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Australian Sports Entertainment Blog: Local SEO
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The Complete Guide to Local SEO and How it Can Help Your Business Grow
Local SEO is also called Local Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.
Introduction: What is Local SEO?
Local SEO is a type of search engine optimization that focuses on getting a website to rank higher in the search results for searches related to geographic areas.
Local SEO is also called Local Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. It is a type of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that focuses on getting a website to rank higher in the search results for searches related to geographic areas.
Local SEO services typically target specific cities, towns, and neighborhoods where they live or work. Local SEO Expert helps businesses rank high in Google Maps and Google Business listings.
How to Perform a Mobile Ranking Check and Best Practices for Local SEO
Mobile devices have surpassed desktop in usage, and this trend will only continue.
Local SEO is a key part of any successful marketing strategy. It’s important to know how to perform a mobile ranking check and best practices for local SEO.
To start, you need to find out what the major search engines are looking for by visiting the following sites: Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide, Bing’s Local SEO Guide, and Yahoo’s Small Business Site Setup Guide.
A good place to start with your mobile ranking check is by downloading Google’s Mobile-Friendly Tool. This tool will tell you if your site is mobile-friendly or not. You can also use it to see how your site compares against other sites in terms of loading speed or if it has any errors.
3 Steps to Boosting Your Local Business with Search Marketing
Optimize your website
Optimize your content
Optimize your social media
Local businesses are at a disadvantage when it comes to online marketing because they don’t have the resources that larger companies do.
However, there are a few things you can do to boost your local business with search marketing: optimize your website, optimize your content, and optimize your social media.
Importance of Local SEO for businesses
Local SEO has been trending for the past few years and it is not going anywhere. It is a great way for businesses to stay relevant in their local communities.
Local SEO is a powerful tool that can help your business rank higher on search engines and attract more customers to your site. Local SEO helps you rank higher on search engines, increase your visibility and get more customers through the door.
Conclusion and Recap
As more and more consumers switch to search engines as their primary source for finding local businesses, it’s important for businesses to have a strong presence in the search rankings.
Local SEO is an important part of building a strong presence in the search rankings because it promotes a business to the first page of results on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.
Local SEO has been trending for the past few years and it is not going anywhere. It is a great way for businesses to stay relevant in their local communities.
Local SEO is a powerful tool that can help your business rank higher on search engines and attract more customers to your site. Local SEO helps you rank higher on search engines, increase your visibility and get more customers through the door.
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Australian Sports Entertainment Blog: Gaming Flashback
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Gaming Culture
Crown
Flashback To June 2011
Australian gambling news continues to be all the rage with the Tabcorp - Echo Entertainment deal dominating headlines, now with word that Crown Limited's James Packer is pretty bloody interested in a slice of the action. Yep, word is that Packer smells blood and quite an opportunity, but previously has downplayed his interest. Media Man and Gambling911 go shark and whale hunting in this titanic edition of Australian gambling news...
Crown's James Packer Smells Blood At Echo Entertainment - Tabcorp Connection...
Australian casino and media whale James Packer will possibly launch a takeover bid for Echo Entertainment. This has caused the casino operator's shares to spike on Tuesday, its first day as an independently listed company.
Shares in Echo Entertainment, which was last week born from gaming firm Tabcorp, jumped as high as $4.52 after reports that JP had snatched up 4.9% of his competitor Tabcorp.
The curious chess move would give Packer a matching stake in Echo, which owns Sydney's famous and rather controversial Star City casino.
Echo shares dropped back in late trading on Wednesday to finish at $4.36, giving the new kid on the block a market capitalisation of a cool $3 billion.
Tabcorp shares fell 57% to $3.35 Wednesday, a flow on effect from the removal of the company's casino assets. We told you there's money in casino products and services Casino Jack.
Now we learn that in a note to clients last Friday, Merrill Lynch analyst Nathan Gee named Packer's Crown group as the most likely company to mount a takeover bid for Echo, but advised there was unlikely to be any action until next year.
Gee estimated a Crown takeover would unlock $600 million worth of value in the combined group, comprised of cost savings and high-rolling VIP aka "whale" revenue.
But he said any move would be unlikely before Echo rolls out its $960 million Star City redevelopment, due to be finished by the end of the year or early next year.
Holding off on a takeover bid would enable Crown to see whether the extra investment in Star City had paid off and avoid distracting casino management, he said.
"The Star relaunch in late 2011 will be a critical time for Echo management, so we think it makes sense for bidders to allow management to concentrate its efforts on maximising the impact of the relaunch, rather than being distracted by corporate activity," he said.
Packer does not appear among Echo's top 20 shareholders, filed by the company with the stock exchange yesterday.
The top three shareholders are nominee companies, holding shares on behalf of unidentified investors.
NAB subsidiary National Nominees has emerged as Echo's No.1 shareholder with 17.9% of the company.
The bank's stake in Tabcorp has been hovering around the substantial shareholder threshold of 5 per cent for months.
Since January, it has filed 31 substantial shareholder notices with the ASX as its stake rose and fell above and below 5%.
Companies controlled by HSBC and JPMorgan are Echo's second and third-largest shareholders.
James Packer: Online Catch Of The Day Update...
Fresh from closing one of the biggest e-commerce deals in Australian history, the Melbourne brothers behind a daily deals website say they will use the backing of James Packer and other investors to launch two new sites. Just don't mention the impending lawsuit, which could see the Australian company and its new investors embroiled in a grisly court case with the US giant of the daily deals industry, Groupon. Gabby and Hezi Leibovich today confirmed they had sold a 40 per cent stake of their online retail business Catch Of The Day to a consortium of leading Australian businessmen - including Packer of Consolidated Press Holdings, Andrew Bassat of Seek and Glenn Poswell of Gannet Capital - and New York-based investment manger Tiger Global Management. The deal nets the brothers $80 million, which they say they will use to launch two new sites: one in the grocery space and one in the apparel fashion space. The business already operates two sites: Scoopon.com.au, which lists a daily deal which a certain number of users must commit to before it goes live, and Catchoftheday.com.au, which lists items for purchase at low prices. Gabby Leibovich told the press that a chunk of the $80 million received in the much-anticipated deal was in "big suitcases at my grandmother's house". Packer said he was "excited" to align with the "market leader in the online daily deals sector in Australia". However, Leibovich was less willing to comment on impending court cases brought by Groupon, the American giant that has launched legal action against the brothers. The legal action - launched both here and in the US - seeks to enable Groupon to get the Groupon.com.au domain name from the brothers, who purchased it before Groupon did, forcing Groupon to launch under the name Stardeals.com.au in Australia. When asked about the legal battle that could test the laws over cyber-squatting, Leibovich declined to comment. "Let's leave it" he said.
Star City Casino Plays Free Music Card; Accusers Say Turns Fans Into Punters...
A free music night held at Star City Casino in 'Sin City' Sydney has aroused suspicions from some quarters. The Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says it's an attempt to get young music fans addicted to gambling. He's called for the new venue, the Rock Lily to be moved away from the casino to protect young people. But the casino says the free night is filling an important void in the live music scene and shouldn't be stopped. The presser included: showcase the best Australian music acts plus a number of international performers. It also boasts the largest selection of tequila in Australia, plus an inviting, warm decor which encourages you to "come as you are". So far those top Aussie artists have included Aria award winner Washington and the festival favourite Art vs Science. The gigs held from Wednesday to Sunday are free. John Barwick from Hell City Glamours was interviewed...
"It was actually very awesome. Around 400 people - it was packed. Once there's a couple of hundred people in the place it was pretty kickin'."
"You've got to do the same thing everybody else does who's going there to gamble. You know you've got to go and get your ID checked. You go up the escalators. You've got to walk through the blackjack or backgammon or whatever they hell they're betting on these days. It's a casino. It's definitely a casino".
Victorian Sports Club Gets Pokies Green Light...
Victoria's gaming regulator will allow a Bendigo club to install more poker machines. The Kangaroo Flat Sports Club currently has 48 one armed bandits and the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation has approved the lifting of that number to 60. Bendigo council has previously endorsed the move.
Australian Sports Codes Head Want Urgent Action On Online Betting...
Down under's top sporting bodies are demanding much stronger laws to safeguard the integrity of their codes against betting corruption, including veto power over "exotic" in-play bets and jail terms for match fixers. The proposals from the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, which includes the AFL and NRL, will be included in proposals Sports Minister Mark Arbib takes to a meeting tomorrow of Australia's sports ministers on the Gold Coast. "There has been a proliferation in terms of sports betting. We need to ensure that government regulation keeps up with the changes that are taking place," Arbib said. The working group report and recommendations come a week after the NRL announced a crackdown on sports betting and follow Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announcement that the promotion of betting odds during the broadcast of sporting events would be phased out by June next year.
Friends, good punting, know your limits and bet with your head, not over it.
Punters, er readers, stay glued to Media Man and Gambling911 reports for more "can't miss" information on Australian pokies, gaming and casino wars.
Australian gambling news continues to be all the rage with the Tabcorp - Echo Entertainment deal dominating headlines, now with word that Crown Limited's James Packer is pretty bloody interested in a slice of the action. Yep, word is that Packer smells blood and quite an opportunity, but previously has downplayed his interest. Media Man and Gambling911 go shark and whale hunting in this titanic edition of Australian gambling news...
Crown's James Packer Smells Blood At Echo Entertainment - Tabcorp Connection...
Australian casino and media whale James Packer will possibly launch a takeover bid for Echo Entertainment. This has caused the casino operator's shares to spike on Tuesday, its first day as an independently listed company.
Shares in Echo Entertainment, which was last week born from gaming firm Tabcorp, jumped as high as $4.52 after reports that JP had snatched up 4.9% of his competitor Tabcorp.
The curious chess move would give Packer a matching stake in Echo, which owns Sydney's famous and rather controversial Star City casino.
Echo shares dropped back in late trading on Wednesday to finish at $4.36, giving the new kid on the block a market capitalisation of a cool $3 billion.
Tabcorp shares fell 57% to $3.35 Wednesday, a flow on effect from the removal of the company's casino assets. We told you there's money in casino products and services Casino Jack.
Now we learn that in a note to clients last Friday, Merrill Lynch analyst Nathan Gee named Packer's Crown group as the most likely company to mount a takeover bid for Echo, but advised there was unlikely to be any action until next year.
Gee estimated a Crown takeover would unlock $600 million worth of value in the combined group, comprised of cost savings and high-rolling VIP aka "whale" revenue.
But he said any move would be unlikely before Echo rolls out its $960 million Star City redevelopment, due to be finished by the end of the year or early next year.
Holding off on a takeover bid would enable Crown to see whether the extra investment in Star City had paid off and avoid distracting casino management, he said.
"The Star relaunch in late 2011 will be a critical time for Echo management, so we think it makes sense for bidders to allow management to concentrate its efforts on maximising the impact of the relaunch, rather than being distracted by corporate activity," he said.
Packer does not appear among Echo's top 20 shareholders, filed by the company with the stock exchange yesterday.
The top three shareholders are nominee companies, holding shares on behalf of unidentified investors.
NAB subsidiary National Nominees has emerged as Echo's No.1 shareholder with 17.9% of the company.
The bank's stake in Tabcorp has been hovering around the substantial shareholder threshold of 5 per cent for months.
Since January, it has filed 31 substantial shareholder notices with the ASX as its stake rose and fell above and below 5%.
Companies controlled by HSBC and JPMorgan are Echo's second and third-largest shareholders.
James Packer: Online Catch Of The Day Update...
Fresh from closing one of the biggest e-commerce deals in Australian history, the Melbourne brothers behind a daily deals website say they will use the backing of James Packer and other investors to launch two new sites. Just don't mention the impending lawsuit, which could see the Australian company and its new investors embroiled in a grisly court case with the US giant of the daily deals industry, Groupon. Gabby and Hezi Leibovich today confirmed they had sold a 40 per cent stake of their online retail business Catch Of The Day to a consortium of leading Australian businessmen - including Packer of Consolidated Press Holdings, Andrew Bassat of Seek and Glenn Poswell of Gannet Capital - and New York-based investment manger Tiger Global Management. The deal nets the brothers $80 million, which they say they will use to launch two new sites: one in the grocery space and one in the apparel fashion space. The business already operates two sites: Scoopon.com.au, which lists a daily deal which a certain number of users must commit to before it goes live, and Catchoftheday.com.au, which lists items for purchase at low prices. Gabby Leibovich told the press that a chunk of the $80 million received in the much-anticipated deal was in "big suitcases at my grandmother's house". Packer said he was "excited" to align with the "market leader in the online daily deals sector in Australia". However, Leibovich was less willing to comment on impending court cases brought by Groupon, the American giant that has launched legal action against the brothers. The legal action - launched both here and in the US - seeks to enable Groupon to get the Groupon.com.au domain name from the brothers, who purchased it before Groupon did, forcing Groupon to launch under the name Stardeals.com.au in Australia. When asked about the legal battle that could test the laws over cyber-squatting, Leibovich declined to comment. "Let's leave it" he said.
Star City Casino Plays Free Music Card; Accusers Say Turns Fans Into Punters...
A free music night held at Star City Casino in 'Sin City' Sydney has aroused suspicions from some quarters. The Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says it's an attempt to get young music fans addicted to gambling. He's called for the new venue, the Rock Lily to be moved away from the casino to protect young people. But the casino says the free night is filling an important void in the live music scene and shouldn't be stopped. The presser included: showcase the best Australian music acts plus a number of international performers. It also boasts the largest selection of tequila in Australia, plus an inviting, warm decor which encourages you to "come as you are". So far those top Aussie artists have included Aria award winner Washington and the festival favourite Art vs Science. The gigs held from Wednesday to Sunday are free. John Barwick from Hell City Glamours was interviewed...
"It was actually very awesome. Around 400 people - it was packed. Once there's a couple of hundred people in the place it was pretty kickin'."
"You've got to do the same thing everybody else does who's going there to gamble. You know you've got to go and get your ID checked. You go up the escalators. You've got to walk through the blackjack or backgammon or whatever they hell they're betting on these days. It's a casino. It's definitely a casino".
Victorian Sports Club Gets Pokies Green Light...
Victoria's gaming regulator will allow a Bendigo club to install more poker machines. The Kangaroo Flat Sports Club currently has 48 one armed bandits and the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation has approved the lifting of that number to 60. Bendigo council has previously endorsed the move.
Australian Sports Codes Head Want Urgent Action On Online Betting...
Down under's top sporting bodies are demanding much stronger laws to safeguard the integrity of their codes against betting corruption, including veto power over "exotic" in-play bets and jail terms for match fixers. The proposals from the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, which includes the AFL and NRL, will be included in proposals Sports Minister Mark Arbib takes to a meeting tomorrow of Australia's sports ministers on the Gold Coast. "There has been a proliferation in terms of sports betting. We need to ensure that government regulation keeps up with the changes that are taking place," Arbib said. The working group report and recommendations come a week after the NRL announced a crackdown on sports betting and follow Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announcement that the promotion of betting odds during the broadcast of sporting events would be phased out by June next year.
Friends, good punting, know your limits and bet with your head, not over it.
Punters, er readers, stay glued to Media Man and Gambling911 reports for more "can't miss" information on Australian pokies, gaming and casino wars.
Australian Sports Entertainment Blog: Flashback
Australian Sports Entertainment Blog
Flashback
Dancing With The Stars
Logies Night
It's a huge night for Australian television - viewers, executives and advertisers. The stars have been getting busy getting ready for the night for nights - The Logies, but before the big show, Channel Nine will face some massive ratings competition at 6.30pm with the season premiere of Channel Seven's 'Dancing With The Stars' squared off against Nine's own premiere of 'The Voice'.
Rupert Murdoch's Herald Sun disclosed a crafty tactic - Seven to ensure their star loaded new season gets off on the right foot are shipping in Brynne Edelsten, Grant Denyer and Bryan McFadden to a taping of DWTS instead of the Logies red carpet.
McFadden will be banking on on his fiancée Vouge Williams who is a contestant on DWTS, while his ex-fiancée, Delta Goodrem is a host on 'The Voice'. Other popular Channel Seven faces are expected to join them in the not so secret tactics.
DWTS Profiles:
Elena Samodanova
Partner: Shannon Noll
This year Elena makes her DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Elena was born in a dance family so she started dancing before walking. Since her infant years Elena has always been on the dance floor dancing to all different styles of music..
During her youth Elena has won many Russian championships and awards in Latin American and Ballroom genres internationally.
Elena became a professional dancer at the tender age of 16 and she became the "World Youngest Professional Latin American Dancer" and soon after such, Elena was ranked the Top 20 dance couple in the world ranking in Latin American genre. Even since she has been performing, teaching and competing all over Europe and Asia.
The next decade marked further special achievements in Elena's career in which she won many more international competitions and championships around the world. In 2009 she hit the Top 10 professional dancers in the World ranking of Latin American. Elena's titles include being the Asian Professional Champion, Hong Kong Champion, Japanese Champion, Singaporean Champion and England Champion.
Elena has obtained her official certificate as a professional Latin American and Ballroom professional dance teacher and has the highest credentials and qualifications to teach in Russia, Hong Kong, England and Australia.
At this moment Elena Samodanova is the National Australian Professional Latin American Champion having won the 4 major dance titles down under and as a result she will now be representing Australian on the next World Dance Championship this November. This year Elena also makes her DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Gleb Savchenko...
Partner: Erin McNaught
This year Gleb makes his DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Gleb studied drama and theatre arts at the Moscow Theatre Arts University, graduating from the Russian Theatre Arts University with Masters in Choreography. Proficient in ballet and contemporary dance and a specialist in International Latin. Gleb is also currently studying and furthering his acting career by training at the prestigious The Actors Pulse in Sydney.
He has appeared in film and television roles, and since 2007, has won six Professional Latin Dance Championships - Australasian Professional Latin Championship, Australian South Pacific Championship, Canberra Open Professional Championship, Closed Hong Kong Championship, Open Asia Tour Championship and the United Kingdom Championship.
Gleb has been ranked # 10 in the World in the Pro-Latin American division by the World Dance Council [WDC] ranking awards. (Credit: Dancing With The Stars)
More News...
Just in from Los Angeles, Australian television favourite Daniel MacPherson is ready to return to our TV screens as host of Dancing With The Stars tonight - and new co-host Mel B has got him excited.
"We had an instant connection, she nails TV, and her professionalism makes her," he said.
MacPherson is back for his 5th season and told media that live television still makes him nervous.
"It can be the most predictable show and then all of a sudden you get thrown a curve ball. That's what keeps it interesting," he said.
The 2012 series sees a talented and charismatic batch hit the dance floor.
As is often the cast there are cast members who are out-famed by their other halves. Most notably, singer/actress Danielle Spencer, wife of Russell Crowe and model Vogue Willams, fiancee of Brian McFadden.
Personally, MacPherson is in a great place and girlfriend Zoe Ventoura (Packed to the Rafters) has a lot to do with that. The pair met on the set of Aussie drama Wild Boys in 2011.
"The Mrs is great! We are returning to LA when Dancing wraps. I think she is closer to getting a job over there than me, so I might have to ride on her coat-tails," MacPherson said.
Dancing With The Stars (series 12) premieres tonight on Channel 7 at 6.30pm.
Stay tuned to this station for updates.
It's a huge night for Australian television - viewers, executives and advertisers. The stars have been getting busy getting ready for the night for nights - The Logies, but before the big show, Channel Nine will face some massive ratings competition at 6.30pm with the season premiere of Channel Seven's 'Dancing With The Stars' squared off against Nine's own premiere of 'The Voice'.
Rupert Murdoch's Herald Sun disclosed a crafty tactic - Seven to ensure their star loaded new season gets off on the right foot are shipping in Brynne Edelsten, Grant Denyer and Bryan McFadden to a taping of DWTS instead of the Logies red carpet.
McFadden will be banking on on his fiancée Vouge Williams who is a contestant on DWTS, while his ex-fiancée, Delta Goodrem is a host on 'The Voice'. Other popular Channel Seven faces are expected to join them in the not so secret tactics.
DWTS Profiles:
Elena Samodanova
Partner: Shannon Noll
This year Elena makes her DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Elena was born in a dance family so she started dancing before walking. Since her infant years Elena has always been on the dance floor dancing to all different styles of music..
During her youth Elena has won many Russian championships and awards in Latin American and Ballroom genres internationally.
Elena became a professional dancer at the tender age of 16 and she became the "World Youngest Professional Latin American Dancer" and soon after such, Elena was ranked the Top 20 dance couple in the world ranking in Latin American genre. Even since she has been performing, teaching and competing all over Europe and Asia.
The next decade marked further special achievements in Elena's career in which she won many more international competitions and championships around the world. In 2009 she hit the Top 10 professional dancers in the World ranking of Latin American. Elena's titles include being the Asian Professional Champion, Hong Kong Champion, Japanese Champion, Singaporean Champion and England Champion.
Elena has obtained her official certificate as a professional Latin American and Ballroom professional dance teacher and has the highest credentials and qualifications to teach in Russia, Hong Kong, England and Australia.
At this moment Elena Samodanova is the National Australian Professional Latin American Champion having won the 4 major dance titles down under and as a result she will now be representing Australian on the next World Dance Championship this November. This year Elena also makes her DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Gleb Savchenko...
Partner: Erin McNaught
This year Gleb makes his DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
Gleb studied drama and theatre arts at the Moscow Theatre Arts University, graduating from the Russian Theatre Arts University with Masters in Choreography. Proficient in ballet and contemporary dance and a specialist in International Latin. Gleb is also currently studying and furthering his acting career by training at the prestigious The Actors Pulse in Sydney.
He has appeared in film and television roles, and since 2007, has won six Professional Latin Dance Championships - Australasian Professional Latin Championship, Australian South Pacific Championship, Canberra Open Professional Championship, Closed Hong Kong Championship, Open Asia Tour Championship and the United Kingdom Championship.
Gleb has been ranked # 10 in the World in the Pro-Latin American division by the World Dance Council [WDC] ranking awards. (Credit: Dancing With The Stars)
More News...
Just in from Los Angeles, Australian television favourite Daniel MacPherson is ready to return to our TV screens as host of Dancing With The Stars tonight - and new co-host Mel B has got him excited.
"We had an instant connection, she nails TV, and her professionalism makes her," he said.
MacPherson is back for his 5th season and told media that live television still makes him nervous.
"It can be the most predictable show and then all of a sudden you get thrown a curve ball. That's what keeps it interesting," he said.
The 2012 series sees a talented and charismatic batch hit the dance floor.
As is often the cast there are cast members who are out-famed by their other halves. Most notably, singer/actress Danielle Spencer, wife of Russell Crowe and model Vogue Willams, fiancee of Brian McFadden.
Personally, MacPherson is in a great place and girlfriend Zoe Ventoura (Packed to the Rafters) has a lot to do with that. The pair met on the set of Aussie drama Wild Boys in 2011.
"The Mrs is great! We are returning to LA when Dancing wraps. I think she is closer to getting a job over there than me, so I might have to ride on her coat-tails," MacPherson said.
Dancing With The Stars (series 12) premieres tonight on Channel 7 at 6.30pm.
Stay tuned to this station for updates.
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