SEOmoz came out with a great post on how to go through the Google Local results of competitors to find directories that are being used by the algorithm to rank businesses.
This post on ProBlogger had some really great advice for businesses and professionals that haven’t been using LinkedIn to drive leads and clients to their sites. While ProBlogger obviously has a blog-oriented focus, a lot of these same techniques will be equally useful for real estate agents, lawyers, and other professional service providers. Of particular interest to me was the third item in the list suggesting updating your website links to be eye-catching
PTC or Bux. What is it? Bux to generally accepted name of the type of Paid Links (Paid To Click) based on a script similar or even identical to the first of its kind program AdBux.org (hence the name bux).
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Well, it was bound to happen. Google noticed how many spammy, manipulative business entries were being made in their database for the Local Business Center.
Another good article for business owners… this time it’s Top 5 Business Blogging Mistakes and How to Avoid Them . In a nutshell the five are: Treating Your Blog Like a Press Center Not Blogging Regularly Not Enabling Conversation Making New Content Hard to Discover Expecting Too Much Too Soon It’s a quick read for the details on each item.
This article was posted on Mashable recently and it does a good job of making the case for small businesses to take advantage of: Local Social Networks Blogs or Social Hubs Twitter Facebook Fanpages Custom Wikis Here’s the full URL in case the above link doesn’t work… http://mashable.com/2009/07/28/social-media-small-business/