attempt at creating a program akin to Yelp’s well-known “Elite Squad” and Google’s … [Continue reading] about Citysearch Local Rewards: the Newest Answer to Yelp’s Elite Squad
Try to guess which one of these things isn’t true of Bryan Seely: Created fake Google Places pages for the FBI and Secret Service, listed phone numbers he controlled, intercepted their phone calls, and then turned himself in to the FBI to show … [Continue reading] about Interview with Bryan Seely: Google Maps Spam Fighter and Ethical Hacker for the Little Guy
Yext has formed tight partnerships with some notable directories in recent years: MapQuest, InsiderPages, and CitySearch, among other bigger sites (and some rinky-dink ones). The core feature of Yext’s “PowerListings” offering is that you can … [Continue reading] about What If Yext Gobbles up More Local Directories?