Dealership lead generation company announces national roll-out of classified service nationally; tool used only in NY market will serve dealers throughout US COMMACK, NEW YORK - Today, Cars Digital Inc., has announced the launch of its dealer ad posting technology and software for national use in all markets throughout the United States. Previously, the company had offered the service only within the Long Island NY market with its Long Island Used Cars service, which had … [Read more...]
Dealer Lead Generation Company, Cars Digital Inc., Marks Official Grand Opening
New addition part of larger trend of growth for ad agency, as it turns focus towards auto dealer marketing services, specially, car dealership lead generation. COMMACK, NY - Cars Digital Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of parent company, Long Island Media Inc., has announced it has officially opened its doors for business in its global headquarters in Commack, New York, this week. Cars Digital Inc. will be the third LIM branded company which operates out of the same … [Read more...]
Cars Digital Inc. Moves into Manhattan with ManhattanUsedCars.com
Digital ad agency announces acquisition and launch of regional shopping portals to cement digital footprint in surrounding Tri State area. NEW YORK - Today, Cars Digital Inc., has announced the acquisition, development and launch of ManhattanUsedCars.com, a localized vehicle shopping portal which will build a foundation for the company in its neighboring communities, Manhattan. The company owns and operates Long Island and NYC related automotive sites such as its … [Read more...]
Yellow Pages Goes Green ® Makes 2018 Business Directory List at Search Engine Bay
NEW YORK, NY – A project I have put considerable work and time into over the years has made yet another top list thanks to https://searchenginebay.com. Search Engine Bay is a blog for Digital Marketers and Entrepreneurs which covers advanced topics related to Digital Marketing such as SEO, SEM, Website Monetization and Blogging. The listing includes Yellow Pages Goes Green ® under “50 Online Local Business Directories” and is online here with its reference pasted below. 50 … [Read more...]
Yellow Pages Goes Green ® Makes Top Yellow Pages List at Small Biz Trends
NEW YORK, NY – A project I have put considerable work and time into over the years has made yet another top list thanks to https://smallbiztrends.com. Small Business Trends offers small business news, tips and advice exploring trends driving small business. The listing includes Yellow Pages Goes Green ® under "Yellow Pages Type Directories" and is online here with its reference pasted below. The article is titled "The Hidden Mystery Behind Business Guides: A Comprehensive … [Read more...]
Yellow Pages Goes Green ® (Yellow Pages Directory Inc.) Makes Additional Top 100 List
NEW YORK, NY - A project I have put considerable work and time into over the years has made yet another Top 100 list thanks to https://www.vendasta.com. Vendasta offers a platform for companies that sell to local businesses. Calling themselves, an agency-in-a-box solution, it includes a sales CRM, needs-analysis tools, marketing automation, app services, and white-label fulfillment. The listing, which is very detailed and fairly accurate despite it uses only publicly … [Read more...]
Long Island Media Inc., with New Subsidiary Cars Digital Inc., Announce Acquisition, Development of ConnecticutUsedCars.com
EDITORS NOTE: THIS IS A REPUBLICATION OF A NEWS RELEASE BY LONG ISLAND MEDIA INC. AND CARS DIGITAL INC. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TODAY, 11/10/2017. NEW YORK, NY - Today, Long Island Media Inc., with its new subsidiary Cars Digital Inc., has announced the acquisition, development and launch of ConnecticutUsedCars.com, a localized vehicle shopping portal which will build a foundation for the company in its neighboring state, Connecticut. The company owns and operates Long … [Read more...]
Search Engine Optimization (“SEO”) for “CEOs” – ln Layman’s Terms
NEW YORK, NY - About twelve years ago when “search engine optimization” was beginning to get popular, a competing news publisher invited me to lunch at his restaurant to brainstorm about collaborating. It never materialized, but while there and after getting to know each other for a little while, he then turned to me, changed his posture in his chair a bit, sort of gathered his thoughts, and asked me straight out, “sell me on search engine optimization”, “what is it” and “how … [Read more...]
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Domain Name Events in the United States
LONG ISLAND, NY - The following domain name events are coming up within the next few months and will all be held in the United States (Las Vegas Nevada, NYC New York and Orlando Florida - All fantastic destinations for just about anything you can think of). Whether you are looking to meet new business prospects to grow your revenue, get to meet (in-person) people you ordinarily deal with only online, or you're just looking to get away, domain name events are great places … [Read more...]
Websites and Domain Names to Become Insignificant within 20 Years or Less
LONG ISLAND, NY – Ten or twenty years ago, if you wanted to find information a search engine such as Yahoo would allow you to simply type-in what you were looking for, and countless websites would appear with information related to your search. Sometimes, ugly websites would appear that had keyword-stuffed their pages with the search string, but often you would be able to find what you were looking for within a few clicks around; and your answer was always on a website or web … [Read more...]
The Disappearing Act of the Web’s Best Web Directories; Where Are They Going?
NEW YORK, NY – Last week, news began to circulate the search optimization-spear that DMOZ.org, one of the oldest and most trusted web directories ever online, was discontinued forever (as of Mar 17, 2017). DMOZ was considered such an incredible resource, that Google itself mirrored it at directory.google.com, as did thousands of other sites across the net. However, Google discontinued the mirror on July 20, 2011, less than a year prior to announcing its “Google Penguin” … [Read more...]
Who Needs Domains and Websites Anyway? Google Say’s “You’re A Loser”
NEW YORK, NY - It started way-back years ago when business directory owners noticed that Google looked like it may be starting to get into the local directory game. These cool little listings with pointers on helpful maps started to show up on Google with phone numbers, addresses and links to websites. After a while webmasters started to say “Hey, this is diverting traffic away from my business directory… what’s going on here?” Further down the road, Google began to use … [Read more...]
SEARCHEN.COM : An Anonymous Search Engine for Firefox and Chrome Users
There is now an alternative private search engine available for users of Firefox and Chrome browsers that utilizes Google Custom search features for alternative results. The search engine also includes a directory type structure, similar to DMOZ and the old Yahoo Directory which brings in additional static listings as sponsored ads alongside search results. Additionally, users can click icons to compare or display results on standard Google, BING, Yahoo and Ask. The search … [Read more...]
More Than Great Start to Getting Handle on Google’s RankBrain Algorithm
The new Whiteboard Friday from Moz went over RankBrain, Google's new ‘algorithm’ to adjust, its ‘algorithm’. The concept discussed RankBrain being more designed to evaluate the actual query, while the normal algorithm we’re all used to is designed to evaluate the pages which are returned as results. This is why you can't just optimize your pages for keywords and key phrases like the good ole’ days; you need to first determine how "user intent" could effect a query, change … [Read more...]
Think You Don’t Need Those Google Sponsored Results? You’re Dead Wrong!
If you thought that sponsored search results on the top of seach engines were just for those who are hard to find or those wanting to increase brand value you are dead wrong. A research study conducted by Wordstream.com shows just how inacurate this thought process is. Some key take-away information is below. … [Read more...]
Top 15 National Yellow Pages Websites Worth Your Business; Listed by Traffic
The "Yellow Pages" are still very much alive and well, they’re just not big, heavy tree-killing, paper-wasting books anymore. In 1886 when the very first official Yellow Pages Directory was created, the name "Yellow Pages" was actually unintentional; it came into use when a printer ran-out of white paper and yellow paper was used instead. Fast forward 130 years later, the term Yellow Pages was and is still so successful, there seems to be a thousand different “Yellow Pages”. … [Read more...]
Why LIUsedCars.com Is “The Best” Used Car Automotive Advertising Program for Dealers
Why The Long Island Used Cars Automotive Advertising Program Is "The Best" Used Car Automotive Advertising Program; Better Than Anything Else Available; And Priced to not just Compete, But Beat. First our team sets up a dealers inventory import feed for their store (wherever it comes from, often DealerTrack, AutoFunds.com, CarsforSale.com, DealerCarSearch, DealerSocket, vAuto, etc... We work with all automotive DMS vendors). Once we pull the inventory for the first … [Read more...]
Yellow Pages Directory Inc., Acquires Both Yellow Pages & White Pages .Green Environmental Domain Names
Yellow Pages Directory Inc., (YellowPagesGoesGreen.org), a business directory website at the forefront of the environmentally-conscious “Green” movement, has acquired the set of premium domains YellowPages.green and WhitePages.green, made available through the efforts of the DotGreen Community. Offered by Ireland-based Afilias Global Registry Services, the DotGreen Community was founded in 2007 by Annalisa Roger. “Going green is important today to achieve a sustainable … [Read more...]
Interesting Info-graphic: What Does an Unhappy Customer Cost Your Business?
I very rarely do anything with info-graphics but I happen to come across one I really like. It's called "What Does an Unhappy Customer Cost You?" It starts off by simply reminding you that almost everyone with a handheld device is now a reporter with a lot of power in their hands. Very true. Reviews, whether bad or good, go a very long way these days and almost everyone has the ability to get themselves heard. It then goes on to show you just how many people make purchases … [Read more...]
50 Best Online Local Business Directories for Local Citations
Local citations are still very important for search engine optimization when it comes to validating your businesses existence and landing you in Google local listing packs on the top of search results. Citations are 'mentions' of your business name and address on other webpages including links to your business on those pages. An example of a citation might be an online yellow pages directory or better business bureau listing where your business is listed. Below are the 50 … [Read more...]
Rich Snippets: The Absence of Star Ratings & Reviews In Google Search
Most Internet news agencies originally praised Google's decision to replace its local search business rating system with Zagat ratings. After all, the acquisition of Zagat data was a major business decision by the search engine giant who paid a hefty price for those scores, $125 million as originally reported by the Wall Street Journal (more recently reported by AP to be $151 million). However, it seems that business owners and local webmasters who run sites previously … [Read more...]
Business Listings Get New Name: “Places” Becomes “Google Plus Local”
Google local search results are becoming more important every day. As Google expands its local maps listings businesses continue to try determining why some sites out-rank or appear above them, particularity, in the local maps based results on Google’s first page. Recently, David Mihm, a search marketer who specializes in local SEO, released a study performed by 40 local search marketers from around the world (all of whom are listed on the survey results page). The study … [Read more...]
