A Northern Virginia locksmith has sued Google, Yellowbook (hibu) and Ziplocal under multiple state and federal laws, including the...

Good news for business owners – they can now maintain their local business with Apple Maps. Apple has launched a new feature named Apple...

Yelp has increasingly been integrating transaction and commerce capabilities into its site. It started long ago with OpenTable and more...

Our sister site Digital Marketing Depot recently released a new Market Intelligence Report, “Enterprise Local Marketing Automation Tools...

A substantial number of local business owners are frustrated by (even resentful of) Yelp’s review filter. Now operating under the banner...

Last night, Google pushed out a major local search algorithm update. The update has been pushed out to U.S. English based search results...

Say goodbye to local search as we know it. We have entered into a period of the human algorithm. The future of local search marketing and...

Yelp may be down for some of you right now. We’re experiencing networking issues, but working to get back up to speed ASAP. — Yelp...

Yelp is getting deeper into transactions. One manifestation of this is restaurant reservations. In July of 2013, Yelp bought reservations...

When small businesses see Google as the “Wild Wild West” of confusing marketing opportunities, Google itself sees working with...

Many small businesses continue to feel that Yelp is unfair or complain that Yelp salespeople are using strong-arm tactics to get them to...

Virtually all consumers turn to the internet to find local products and services. Are you positioned to win them, as a local business?...

“ Today’s Google homepage includes a small birthday cake image with a “25” candle on top to celebrate the web’s 25th birthday. The image...

Alex and Ani Super Bowl commercial but it was effective (see below). Now the company is in the news again with the first full retail...

US 8630897 B1 which essentially allows advertisers to show a sort-of transportation ad extension offering free or discounted travel to...

sold patch off, retaining a minority stake in a joint venture with Hale Global. The latter will now operate the Patch network of...

Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local is the story at Search Engine Land sister site that covers the situation in...

added a new feature to Google Now that tracks and reports on the miles you’ve walked and/or biked over the past month. Google Now users...

Google and Your Business blog, Google Places for Business is rolling out a new Review feature. Now, businesses with a verified listing...

Practically no one has a phone with Google’s latest Android 4.4 operating system on it yet. But the system, nicknamed KitKat, will...