50% of businesses today have zero Social presence. Here's how you can get started with minimal overhead.

Location, Location, Location.  We’ve all heard this catch cry from real estate agents but in the land grab for online real estate, Facebook is taking location services very seriously with some exciting new developments for business, both large and small.

When uploading content to your Google Places page you should know the Google quality guidelines that are in place to ensure the legitimacy and quality of local listings.

Following the Google quality guidelines ensures your listing will not be suspended or removed. 

There have been some major changes rolled out last week in local based searches with the blending of organic and local search results listings.

Google just announced they are in the process of updating how they present local search listings in the Google Search results listings.

Accurate location based search has always been a key goal of Google's but to make it successful they need to be able to target your location accurately, something they freely admit to not getting right all of the time.

When customers search for local businesses these results appear at the top of page one and provide a great way to drive traffic to your website, for free. Here's a quick guide to getting started.