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ShoutDog – Local Business Reviews

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:04:27 +0000

ShoutDog Business Review Program Online Business Reviews Drive Results on Google Places For most internet marketers, whether consultants or do-it-yourself business owners or managers, the issue of customer reviews on Google, Yelp, CitySearch, Yahoo, YellowPages, or MerchantCircle is confined to the occasional flame (highly negative review) or the pleasant surprise of seeing a nice review. But those in the hotel or restaurant business have seen the future and the future is “he who has the most reviews wins.” Do a search for hotels near Orlando or Italian Restaurant San Diego. Fifty reviews might not get you into the critical Google Places seven pack. In fact 500 reviews might not turn the trick. What does that mean for the bakeries, orthodontists, and bike shops who haven’t a single review, but are happily seeing their name on the outside of the Map on page one. It is only a matter of time for most before the competition will realize the importance of reviews. One of my clients managed after a great deal of work to hit the top of an extremely competitive category in Los Angeles. Not just a zip code, but simply his business keyword Los Angeles. He lasted for a few weeks at number one until a competitor struck back with 6 reviews. Another competitor came in with three, dropping my client to number three on Google Places. He is now scrambling to add reviews, but the other guys are too. A year ago, it was rare to see a review of categories like bike shops or bakeries, but now …

What Keywords Should I Search For To Find Literature Reviews Related To This Research?

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:19:49 +0000

I have to conduct a research on how open/ accepting orphans are towards volunteers. I want to find out how readily orphans of different age groups ‘warm up’ to the volunteers, and have the rough hypothesis that younger orphans open up more easily to volunteers.
What term exactly should I use for this ‘acceptance’ that I want to measure?
What keywords should I search for to find literature reviews on this topic?
Social acceptance? Shyness? Openness? Formality?
Thank you.

Hitler Reviews: Bing Search Engine

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:48:25 +0000

The Bing Hitler's search engine. Created by hitlerrantsparodies/aceman9000 1 clip from Downfall (Der Untergang) The Hitler parody's Rants Group http://www. youtube. com / grou. . .

How DMOZ Reviews Your Submission

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:53:47 +0000

If you’ve ever submitted your website for inclusion in the DMOZ Directory, you know how frustrating of a process it can be. The review process for DMOZ is very long and you are lucky if your website is even looked at. Here is how the review and publishing process works, according to DMOZ itself.

A member of the public visits DMOZ, finds the appropriate category, and suggests a URL for inclusion in the directory.
Spam filters allow repeated, multiple, automatic, and malicious submissions to be removed immediately. DMOZ claims that “only suggestions made in clear defiance of the site suggestion instructions are removed at this point”, but the instructions are very specific so this could include a lot of submissions.
After a few days, the suggestion is added to the unreviewed submissions pool for the category.
The suggestion sits in the unreviewed pool until an editor with permissions in that category decides to review the website. According to DMOZ, this could take “a few minutes to a year or more”.
Once you are lucky enough to have someone actually look at your submission. The editor will then review the site and decide if it should be listed in the directory. If not, the submission is deleted at this point.
If the editor decides the website should be included, he or she will then consider if the current category is the best one for the submission. The editor may also determine that it is necessary to rewrite the description. If the editor thinks the website should be listed in another category, the submission will be moved.
If your submission is moved to another category, your hope should be that the same editor has permissions to list the site in that category. If not, the submission goes back into the unreviewed pool and the process starts over.

If you are actually one of the fortunate few that gets your submission approved, your website will be listed within a couple of days of being approved. The database that the search function works from is only updated once a week, so your site will not show up immediately if you search for it.

My experience with the DMOZ has been that it is extremely inefficient and does a bad job of choosing quality websites. I have found many sites that have excellent information, but are not included in the directory. Unfortunately, the directory still carries a lot of weight with the search engines, so it is worth a shot at submitting your site. It is free to do, just don’t get your hopes up for a quick inclusion.

Justin Scarborough is founder of the Internet Marketing Newsletter blog. Emarketing Newsletter addresses all kinds of internet marketing topics including search engine news, SEO, affiliate marketing, article marketing, and other general marketing tips. Justin also owns and maintains Online Profits Exposed, an Internet income review site.