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If you've been having issues verifying your business on Google+ Local then you're in for a treat! Google has implemented a help desk to support people like you. The Help Desk currently serves English speakers in the United States. So far, there hasn't been much press about this line of customer support. So, we are unsure if or when there are plans to serve the rest of the Google-using world. In the meantime, we can celebrate the fact that Google+ Local is providing real-time, over-the-phone support!

To access the help form, visit Google Places Help Forum and select

It's not conjecture, it's FACT! that Pinging is an explicit call to Bing and Google to fetch new content. If you have been following our coverage of the "Freshness Update" with Google, then you know how much emphasis we put on this in 2012. The more you are able to generate pings and encourage repeat visits, the more and deeper you can generate crawls of your site content, and the more value that content is given algorithmically (if it's high-quality mind you).

That's why we have been so big on pushing blogs as the main content generation vehicle for sites over the last couple of years. Regular Web p...

As of December 17th, 2012, Facebook officially entered the Local Search industry as a contender with Foursquare and Yelp. On their iOS and Android mobile applications, Facebook released Nearby, which allows you to search for businesses based on location, friends’ recommendations, likes and yes - even check-ins. Consumers also have the ability to connect directly with businesses, whether it is by calling, getting directions, ‘liking,’ or ‘checking in.’

Foursquare responded to this change by

Within the monthly issue of SEN we publish what we call our SE Bytes. These are questions to some of the MANY questions we get asked within our FastTrack service within a month. /we upgrade some of these questions to allow all of our members to learn from the questions. I've gone ahead and wrote a post about one of our recent SE Bytes that really got people talking...

"We've been contacted by purported social media experts to help grow our influence on multiple occasions. However, more than once, the results were terrible and we found out through closer study that all we received were paid Facebook likes or Twitter followers and very little in the way of actual social media assistance. Are there s...

I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of email marketing and according to some recent statistics, I'm not alone. Email marketing not only continues to be an effective way to deliver content to your audience (and drive sales and conversions, too) as email becomes more easily accessed on mobile devices, this marketing medium is expected to increase in use and efficacy in the coming year.

If you've spent time developing an email marketing strategy, you've likely created a some-what formulaic approach to this particular type of content. As you plan and refine your messagi...

Microsoft released pricing for the new Surface with Windows 8 Pro, with two options available either 64GB at $899 or 128GB at $999. It's similar to the Surface with Windows RT in that it's got a similar look, same sized screen, with a kickstand.

Both the Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro versions come with a Surface pen (Type or Touch covers are sold separately). However, the Windows 8 Pro is beefier. It weighs a ...

All I can say is holy cr@p are you kidding?! What else will people think of...and why does a toddler get this latest gadget designed when Daddy doesn't even have one yet ;-)

This photo originally from Gizmodo shows what can only be described as a toddler's potty chair with a harness integrated into it that is designed to hold an iPad. Now, I tease all the time about letting your 7yr old show you how the iPad works but this is something else.

This image above is a GREAT example of how you can take an image and story that targets a HUGE number of people and create a blog post aroun...