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1. Ocala4sale - Right Place, Right Time
   Sharon Fling
   In February 1998, Michael Warren, along with 3 other family members, launched www.Ocala4sale.com, Marion County (Florida’s) Internet Marketplace . . . keep reading
   
   
2. IP Address Lookup - Geolocate Your Visitors by IP Address
   Hostip.info is a community-based project to geolocate IP addresses, making the database freely available. . . . keep reading
   
   
3. Metrobot Local Search Engine Goes Nationwide Bringing A New Approach to Online Mapping
   Metrobot's unique linear street maps depicting businesses on each side of the road now cover all 50 states . . . keep reading
   
   
4. Pedestrian Shops Takes Comfortable Shoes To A New Level
   Sharon Fling
   Richard Polk has taken the sale of comfortable shoes to a whole new level with his online store and community service oriented website. . . . keep reading
   
   
5. The Secret Key For Any Offline Business To Profit From The Internet... Even Without a Website!
   Hans Klein
   The secret key I am talking about has been used by top internet marketing specialists to generate profits for years, but is just now taking hold in ma . . . keep reading
   
   
6. Local Search is Hot But Will Small Business Ever Join the Party?
   Sharon Fling
   The industry is abuzz with local search news – Google and Yahoo! continue to improve and add functionality to their local search engines. Then there’s . . . keep reading
   
   
7. LookSmart's Furl to Power Local.com's Page Saving/Archiving System
   Interchange Corporation Chooses - December 13, 2005 San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2005 — Local.com™, a leading local-search engine, and LookSmar . . . keep reading
   
   
8. California Tortilla Customers Love Taco Talk
   Sharon Fling
   In 1995 Pam Felix decided that after 11 years with the Improv Comedy Club, she'd had enough. After seeing a similar business on Long Island, s . . . keep reading
   
   
9. This Portal Software Lets You Run With the Big Dogs
   Sharon Fling
   When John Stewart took his local portal online in 2001, his vision was to offer the most updateable advertising in town, dirt cheap. Now he's offering the tool he created to others who want to do the same. . . . keep reading
   
   
10. Google Combines Online Maps, Local Search
    Michael Liedtke
    Google Inc. is combining its popular online maps with its local search features, continuing a quest to increase its already rapidly rising advertising revenue. . . . keep reading
    
    
11. Pay-Per-Call - Search Strategy for Local Business
    Paul J. Bruemmer
    Pay-per-call is a performance-driven search marketing strategy developed over the past year. It's particularly useful for small business and in loca . . . keep reading
    
    
12. Search Engines Going Loco for Local...But When Will Small Business Get Real?
    Sharon Fling
    Still think the Internet is primarily a global medium? Think again. Slowly but surely, the tide is shifting onto local shores. Of course the only question remains: when will small local businesses join the party? . . . keep reading
    
    
13. Use The Local Internet To Disaster Proof Your Small Business
    Sharon Fling
    First Hurricane Katrina, now Hurricane Rita. As if small business owners don’t have enough to contend with, being hit with a disaster from out of the . . . keep reading
    
    
14. Small Towns are NOT Small Potatoes
    Sharon Fling
    When it comes to using the Internet to promote local business, things have changed a lot in the past couple years. Online pros are becoming more attuned to the fact that people live in the real "dirt" world, and have started to cater to local businesses and their needs. If they haven't they should. This article discusses a few reasons why. . . . keep reading
    
    
15. Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search
    Chris Sherman
    In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results. Just as Google did last month, Yahoo has enhanced the functionality of its map offering by integrating local search capabilities and results into the mix. The new Yahoo Local Maps beta also features larger maps with more "wow" factors, according to Paul Levine, general manager, Yahoo Local. . . . keep reading
    
    
16. Local Search Targets Local Ad Revenues
    Paul J. Bruemmer, trademarkSEO.com
    Newspapers and offline yellow page directories have traditionally been the mainstay of local advertising. That might be about to change as local search becomes the latest business opportunity to be exploited online. . . . keep reading
    
    
17. Online Marketing Pays Off for Local Dentist
    See how this local community dentist discovered that, for much less than the cost of a single Yellow Page ad, a Web site that works gets superior results. . . . keep reading
    
    
18. Local Firms Can Expand Market Share With Search Engine Optimization
    Paul J. Bruemmer, trademarkSEO.com
    Local and regional businesses like restaurants, destination casinos, and golf courses can expand market share and strengthen their brand by investing in organic search engine optimization. . . . keep reading
    
    
19. Light Bulb Moments With Perry Marshall
    Sharon Odom Fling
    Here's the download link to the interview I did with Perry Marshall, the Wizard of Google Adwords. Perry talks about using Pay Per Click to reach a local market AND local lead generation for small local businesses. . . . keep reading
    
    
20. Getting Your Business Listed For Local Search Is Just The First Step
    Lynella Grant
    Although Local Search only caught on in the last year, such queries already account for over 36% of all search engine queries. When a person adds a geographic term (like city, town, or zip code) to their search query, the results only show them the small pool of businesses located within that area - and not necessarily all of them. . . . keep reading
    
    

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