An ongoing case in the Virginia Supreme Court proves that managing your online reputation is more important than ever. The business Hadeed Carpet Cleaning received seven negative anonymous appraisals through online reviewing platform Yelp. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning’s owner, Joe Hadeed, is suing those reviewers, because he believes these reviews are in fact not from his […]

No one wants to see negative online reviews of their business online. As we previously discussed on this blog, negative online reviews can seriously affect how likely customers are to use your business, and how much they want or expect to pay for your services. While negative online reviews can be detrimental to your business, […]

On May 13th, 2014, the highest court in the European Union decided that google and other search engines operating with EU country domains must allow requests from individual citizens who want information about them removed from google search results. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit brought by a Spanish man who continued to receive solicitation […]

If your company is located in Fairfax, VA, and your online presence is feeling a little lackluster, then you may be tempted to punch a search into Google, like “Fairfax VA SEO Company.” And that will definitely give you results! But how do you really know if that Fairfax SEO company is right for you […]

Does your automotive dealership or garage have a strategy for online automotive reputation management? Let me lay it out for you: According to a 2012 Local Consumer Review Study, 72% of consumers trust online reviews as if they were personal recommendations. That means that the reviews about your auto dealership or garage are not just […]

According to PIX 11, a hotel in New York’s Hudson River Valley posted a new guest policy on it’s website that claimed to implement a $500 fine for negative reviews left online. “If you have booked the Inn for a wedding or other type of event anywhere in the region and given us a deposit […]

Most businesses think about SEO as a way to improve their Google rankings, increase traffic on their website, and get new customers online. However, many campaigns don’t spend enough time making sure you’re attracting the right organic traffic. If you’re a French restaurant, you don’t want to be funneling people onto your website who are […]

According to Search Engine Land, 79% of your clients and patients are going to trust an online review as much as a personal recommendation. Let me repeat, 79% of your consumers trust the reviews posted online about your business. Need I explain the importance of having an all-encompassing selection of online reputation management tools in […]

When you’re looking for the best SEO service, you’re nominally looking for a service that will get you to the top of google’s rankings. However the algorithm that google uses to update its local search results continues to undergo a major overhaul. The update, which some are referring to as the “Pigeon” update, will change […]

Internet marketing in the DC area has become an area where businesses tend to tread lightly instead of heavily investing. Many small business owners have a hard time coming to the conclusion that Internet marketing is something they need to start now and not once they’ve become an “established” business. The truth is, the best […]