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April 2, 2009
Google Shows Local Results for Non-Local Queries
Do a search for a broad keyword and you're likely to come across some local results in Google now. You don't even have to be signed into your Google account.
The local results appear along with a Google Map about mid-way down the page. It's hit or miss. I was able to produce the results for "golf" and "pizza" but not "coffee."
Must give props where props are do. Florist SEO Watch blogged about this over the weekend and was pointed out to Mike Blumenthal (where I learned of it) by Cathy Rhulloda.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on April 2, 2009 4:51 PM
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Andrew A. Sailer November 29, 2009 7:48 AM
Google and other search engines put a lot of importance on online media reports. If a website was featured in CNN.com, WSJ.com or other major online publications, it will rank much higher than the sites which have hundreds of link-farm-generated links. Does anybody know of a good list of PR firms specializing in online publicity? Publicity Guaranteed (PublicityGuaranteed.com) looks like an attractive option, as they only charge for the results, without any retainers or hourly rates; however they don’t do online-only publicity. AllPublicits.com seems to be the most comprehensive database of publicists and I posted there my RFP for publicists to bid on, but all resulting bids included traditional media. If I had a larger budget, I wouldn’t mind good coverage in traditional media, but I only seek publicity for my SEO campaign, so I need online publicity only