Carousels: The Future of Local Search?

Google has been experimenting with carousels for local results for a couple of months now. First they did it with restaurants, and now they are showing these results for the query “things to do in {city}” searches. Unlike most things … Continue reading

How Does My Business Get Online?

You may know you want to get your business online, you may not. Either way you are most likely too busy growing your business through your core competencies and don’t have the time to even figure out where to start. … Continue reading

From Portal to Places: A Fresh Peek at Bing’s New Look

With Yahoo! Local’s invention of the Marketing Dashboard in 2012 and Google’s recent migration to its new user interface, Bing recently evolved into something new: Bing Business Portal is now called Bing Places for Business. So what’s new and different … Continue reading

Local Splash Offers Custom Website Design

If you are interested in having an online presence, you need to have a website that appeals to your target market and is professionally built. The website should be attractive and have all the required features to pursue an effective … Continue reading

What to Expect When Using Google Phone Support for PIN Verification

First Impressions Early this year, Google rolled out phone support for local business listings. This was a big step for them, as Google has been very difficult to contact with regards to most of its products. It is also an … Continue reading

A Stroll Through the New Google Maps Interface

At the Google I/O keynote a new Google Maps interface was rolled out in beta form. This new user interface is the first major overhaul of the Maps product in almost 10 years. Besides the UI overhaul, it fundamentally alters … Continue reading

Because It’s Not Google: Bing’s Support Chat

“Press one to reach our customer service department. Press two for our sales department…For all other inquiries, press star. Press the pound key to return to the previous menu.” Surely you’ve heard this one too many times: calling to complain about a … Continue reading