All 1 entries tagged <em>Smes</em>Robert McGonigleRob McGonigle's WebLog. This blog records my research and thoughts on search marketing. Many entries contain stuff removed to re-focus my OU project, "Identify the enduring concepts of Internet Search for SMEs".https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/tag/smes/?atom=atomWarwick Blogs, University of Warwick(C) 2024 Robert McGonigle2024-03-29T07:41:19ZWMCCM is on Google Local by Robert McGonigleRobert McGoniglehttps://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/robmcgonigle/entry/wmccm_is_on/2007-02-01T13:46:34Z2006-12-08T14:42:28Z<p class="answer">Writing about web page <a href="http://www.google.com/local/add" title="Related external link: http://www.google.com/local/add">http://www.google.com/local/add</a></p>
<p>I have just finished the process of registering <span class="caps">WMCCM</span> on Google Local.<br />
(Follow the link to do likewise.)</p>
<p>You need to have a login, register your company or organisations details and then they send you a letter with a <span class="caps">PIN</span> number as the verification step.</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised to find 52 of <span class="caps">WMCCM</span>’s profiled companies has already got entries. <br />
Join – Get Profiled here.<br />
<a href="http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=798">http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=798</a></p>
<p>Some of the entries leave few or zero clues about what the company did. Always put keywords into titles including with your company name to create an effective online brand.</p>
<p>When Google has nothing else to differentiate these local entries it places them in order of the distance from the centre of the location. So check out all possible locations and the competition. In Brierley Hill a presswork company can be found in searches for Walsall and even Wolverhampton but would have no chance under Birmingham.</p>
<p>Yahoo! Local uses the classified entries from the BT phonebook. Again think about the title used in these entries.</p><p class="answer">Writing about web page <a href="http://www.google.com/local/add" title="Related external link: http://www.google.com/local/add">http://www.google.com/local/add</a></p>
<p>I have just finished the process of registering <span class="caps">WMCCM</span> on Google Local.<br />
(Follow the link to do likewise.)</p>
<p>You need to have a login, register your company or organisations details and then they send you a letter with a <span class="caps">PIN</span> number as the verification step.</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised to find 52 of <span class="caps">WMCCM</span>’s profiled companies has already got entries. <br />
Join – Get Profiled here.<br />
<a href="http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=798">http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=798</a></p>
<p>Some of the entries leave few or zero clues about what the company did. Always put keywords into titles including with your company name to create an effective online brand.</p>
<p>When Google has nothing else to differentiate these local entries it places them in order of the distance from the centre of the location. So check out all possible locations and the competition. In Brierley Hill a presswork company can be found in searches for Walsall and even Wolverhampton but would have no chance under Birmingham.</p>
<p>Yahoo! Local uses the classified entries from the BT phonebook. Again think about the title used in these entries.</p>0