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Screen Captures of Google Places Tags

Google has added a “tagging” system to its Google Places system. These tags let a business highlight aspects of your listing, so that they stand out from the others. This advertising program is available in Austin, Atlanta, Houston, San Jose, and Washington for a flat fee of $25/month.

Being in Austin, Texas, an offer for this advertising program popped up in ionadas local’s Google Maps management system this morning.

“Learn More” takes you to Google Help pages. If you…

Free Workshop: Online Reputation Management

Learn how to manage your company’s reputation with search engines, social media networks, blogs and other online media.

Details:
Tuesday, April 27th at 11am, Dave & Busters, Austin, Texas

This workshop will help you to:

• Monitor the internet for conversations impacting your business.
• Know when and how to engage in conversations online.
• Push problem search results down the page so that they receive less traffic.
• Avoid the potential pitfalls in online reputation management.

The workshop is free, but…

ionadas local at PubCon South

Note: We also have a coupon for PubCon 2010 Las Vegas.

ionadas local will be attending and speaking at PubCon South 2010 in Dallas the second week of April. CEO Brian Combs will be speaking on the “Personalize Search – Universal Search – Life Goes On” panel with Michael Gray and Dr. Amanda Watlington.

Brian’s panel is at 1:30pm on Wednesday, April 14th, and he will be discussing developments within Google Maps and other local search engines…

Google Local Adds Service Areas

If you logged into your Google Local account the last day or two, you may have noticed something new.

You can choose whether or not your listing has a physical address associated with it. According to Google Maps Help:

Service Area Listings With An Address
Listings with a designated service area and a physical address appear the same in Google Maps search results as results without a service area. Once a you click on the listing title,

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Free Workshop: How to have a Professional Web Presence without Spending a Fortune

Having a quality website need not break your marketing budget. Learn what you should know as a business owner when creating a new website.

Details:
Monday, March 8th at 11am, Dave & Busters, Austin, Texas

This workshop will help you to:

• Determine your website’s goals and metrics of success
• Create a detailed list of steps to take to build your new website
• Know what you can do and what you should outsource

Specific examples will be shown…