OK I know I’ve been MIA for a while. I just got tremendously busy. But I’m going to try to make the Byte weekly again. Starting with a tip for anyone who has a web site.

Local searches are a big deal these days. They became a bigger deal with the changes in Google this summer – but regardless of search engine ranking – folks are starting to go more local to find folks online.

Get Listed http://getlisted.org is a great resource to see how the search engines see you and provides steps for improving your listing.

If you want to take it even a step further – once you claim your places online you should talk to some of your best customers about posting comment and reviews for you. That user-generated content will be huge for