Category Archives: Local Search

Discussions about local search engines like Google Maps and Yahoo Local; Internet Yellow Pages; and Social Networking services as they relate to local search.

Your Insurance Agency’s “Community” Reputation

16th
Jan. × ’09

Tweet I have long encouraged agents to take control of their online reputation. Monitoring feedback left by others at various online rating and search services is a must. Encouraging positive feedback is even better. I recently concluded a purchase on eBay (where buyers and sellers are sometimes referred to as the ‘EBay community) and received [...]

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Add Local Search to Your SEO Arsenal

25th
Jun. × ’08

Tweet Update, March, 2012:  When Confluency Solutions started tracking local search visibility within the independent insurance agency universe over two years ago, more than 80% had not claimed their Google Place page, let alone other local search engine listings.  Today, that number has dropped to about 65% – a big improvement but there are still [...]

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