Facebook’s new app lets people find nearby things to do and places to go. The post Facebook Local is the social network’s stab at Yelp, Foursquare appeared first on Search Engine Land
Facebook has been building a range of commerce tools and capabilities, many of which are directed at local and offline transactions. The post Facebook officially rolls out food ordering as part of longer-term commerce evolution appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article
Columnist Wesley Young looks at recent improvements Facebook has made — and functionality being tested — that may position the social media giant to compete with Google in the area of local search.
Unannounced desktop only feature gives people the ability to find the highest rated businesses in a given area. The post Is “Facebook Professional Services” Facebook’s Stealth Project To Beat Yelp? appeared first on Search Engine Land
Facebook continues to take baby steps toward offering a local search product. Yesterday the company announced Hello, a new dialer/caller ID app that also offers local business search: You can also search for people and businesses on Facebook and call them with just one tap.
Facebook just launched its successor to Graph Search: Facebook Search. Facebook Search is the evolution of Graph Search and benefits from lots of user feedback since the launch of Graph Search in early 2013. It’s available in US English for the PC and mobile app for the time being
Facebook has launched a new Places Directory, which is really an emerging local search site. Right now, it’s more accurately like “guided browsing.” It was first brought to our attention by Matteo Gamba.
As local marketers, most of us know how to set up a Google Places for Business account or create a Facebook Page. But, these are not the only accounts you should be creating in order to get the full benefit of your local SEO campaign. Below are five trusted accounts every local SEO should have…
We’ve all been wondering about Facebook’s capabilities; can it really collect as much data as Google? Is that data really MORE valuable than Google, since users on Facebook are browsing upon free will into interests and brands, rather than being subjected to sifting through SERPS for what they want? Enter the Facebook Microchip- in the making for the past year and about to be reveled at the next f8 conference.
Whenever I talk about Facebook at a conference, I am amazed at how many people come up afterwards and are still confused with the differences between profiles, pages, groups and the other types of entities on Facebook.