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Small Businesses Use Mobile Devices, But Don’t Optimize For Them [Survey]

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…

Carrie HillMay 3, 2013

Local Search Mobile

86% 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…

Carrie HillMarch 29, 2013