Author Archives: John Stanard

Setting Up Google Places for your Business

First of all, what is Google Places? It’s a free service developed by Google that allows business owners to edit the content of their existing local listing, or to add a brand new listing to Google’s local database. (more) It … Continue reading

Linking Google Analytics To Webmaster Tools

If you have been using Google Analytics to track your Web site data you can now link your verified Webmaster Tools site to your Analytics profile page if they use the same Google account. This will not only create an … Continue reading

What is Foursquare and Can it Help Business on the Web?

Foursquare is a social networking service that is based on user location. After registering to create an account users may download an application to their mobile device. Using that application users can connect to other users by sharing their location to … Continue reading

Finding Old Versions of Web Sites

In 1996 the Internet Archive was founded to help build an Internet library. The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to build a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The Archive … Continue reading

The Magic of Being at the Top of the Google Results Page

Everyone knows that the top spot in Google’s search engine results is where you want to be. But how do the other spots compare? Is it really that big a deal to be #1 in the results instead of #2 … Continue reading