Blog Tag: Google

Google has rolled out a new look to Google Local (aka Google Maps, aka Google Places). [click picture to enlarge]

Gone is the intrusive Map/7-Pack when you search for a geo-targeted key phrase. In it’s place is a “local” map located off to the right side of the page, and local (7-pack) search results are integrated in with the organic search results, along with thumbnails and reviews.

This is probably good news for folks searching for local business, as all the info about a business is now in one handy place. READ MORE

Back in 2007, Google introduced Universal Search.

But what does Universal Search mean?
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A Google by any other name.

Google’s local search, which used to be called, naturally enough, “Google Local” is now called “Google Places”

The link to Google places is: http://google.com/places
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Suppose you have a webpage named, for example, oldpage.html and for some reason or other you want to change it to, for example, newpage.html.

The problem is that maybe Google has already indexed oldpage.html and maybe people have already linked to oldpage.html, so if you change the page name all the links to the old name will be broken.

So what to do? The solution is called a 301 redirect, and works as follows:
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Just recently ran across this interesting video on Google’s Wonder Wheel Keyword Research Tool, and decided to make a list of useful SEO tools and put them all in one place. So here it is…
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