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 marketing. Our goal is to encourage everyone to make EFFECTIVE use of FoundLocally.com For those who want to look at…
We recently conducted a review of directories and their impact of your web marketing & SEO. We noticed that several metrics that Google includes in its ranking factors are the number of back-links or “citations”. We took a look at several SEO/citation companies and their listings of “top directories”, and organized them in a spreadsheet. Where they included ranks (position…
No, SEO and directory, and search engine submission is NOT DEAD! And neither is Canada's beloved (but anachronistic) paper phone directory. In our review of top directory sites out there, as recommended by several top SEO and "Citation building" companies, we have cataloged about 200 different directories, search engines, and social media tools, etcetera that accept listings from Canadian businesses.…
Our New Year's newsletter sent to regular businesses: Let’s look back at 2018 & What EVERY BUSINESS should do in 2019 While it may seem to some that we are competing with local web design, web marketing, and SEO firms, we are working to make EVERYONE in the industry more effective and efficient. We are sharing our lessons learned on our…
Let’s look back: BIG changes over 2018 on FoundLocally.com and what EVERY BUSINESS should be doing for SEO and web marketing success in 2019 Let’s LOOK BACK at 2018 FoundLocally.com did a major redesign for a more “responsive” design, which provides the same interface for desktop, tablet, and smartphone users. We moved all the menus to the top of the…
We have made a couple of small changes to the FoundLocally sites: We continue to speed up the site finding small ways to make it faster We have updated the LOCAL megamenu for each community, particularly the Recreation and Business sections. We have updated the way we handle movie listings. Since theatres (small theatres as well as the chains) now…
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Yes, we've updated all of the FoundLocally.com websites, a process which took over a month to programming, testing, debugging (it's MUCH trickier than anyone thinks, with all the "moving parts"), and optimization (page speed load times have been tripled over the past week, and we will keep tweaking!). By way of background, we have been responsive since 2015, and added…
Yes, we’ve updated our TransCanadaHighway.com travel information website, used by travellers in, around, and across Canada to plan their vacation, get updates on weather, traffic, and construction while on the road, as well as discover things to see and do, attractions, and find accommodation of all types on their way across Canada. As we explore various interfaces, and watch user interactions, on…
Yes, we've updated our MovingInCanada.com real estate and relocation website, used by home shoppers to decide where to move next, immigrants to decide where in Canada they prefer to live, and by realtors, movers, and relocation professionals across Canada to reach those audiences. As we explore various interfaces, and watch user interactions, on both our sites and client websites, we learn…
Ads in Canadian-owned newspapers and magazines are only 100 per cent deductible if the issue has more than 80 per cent original content. A Senate committee wants the government to revisit a tax rule that entices companies to advertise on foreign online platforms like Google and Facebook, spending that it says is “hobbling Canada’s already declining news industry.” The Standing…