
While I know complaints about Google Places complete lack of support to cut through its mess of duplicate listings, spam, misinformation etc falls on deaf ears at the Googleplex, it doesn’t mean that there is NO way to get in touch with someone about this critical component of local search.

(The following post was written by Jen Lopez of SEOmoz, the Marketing Pilgrim SEO Channel sponsor. If there was ever a discipline that was community oriented it’s SEO. Here’s how one of the top players in the industry handles it.)

Facebook is now 7 years old! In only seven years, Facebook has grown at a tremendously fast pace and now almost has 600 million users. All of those users are individuals who just may be interested in your brand and who may want to build a relationship with your brand. Within this time, Facebook Page management has grown from being focused solely on fan acquisition to now shifting towards Page management and engagement. However, for still too many Facebook Pages, management and engagement is still not

I have said it before, but will say it again… one of the reasons I love my Essential Tools series so much is that it gives me a chance to reconnect with and learn more about my favorite Internet Pros. This week is no exception! ProBlogger Community Manager Lara Kulpa and I have been “running in the same circles” since our b5media days, but I had never really had a conversation with her – until today – and it was like we had known each other forever. We are both total geek girls with way too many similarities to mention.