For the third year in a row, David Mihm has published the Local Search Ranking Factors. The LSRF 2010 consists of 32 local search enthusiasts their opinion (including me!) on how to rank well in the search engines. It is a definite must read for everyone interested in Local Search. It is also incredible to [...]
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SEO oneboxes – not only in Duluth
Following Mike’s example of Google still showing oneboxes on SEO related terms (which they banished some time ago ) I found another example where google decides to put up the onebox. Considering the Guidelines for inclusion in Google Maps you might find this example particularly funny.
Speaking at SMX Stockholm – 13 October 2009
This year I will be attending and speaking at SMX Stockholm. There you will find me presenting a Local Search business case with one of our clients; Boat Company Lovers. My fellow speaker will be Jaap Dijkstra, Business Developer at  Boat company Lovers –  one of the leading companies organizing Canal Cruises in Amsterdam. Some of [...]
Local Search Inclusion and SEO for Local Search video’s
David Mihm has been showing off his whiteboard skills over at SEOmoz whiteboard friday. I really want to share these 2 video’s with my readers. The first video is about Local Search Inclusion: SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Local Search Inclusion with David Mihm The second video is about SEO for Local Search SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday [...]
Local Search Ranking Factors 2009 are out!
This must be one of the biggest pieces for Local Search to read on this year (like last year). David Mihm published its Volume 2 of the Local Search Ranking Factors. The general idea of the Local Search Ranking Factors is to give business owners a chance in understanding the things that matter to Local [...]
Tracking Local Search traffic using Analytics
One of the most important things after you have registered your business is to know how much traffic this will get to your website. I’ve put up a very thorough tutorial on Mike Blumenthal’s blog and I suggest you all check it out. I’ll put up a part here in this post to give you [...]
Yelp coming to UK, rest of Europe next?
Yelp, one of the biggest review sites in US is coming to the UK. Hopefully rest of Europe will be next, but will they be able to gain ground? Qype, touchlocal and some other more local oriented players already have quite a strong user base so will Yelp be able to set foot into this [...]
Local Search will bring you in the year of 2009…
The following! With each new year, people start creating lists. Things to do, things not to do. Well, here is mine for the year of 2009. more collaborated research more in-depth local SEO tactics A new template design WordPress Plugin(s) Update(s) to my tutorial: KML for Local SEO Street View Europe Local Citation Sources Europe [...]
Slideshare as a citation source
Some of us might know Slideshare, the online platform where you can store your presentation slides to share with the rest of the world. It appears that this website is a valuable source for local citation building. The real value, or the amount of it that might affect your ranking could vary. If your presentation [...]
Spain second country to have Google StreetView
Spain is now the second country in Europe to have StreetView available, in 4 cities, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville. This was the announcement made yesterday on the Google LatLong blog. The first country to have StreetView available was France, soon after the Tour de France took place. So now you will be able to [...]
About Martijn
I'm Martijn Beijk, Digital Analytix Consultant with comScore. In my sparetime I specialize in Local Search.
My enthusiasm lays in Local & Mobile, including location-based services, context-awareness, semantic web and things as such.
Want to get in touch or hire me? contact me by mail or at Twitter: @martijnbeijk
