On November 10, 2015, Yext took over the massive responsibility of handling every business’s free Yahoo Local Business Listing. According to Yahoo: “Yahoo is partnering with Yext to deliver an even better Local Listings experience. Your listing will still be powered on Yahoo and you’ll have the
Read more →On Sunday, November 29, 2015 Snapchat featured a story that followed the Grand Prix race of the year set in Abu Dhabi. The story was titled “F1 Abu Dhabi” and opened with a shot of the track along with a statement that said, “World champ Lewis Hamilton
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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 Snapchat featured a story that was nothing short of the perfect welcome for the coming Christmas season. The story was titled “Bring on the Holidays” and opened with a fun Santa geofilter that stated the title, along with a statement that said
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High traffic keywords such as “Personal Injury Lawyer” in your geographic area typically cost around $150 per click to be in the top 3 results. Of course, this varies drastically from city to city and even day to day depending on what your competition is bidding. In
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I forget why I took screenshots of this but on November 29, 2015 there was a Snapchat Story where user’s snaps were curated by Snapchat for a live story. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon in Orlando and 76 degrees. Here are some screenshots of the story:
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November 17, 2015 Google rolled out The New Google Plus. It didn’t take long for business owners to discover that the page they manage their business with has changed. Again. Yes, not even 60 days after the last change it is changed. It seems that Google Plus
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If you are reading this you may find comfort in the fact that I have owned multiple businesses and been in your shoes of trying to find the darn link to your Google Maps / Google Local / Google Plus Local Page / Google My Business /
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This week a client emailed me to inform me that his Google Plus Local Page is no longer showing his reviews. At first, I was confused. If you are logged in to Google (or Google+), the “about” page looks just fine. Then I discovered if you are
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On Sunday, November 22, 2015 Snapchat followed the annual Turkey-Eating Competition in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Seeing as Thanksgiving is just around the corner, it was time for an event that Snapchat called, “Man vs. Turkey” where contestants from all over the States showed up in hopes of scrounging
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November 17, 2015, Google changed Google Plus. Currently, when you log in to Google Plus, you can use the original Google Plus or the “new” Google Plus. From this post on Google Plus, “Today we’re taking a big step toward making Google+ an even better place for
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On Saturday, November 21, 2015 Snapchat featured a story that covered the entire night of Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The story was titled “Don’t Try This at Home” and began with an opening statement, “Calling all adrenaline junkies…Join us
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Google has been keeping a list of who’s been linking naughty or nice. The SEO world is buzzing and the next major update to Penguin is coming in the very near future, possibly in December of 2015. Typically I see 2 types of businesses affected by this
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In November 2015 Yoast updated their Yoast SEO Plugin. This, by the way, is the greatest WordPress plugin ever made. Ever. Well today I was putting content up on some sites and went to edit the meta description of one of the posts. I don’t always do
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For many years we have all heard that your business name, address, and telephone number must be exactly the same everywhere on the web. Or else. Of course, we do not want to confuse any search engine, and this is a great practice for a plethora of
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The Internet is truly a world where the rich get richer. It is easy to see how discouraged a blogger or business owner could become after launching a new site. They probably spent way too much time on the look and feel of the site. That should
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In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s there was a very cool time in computer history. The BBS scene. People logged on to the online services. Only 1 person at a time could use them. Think the Internet, but it only allows 1 person on at a
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This week I have had multiple business owners contact me trying to access their Yahoo Small Business Dashboard. The free dashboard supposedly still exists. Just like Facebook, Google, Yelp, and all the others, Yahoo Small Business Listings have ALWAYS been free, although in the recent past managing
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Around November 12 2015 the complaints started pouring in. Small business owners and other various webmasters have been unable to log in to their Yahoo Small Business dashboard, now called the Aabaco Small Business Dashboard. The Yahoo login screen says that the name has changed but the
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November 10, 2015, Yahoo made a change to the way small business listings are handled. If you attempt to log in to Yahoo! Small Business you are forwarded to www.aabacosmallbusiness.com. The page says “Yahoo! Small Business is now Aabaco Small Busness.” “Same team.” Sounds easy enough, right?
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On Saturday, November 14 Snapchat featured a story that followed the entire night of the long awaited fight between the two undefeated UFC women fighters, Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm in Melbourne, Australia. The excitement for the fight weeks and even months ahead was incomparable and something
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