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Get your business advertised for free on Google!

Erwin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:23:51 +0000

When searching for a local business in Google you’ve probably seen Google listing one of their maps with pushpins indicating the locations of the business listed (just do a search for ‘builders’ with your city name and you’ll see what I mean).

Just by adding your business details (you even can go as crazy as you like with creating coupons and displaying photos and videos ) to Google places gives you a way to advertise on Google for free. This will help your business/website show up in local searches and can help you get more traffic, leads and customers.

How to Get Your Free Advertising on Google

go to Google places
if you have a Gmail account you can log in with it. If you don’t, just hit the ’sign up’ link – don’t worry it’s free.
follow the steps provided by Google. They are pretty simple and straightforward. As part of the process you will need to verify your business either by phone or mail. The fastest is verification by phone. It only takes a minute for Google to call. Just an automated message with a PIN number. Which you need to enter somewhere along the way. And that’s it!
check back in a few weeks with Google and verify your listing.
if you want to update it, just login again in ‘Google Places’ and update your listing.

Why Twitter is important for businesses? I’ll tell you why.

Erwin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:24:33 +0000

Both search engines Google and Bing announced big news last week that they are going to start indexing Tweets (the so called updates/messages from the Twitter website) in search results. If you didn’t think Twitter was important before, it definitely is now.

It is another way to get more exposure in the search engines. Though not sure yet how Google and Bing are going to do this, it’s definitely going to happen.

Check out this video for all of the Twitter basics.

And don’t forget to check out (and follow) Good Websites on Twitter!

Essential online NZ directories to submit your website to

Erwin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:40 +0000

Submitting your website to online directories is a good way to get more traffic to your website (but don’t expect too much). Another reason (and maybe a better one) is to get the much needed links (link juice) to your website.

Despite the fact that not all directories in this list pass the so called ‘link juice’ to your website they are still worth submitting your website to.

Just follow these links…

Finda

Google PageRank 7, you need to register to submit your site, up to 10 images with your listing (600×380px). Free & Paid listings. Unfortunately the link for free listings is nofollow but Finda is a Google Content Provider so definitely worth submitting your website to.

submit your website to Finda

New Zealand Search

Google PageRank 6. Registering needed. Free & Paid listings. Links are via redirect so may not pass any link juice to your website.

submit your website to New Zealand Search

NZ Pages

Google PageRank 5. No registering needed. Greatest feature of this directory is that the ‘link anchor text’ is customizable so your link can be fully search engine optimized!

submit your website to NZ Pages (top left ’submit a site’ link)

Made From New Zealand

Google PageRank 5. More than just a directory. You need to register to add your company/website to the list. Links are follow so ‘let the link juice flow…’.

submit your website to Made From New Zealand

SearchNZ & NZSearch

NZSearch (directory) Google PageRank 5. SearchNZ (search engine) Google PageRank 7. One submit form for both sites. Links are via a redirect so may not pass link juice. But even the category pages have PageRank so definitely worth to submit.

submit your website to nzsearch

Hot Frog

Google PageRank 5. Need to register to submit your website. Links are follow (so pass link juice).

submit your website to Hot Frog

Xpress Search

Google PageRank n/a. Need to register. Links are via a redirect so may not pass any link juice.

submit your website to Xpress search