Well, there might be a belief that specifying meta Geo tags could help local search optimization. But, the fact is that meta Geo tags are not at all a factor for local search optimization. So, the answer to the question if Google search results are influenced by meta Geo tags or if meta Geo tags have a role in local search optimization, is NO!

Google neither look closely into the meta Geo tags nor gives much weight to it for local search engine listings.

For local search listings, what Google tend to look at is, IP address, gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain), ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain e.g. ca, fr, au, uk etc.). There’s a feature in Google’s Webmaster Tools where you can tell if your site pertains to a specific country even though it’s a dot com. (more…)

Now you can have your Google Base content into your AdWords Campaigns. In your Google Base account, you can now specify your Adwords account information. By doing this, your Google Base product information would appear in your Adwords Ads. (more…)

At Google, Search is at the heart of everything! Google engineers are working every day to solve the hardest search problems, and thus improving your online experience. Here’s is a glimpse at Google’s new search development for discovering and exploring the web. (more…)

After learning that President Obama and the First Lady were making community service a top priority even before taking office, Google thought they could help make a difference. Many organizations are now doing great work to enable community service locally, but its really complex to search across opportunities from a variety of places and find what’s right for you. (more…)

Lately, there has been a lot of talks about the launch of Microsoft’s Bing and if Google is scared with this latest development of Microsoft. Now Google is fighting back and launched “Explore Google Search” as its first shot towards Bing. (more…)

Google’s web search dominance is being threatened by Microsoft’s latest development Bing. Lately, New York Post reported that “FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE” and Google co-founder Sergey Brin is so upset with the launch of Microsoft’s Bing search engine, that he has his top engineers start working on “urgent upgrades” to Google’s service. Brin himself is leading a team of search engine specialists to determine how the search algorithms of Bing differs from one he founded in 1998 with Stanford University classmate Larry Page. (more…)