Are You Buying Fake Reviews for Google Places from a Black Hat Reputation Management Company? Unless you just landed on earth, you have probably heard of reputation management and the importance of monitoring what people are saying online about your business. Last July (2011) when Google made their customer reviews the only listed reviews on the highly visible "Google Places" results it became more important then ever to encourage people to leave positive reviews on their Google accounts about their experience at your dealership. As a Local SEO specialist, I spend a lot of time monitoring reviews on Google Places and today while doing a little searching before the Giants - Packers game, I began to unravel a rather ugly situation. My Research Shows Some Car Dealers will go to extreme and risky lengths to get higher Google rankings! Now, it is no secret that with the rise of importance in getting positive reviews and the handling of negative ones, a cottage industry...

Watch the new Google video "The Evolution of Search" and ask yourself how are you preparing your online marketing for 2012. As 2011 winds down anyone responsible for SEO is probably glad to see it go. Major algorithm changes at Google has forced SEO specialists to rethink some of the techniques we have been using for years. 2011 was one of the biggest years of change for Google search, from the Farmer update, then the Panda update, the recent Freshness update, and the constant tweaks to Google Places and Adwords has kept Internet Marketers on their toes all year. Google Releases 6 minute video called The Evolution of Search As 2011 comes to a close, Google has released a good video where in just 6 minutes they cover the evolution of search, basically explaining the evolution of Google's core search product from its revolutionary PageRank algorithm to its latest movements towards real-time, local SEO, and social results. It is an interesting timeline of the major changes to Google search. Is Your Car Dealership Ready for Local SEO in 2012? The video recently released by Google called "The Evolution of Search" gives an overview of how far search has co...