Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Dec 6
2010

Local Splash Focuses on SEO Template for SMBs

SEO companies are a dime a dozen. How do you stand out? How about guaranteeing a front page rank on major search engines to SMBs? That’s what Relevant Ads’ Local Splash has done. The fast-growing SEO company co-founded in 2006 by former Local.com executive David Rodecker has built a template for SEO that it hopes …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mapping, Sales Channels

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Feb 16
2010

‘Yodle Organic’ Focuses on Boosting Search Rankings

Yodle, the third party SMB reseller, has now divided its business into “Yodle Sponsored” and “Yodle Organic.” The formation of the latter division, which has been live for a month with 150 clients, is a recognition that SMBs are increasingly relying on organic search as much as paid search – and they need help driving …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Sales Channels

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Jan 5
2010

New G5 Venture: SEO Meets Real Time Reservations

Real time reservations have moved beyond restaurants,hair parlors and parking garages and are now being offered for self storage units. G5 Search Marketing, which specializes in self storage, has teamed with Centershift and United Stor-All Management to launch websites that integrate G5’s SEO and click thru solutions with unit availability, pricing, promotions and payment. The …continue reading »

Categories: Verticals

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Jun 20
2008

MerchantCircle: 5,000 Paying Customers

MerchantCircle, which is partially owned by IAC, is apparently beginning to make some headway in selling search oriented services to small businesses. It reports that it has achieved a base of 5,000 paying customers, who buy services costing $30, $60, $100, and $250 a month. “Most of them are coming in at the lower end” …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Sales Channels, Video, Yellow Pages

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Mar 20
2008

Vertical Case Study: G5 Focuses on Self- Storage Companies

Do you really need to have raised millions of dollars to succeed in selling search solutions to small businesses? It is a question that I often ask myself. Dan Hobin’s G5 Search Marketing in Bend, Ore., is profitable without having raised outside money. Hobin’s secret is initially focusing the five-year old, 17-person company on a …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Mar 17
2008

WebVisible Lands $12 Million; Emphasizes Integrated SMB Solutions

The small business advertising arms race has gotten hotter in recent weeks, as companies eye a chance to add Google and Yahoo search solutions, and other services to small business marketing budgets once totally contained by Yellow Pages. First we had ReachLocal’s $305 million valuation based on a $55 million round of financing, sparking the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, Local Search, Money, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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