Mark Ruthenberg selected as a judge for the International Advertising Competition
TransCanada FoundLocally's president, Mark Ruthenberg, has been a judge of the Internet Advertising Competition annually since 2007. Enter your website, ad campaign, or project... see how you stack up against the world-wide competition!
We’ve Updated Trans-Canada Highway.com
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…
National Post: Senate urges Liberals to reconsider tax deductions for ads on Google, Facebook
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…
We’ve updated our Marketing website
We've been working hard in the webspace since 1999 (and Mark Ruthenberg our founder, since 1995), and realize we can ALWAYS get better! The new site tells a better story and About Us, and better showcases our 20 years of…
Simple Tax Fix Could Help Rescue Canada’s Ailing Newspaper Industry, Says Union Head
90 percent of the $5.6 billion spent by Canadian companies on digital ads went to foreign web platforms By Jared Gnam, Special to The Epoch Times "This means Canadian companies are buying their ads on Google and Facebook, with their huge…
Simplified Interface, made site faster
We made a couple of changes that speed up the site, and make our dual purpose more obvious: Search for local info & businesses Add your business, to post your news, sales, events, and jobs We put those two features…
Unfriending Facebook? Na!
Unfriending Facebook? Na! Facebook’s problem is not just a privacy breach, but the fact that your “friends” can unknowlingly or unwittingly release YOUR private data, typically with some kind of Facebook quiz (those fake airline/hotel “coupons”—which are NOT published by…
Mark Ruthenberg presenting at CCTC Calgary Teachers Convention
Virtual Travel across Canada This an introduction to using virtual travel, using a variety of online resources to teach Canadian geography, and build student familiarity with their own community and other communities and regions across Canada, and take a virtual…
Is your web marketing up to snuff? Three Steps to Success!!
You may have a new website, you may have one many years old. Either way, you may not be achieving the results you are looking for. Old marketing methods (television, radio, newspaper, and Yellow Pages advertising) no longer get the…
Beware of offshore web marketer & SEO firms
The BIGGEST MISTAKE a business can make is outsourcing their website marketing to someone without local expertise. We see SEO/web marketing companies offshoring, or their contractors are sub-contracting offshore to sweatshops GOD KNOWS WHERE. ASK, to be sure. Write it…
Does your web marketing or SEO company know “local”?
Using an offshore or even a non-local web marketer can have a significant and long-term negative impact on your web marketing, your search engine ranking, and your business success! When you ask your web designer or ad agency to help with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Responsive Design: WordPress or NOT?
“Responsive Design” is a popular topic in the web design field these days, and a big business builder for designers and programmers. But what does it MEAN FOR YOU? Responsive Design lets a single version of a website adapt to…
Mobile-Geddon: Is it really?
Google announced (months ago) that it will adjust its search results to favour those sites with mobile-ready web content.They say changes will affect search results after April 21. This is causing some consternation with many businesses. Why? They are afraid…