This is NOT a new push from me. Other SEO experts have been talking and getting their clients listed locally for years.

Going forward, I really think it’s important that you get your business listed locally as soon as possible if you want more business locally.

If you have a business, you need to get your website listed in Google Local, Yahoo Local, and Live Local. In fact, it’s important to get your business listed regardless if you have a website or not. Just remember to list your correct business address and telephone number.

I’m almost certain that potential customers will call your business if your business is local to them.

Fast forward to November 23, 2009, and Google has started experimenting with their SERP again. In this case, I searched for “plumbers fort worth”, and I was presented with a different SERP than what I’m used to seeing.

Normally, when I’d searched for “plumbers fort worth”, Google would displayed local businesses in a A through J format above the organic search results. Today, I saw something completely different.

Check out the screenshot:

SERP Google Local

In addition to the local businesses, Google has added a clickable map above the listings of businesses. Now instead of the former A through J business listings, Google is only showing A through E.

Naturally, you could always click the map to see the original A through J or just click on the “More results near Fort Worth, TX” text link below the E listing.

Personally, I think the addition of the clickable map is a great feature because now I can see instantly where I could go or call to get a plumber that is closest to me. This same feature also applies to mechanics, lawyers, and dentists in your local area. Simply use the following format: services + name of city

From an SEO perspective, this new SERP sucks! If you’re an SEO expert that ONLY focus on organic results, and you have not listed your client’s website in Google Local, your client is missing out on a lot of potential customers.

Do a search now for something local to you, and you’ll see that organic listings are pushed all the way down. On my 1440 x 900 screen resolution, I can barely see the first organic listing.

What does this new change mean for you as an SEO or Internet marketer?

Most importantly, you have to get your business listed locally — now. Additionally, you might have to invest some money on Google AdWords to compensate for the possible drop in organic website traffic that you would normally received from Google.

Personally, I’m surprised that Google hasn’t implemented this new SERP sooner. As a service media company, Google could have increased their AdWords revenue by undermining SEO efforts by simply making it harder for local search traffic to find organic results. Consequently, some websites that were ranking high organically for local search keywords will have no choice but to start using AdWords if they wanted to continue receiving traffic to their website.

In short, it appears that Google wants everyone that is listed organically to start advertising on AdWords. Arguably, being listed for free organically in Google is not enough anymore. In a way, Google may be delicately persuading you to pay for your free organic listing, and to start using AdWords if you want to continue receiving more website traffic from the world’s most popular search engine.

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Whenever you want to find totally free online dating services, you need to explore a bit and look into the usage conditions of the web pages to make certain that they do not charge you anything. Plus, you should also verify the safety or security, the total number of members in order to reach a valuable conclusion. We ought to mention the fact that some no-name sites have few members as compared to giants like Plentyoffish.com that reach even millions of members. Another trouble with complimentary online dating services is that they allow for a lower safety level, as many stalkers join programs that they don’t have to pay for.

The issue is that it is challenging to verify the identity of the members, not to mention that there is less interest in controlling the behavior or profiles of some unscrupulous or indecent members. Chances of being sexually offended are much higher with free online dating services. Plus, many users consider that quality has a price and that you get what you pay for. Free online dating services are usually supported by advertisers or sponsors. There should be no inconvenience if you have an occasional advert splashed on the screen now and then. This should not be a problem. But what about security?

Dating experiences differ from community to community, and there will always be some distasteful characters lurking online. The important thing is to know that regardless of whether you use paid or free online dating services, it is important to follow some safety guidelines, ensuring that your private information does not get disclosed. Privacy, intimacy and safety, these are the elements that you should care most when dating online. You have the freedom to question the sincerity of the intention with the people you communicate with. Keep your precaution up and things should be fine!

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Here’s an email my friend sent me today that I wanted to share with you.

“A Holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, ‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.’

The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, ‘You have seen Hell.’

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump,laughing and talking.

The holy man said, ‘I don’t understand.’ ‘It is simple,’ said the Lord. ‘It requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other. The greedy only think of themselves.’

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you. It’s estimated 93% won’t forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title ’7%’. I’m in the 7%.

Remember that I will always share my spoon with you.”

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Major Nidal Malik Hasan shoot dead 13 people and injured another 29 others at the Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas.

It’s very easy to label anyone regardless of race, or religion a terrorist if they injured or killed more than one person in particular country, and proclaimed their intentions loudly. With that in mind, we have to ask ourselves what truly motivated his acts of violence.

On this planet, we’re all living in a collective group which consists of many discrimination, and prejudice . Each one of us that is alive now is harboring thoughts that could be translated into violent actions as a result of another person’s degrading behaviors.

Common sense tells that no action is ever committed without being provoked by an outside force. In the US, just like other countries in this world, one or more people are collectively provoking someone with their gestures, or verbal affliction. We behave this was because our beliefs tells us we’re better or more superior than another person.

Let’s begin by being more tolerant of people regardless of race or religion. We all originate from the same energy Source, and so let’s behave and think like we’re all the same people.

It’s time for you to think more critically, and determine the root cause of these issues. Do whatever you can to undermine your biased attitude, and send loving-kindness to everyone.

As someone who has briefly served in the armed services, I have great admiration for anyone who is serving active duty in any of the wars that US is involved in right now. Although I wished for them to come home and be with their families, the wars that we’re in now is being driven by a momentum that has already been set in motion. I can only hope and pray that President Obama will act quickly and bring the troops back home to their families and love ones.

Let’s not dwell on this horrific tragedy, but rather let’s pray for all of the family members of the deceased. Right now, they need your prays, and blessings more than ever. If you’re close to Fort Hood, ask or do whatever you can to help the families involved. Your good deeds will not go unnoticed by God.

Right now, please take a few minutes and send loving-kindness thoughts to the surviving families. Lastly, let’s all pray for the assailant because he needs as much guidance as we do. He may be temporarily punished by this Country, but he can not escape the eternal punishment of God.

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As an SEO Expert, one of my biggest daily challenges is managing all of my passwords. Regardless of your professional, you will more than likely experienced the same issue too. If you think that trying to remember 10 passwords is a lot of work, then you need an automated solution.

Previously, I was using an Excel spreadsheet to maintain ALL of my passwords. I had to manually update it every single day. Needless to say, it was a daunting and time consuming task.

I was looking for a better solution, but I never found the time to actually look for a solution.

Sometime, I would forget where I’d saved the spreadsheet, and would spend time looking for it. What a waste of time, right?

One day, it became clear to me that I did not enjoy copying and pasting my passwords from the spreadsheet to a website just to login. Although, I did enjoyed the absolute control of seeing all of my usernames and passwords in one place, I knew I had to give up control.

This constant managing of this spreadsheet was driving me crazy because copying and pasting is not a perfect solution. It is even more frustrating when you’d copied a username and missed one or two characters in the process.

I’ve had enough of this ineffective, and frustrating method of maintaining my passwords. Clearly, I needed a solution fast and I knew just the place to look.

I googled “passwords management”, and I was presented with a plethora of software choices.

After looking at a few possible choices, I’d settled on KeePass, KeyWallet, and Roboform. With the exception of RoboForm 10 passwords limit, all three of these password manager are free to download, and use.

Even though Roboform has a 10 passwords limit, you can easily upgrade to the paid version for only $29.95. With the paid version, you could store more passwords, get free updates, and technical support via a toll free number. In fact, if you use this RoboForm coupon “NEVR1″, you can save $6 off their regular price right now. Click here if you want to buy now and download RoboForm.

KeePass is a free and opened source passwords management tool. This freeware offers many features that are also available in many of the other shareware passwords management. If you don’t want to spend any money on a passwords management software, I highly recommend that you check out KeePass.

KeyWallet is particularly interesting because it is browser independent, and it works on computers with the Windows 98 operating system. I’m not sure if KeePass or RoboForm is backward compatible with older OS.

The only drawback with KeePass and KeyWallet is that technical support is only available via a support forum that is managed by their respective contributors.

Personally, I preferred to buy from a company that has email, chat, support forum, and telephone contact. It’s because of these reasons that I decided to purchase the passwords management tool Roboform.

I’ve been using Roboform for over 4 years now, and I strongly believed that they have a superior product. Plus, they have really good customer service, and technical support staff. The last time I’d called them, a technical support staff answered my call within 20 seconds. For a company with millions of paid users, they have one of the friendliest and knowledgeable customer service staff that that I’ve experienced.

When I’d purchased Roboform, I quickly discovered that it also fills-in name, mailing address, telephone number, and other customizable information too. More importantly, you could also use Roboform to store your credit card, banking information, and other personal information.

If you want to organize your usernames, and passwords now, I recommend that you download of the two passwords management tools that I’d suggested above. I’m also certain you’ll attained a sense of freedom after you’ve downloaded and installed one those useful tools.

Please let me know what you think. I would love to hear from you if you think that you’ve noticed an increased in productivity from using any of any tools listed above.

Disclaimer: The author of this blog is currently using RoboForm, and is providing this unbiased review of RoboForm and other password manager tools for informational purpose only. The author of this website is an affiliate of Roboform, and we will be compensated by Roboform if you buy from any of the text links or banner showing on this website. You may or may no experienced an increased in productivity as a result of your purchased of RoboForm. The use of any software online or offline is greatly dependent on the user’s ability to learn how to use the software. We are not associated with KeePass or KeyWallet nor are we being compensated for reviewing their software here in this blog posting. You are downloading and using these softwares at your own risk.

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Last but not least, I especially liked the ability to specify a date range. From an SEO perspective, you can look back in time and see what your competition was doing 6 to 12 months ago. This insight into the past allows an SEO to turn back the clock, if you will, and see what has changed in terms of search algorithm.

With so much information at our fingertips from Google, I see a new era in SEO that will allow seasoned SEOs’ to better optimize their client’s websites and drive more traffic to other webpages beside the typical homepage. Stay tune for more coverage on this new and emerging trend in the world of live search.

Google Live Search

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Fast forward to September 2009, and it was only a matter of time before Google started experimenting with AdWords ads within it’s Google Suggest.

Here’s a snapshot for the keyword “att wireless”:

From an advertiser’s perspective, it could mean a higher click-through rate for their ads. However, it could also mean  a higher CPC (cost per  click) for the advertiser. Ultimately, the advertiser could see more sales as a result of the added exposure or impressions.

This is yet another attempt by Google to increase it’s AdWords exposure, and overall revenue. Clearly, exposing searchers to an AdWords ad within Google Suggest will definitely increase Google’s revenue. And since this is a new feature, many searchers that are not Internet savvy may inadvertently click on the ad because it’s more appealing that the other suggestions in the list.

Most importantly, it will give Google another opportunity to revised their advertising guidelines because currently only one sponsored link is being shown within Google Suggest. The quality of the ads shown may be better, but it may also present problems for many marketers, and new users of AdWords.

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I did a search for one of my favorite keywords “diet pills”, and bing.com displayed an array of information. The search results are brief, and right to the point. And if you scroll on the right hand side of each listing, you can see the long description, and other webpages from your website that bing.com thinks will benefit the users.

From an SEO perspective, I think it’s awesome because bing.com is dispaying up to 5 additional links to your website. This feature could bring extra traffic to webpages that would normally get any traffic from the search engines.

I’m not sure what criteria bing.com is using to decide which webpages should appeared in the more information box. When I find out, I’ll be sure to let you know.

In the meantime, check out bing.com and see where your website is ranked.

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Get listed here:

http://maps.google.com

http://local.yahoo.com

http://maps.live.com

Get listed today, and don’t delay. You could be losing customers to your competition. In fact, if you get listed in these local directories, you could potentially reduce your PPC advertising if you’re spending any money with Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing. And in these disparate times, who doesn’t want to save money, right?

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