For Immediate Release

Albany, N.Y. – April 27th, 2015 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that it ranked number one on the Top Workplaces 2015 report compiled…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALBANY, N.Y. – November 3rd, 2014 –Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) has been honored as one of the thirty “Best Places to Work” in New York State’s Capital region by the Albany Business Review. It is the fifth year in a row that Auto/Mate has received the distinction.

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At times I feel like a newspaper reporter on the Google "beat" just trying to stay up with the latest changes in Google search, Google Places, Google paid search, and their social strategy.  

 

This week I noticed that Google is exposing the details of the Google Places listing on a search that…

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Over the last year (plus) there have been numerous hypotheses shared regarding Google Places and the practice of customers entering reviews while still in the dealership or business. The crux of the discussion was whether or not Google was blocking reviews from a common IP address because of the possibility of gaming the system or as some have suggested, because a customer might feel “pressured” if asked to do this review while still at the business location.

Many opinions and…

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Google continues to amaze me with a tsunami of changes to search and new products this summer.  The team at Google is not taking any vacation time this year.



Google announced today Google Related, a free toolbar that is available for Google Chrome and…

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As I reported yesterday, Google has stopped including 3rd Party Review counts into their yellow stars.  There was some disagreement if this change was permanent, and today we see that it is.

 

The product manager for Google Local had this to say in an article posted on…

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Hey everyone!

Check out my Digital Dealer webinar being held April 14, 2011 at 11:30am EST!

 

 

You've heard of Foursquare but do you know how to use it? Did you know that Yelp! is more than restaurant locations and…

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Since Google has integrated Google Places into organic search it is clear that there is no greater search marketing priority for car dealers than to start an Internet Reputation Management (IRM) process. That IRM program cannot focus on one review site but must focus on multiple review websites.

I take the position that a local dealer needs to have at least 100 positive reviews and in more competitive markets, TWICE the number of…

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The recent changes at Google have everyone hustling to understand what it means and what they need to do to take advantage of it. This video, the 1st in a 7-part series, focuses on the easiest and highest-impact action that dealers can take today: editing and maximizing their Google Places Profile.



We will be post on dE daily until all of the tips and tricks are out there. Watch it and then take action… Continue

Google is giving car dealerships one more way to be found online! The new Places search category offers an easy way to search Place pages, which already existed but now are more visible. You can see a business location right on a map, read reviews, and see promotions right in search results.



After entering a search on Google, you'll see a "Places" option on the left side (along with Images, Videos, etc.). You can click this to search just for Place pages; anything from your…

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