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Canadian SEO for non-Canadian SEO Firms
We get inquires from Web marketers who are not from Canada, but working with and on behalf of their Canadian clients (as much as we –on principle—prefer businesses support other local businesses), we wish everybody all the best with their…
Andrew Coyne: A bailout won’t save media, but just make it easier to avoid problems
Today was a great opinion piece by Andrew Coyne in the Calgary Herald (and we're sure in other papers in the PostMedia chain) on June 20-2017: Andrew Coyne: A bailout won’t save media, but just make it easier to avoid problems …
We have Updated Our Industry Tip Sheets
We have updated all of our Industry Tip Sheets for businesses and their webmarketers & SEO professionals. How to get the most BANG on FoundLocally, using our free directory listings. Over 30 tip sheets in all!! http://marketing.foundlocally.com/industry-tip-sheets/
Toll-Free 1-800 Numbers in Listings
Because we work to promote local businesses, all businesses must have a local phone number using a local area code. We permit toll-free numbers (1-800, and also variants like 1-888, 1-877, 1-866…) as a SECONDARY number, but the inherent presumption…
TransCanadaHighway.com offers content in 114 languages
Our sites, using the Google Translate tool are now translated into 114 different languages. Back in 2012, we fearlessly announced "FoundLocally says Bilingualism is dead in Canada" when we switched from being only in English, and bypassed being bilingual and…
History of the Trans-Canada Highway Published
May 29, 2017 Calgary. TransCanada FoundLocally Inc has published the history of the Trans-Canada Highway, as part of the extensive content of its popular travel-planning site, TransCanadaHighway.com [http://TransCanadaHighway.com]. This was done to help people plan and enjoy their cross-Canada road…
SEO Focus: Real Estate
There are three businesses we’re focusing on in this post: Realtors Home & Condo builders The support professionals Just so everybody knows, your listings on FoundLocally.com are automatically included in our MovingInCanada.com real estate & relocation focused website. You get…
What American cities are eligible for a FoundLocally listing?
First of All, let's be CLEAR: FoundLocally.com exists to help Canadian consumers and businesses find LOCAL suppliers for goods & services. Secondly, we are NOT funded by any government departments, agencies, municipalities, or tourism agencies, so we are not beholden to…
Using FoundLocally for SEO Best Practices
i s your site following S.E.O. Best Practices? SEO and web marketing is best done organically, unless your business LIKES SPENDING money it shouldn’t have to. Our last newsletter/post was SEO checklist after doing a web site redesign and now…
MovingInCanada enhanced for Americans (Moving to Canada)
To help the many Americans, who following the election of Donald Trump, are considering moving to Canada, we have added some features to our MovingInCanada.com website. Each of our provincial and community pages now have a "WHY Move to....?" summary…
Enhanced Masonry Layout (Pinterest-style) more fun, more features, more visibility!
We have expanded our masonry layout (Pinterest-style interface) to a broad range of site sections, reached using the Table of Contents on each page (at the bottom) We have added a lot of visual links to a wide range of…
SEO checklist after doing a web site redesign
Many websites are being redesigned constantly, and some only once every few years…either way, the work is NOT COMPLETE until you ensure that the new website has been properly marketed. What good is a new website, or new branding, or…
Upload Images or Logos: Look Better in Search Results
[originally posted Sept 2014, updated Oct 2016] We recommend you do a SEARCH, using the Search box at upper-left, and searching by popular keywords that apply to your and your business (like “realtor” or “hotel” or “sushi”) Review how your listing…
We are boosting Beverage Tourism
We are working now on Beverage Tourism: we are adding all Wineries, Brew Pubs and Craft Breweries into our directory. ACROSS CANADA (shown above, Black Hills Winery, Oliver BC). While some are already featured in our editorial pages, our directory…
Ottawa cuts newspaper ad spending, but real focus is on leveling the tax laws
The CBC Newsworld headline is "Ottawa cuts newspaper ad spending amid worries about sector" but the real news is that Ottawa's contract asks the Public Policy Forum to "identify potential options that address challenges in the emerging news media landscape"…
Enhanced City Pages on MovingInCanada.com and TransCanadaHighway.com
We have recently made the pages for each of the 30 major communities more interactive, and incorporated "featured business" listings to the major city pages. On TransCanadaHighway.com, we added features for accommodations (hotels, motels, campgrounds, and long-term accommodation), and travel…
New Facebook Pages layout
Facebook is an important Social Media website... it is particularly important for those that target consumer-- rather than business-- clients. For all businesses, Facebook is important, because it is one the top four search platforms (Google, YouTube, and Bing are the…
A solution for MPs’ “local news crisis, and media concentration” investigation
It's time for the government to update Section 19 of the Tax Act. Section 19 of the Income Tax Act impacts Deduction for Advertising in Periodicals and Broadcasters, and limits tax deductibility for advertising expenditures when not using Canadian publishers…
We are now TransCanada FoundLocally Inc
The FoundLocally.com, TransCanadaHighway.com, and MovingInCanada.com websites are now part of TransCanada FoundLocally Inc. The company's inception 17 years ago (in 1999) used the ".com Media" in the company name to draw attention to the fact that we were in the web/internet business,…
Media Mentions
Of course, it would be a shame if we're doing a good job and nobody found out. Here are a couple of times we've been mentioned in the media: Calgary Herald: CAPITAL IDEAS: How does corporate culture guide your hiring…
Doing an SEO Check-Up on your Website
You’ve invested in your website, and you’re doing some serious web marketing (you’re on FoundLocally, right?) But are you maximizing your results? There are two approaches to web marketing & design for web marketing: If you do good design and…
