Mobile
A Local Homage to Google Reader
With the official sunset of Google Reader yesterday, I thought I’d pay a simple homage with a few stories that have come across my screen in the last few months I’ve not yet had time to comment on. The Social Media Reality for SMBs Small businesses who’ve done more than dip their toes into the…
Read MoreThoughts About Google Glass – Is It a New Metaphor for Mobile Computing and Local Search?
Last week at the Local U in Philadelphia, we had the chance to touch, marvel at, play with, drool over Matt McGee’s Google Glass. While I was underwhelmed by the idea of the Glass being a hit consumer mass market product, I was overwhelmed by the impact such a mobile, always on, internet connected product…
Read MoreSmall Businesses Use Mobile Devices, But Don’t Optimize For Them
In writing about small businesses for about 7-8 years now, I’ve noticed one thing time and time again: Surveys about SMBs and technology (or marketing) often have conflicting data — sometimes in the same survey! That’s the case with the recent 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll, which indicated that a strong majority of small…
Read MoreFor Restaurant Owners, There May Be Nothing More Important Than Local Search
Not a week goes by that I don’t see one of my friends/contacts on Twitter complaining about the state of restaurant websites. Poor usability and hard-to-find information are usually the big problems — specifically, either the lack of a current menu or a menu that’s only available in PDF form. That’s a real problem because,…
Read More86% of Smartphone Owners Use Device for Local Search
You’ve probably suspected that local search is increasingly going mobile, and this stat from the recently released 2013 Local Search Study is more evidence. In just one year, local search on smartphones (as self-reported by smartphone owners) jumped from 61 percent to 86 percent — that’s a 41 percent increase in just one year. Those…
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