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We’re proud to announce that National Positions was named the 15th fastest growing private company in Los Angeles county by the Los Angeles Business Journal! This is the second straight year we’ve been given this honor. (Last year, were ranked No. 4.) This is truly a momentous occasion here at National Positions. We've come a long way from the garage in Bernard's home! Because this is such a special honor, we wanted to take a moment and thank all of

Since its launch in June 2011, Google+ has already become the fastest growing social network in modern history. Google+ is more than another social network. It is the bridge between search and social media. It will change how people find your business. That’s why National Positions has launched the first and only program of its kind—a monthly Google+ Marketing Program that builds on all the best SEO and social media strategies to help you create new leads. How It Works

For those of you unaware, Google's latest algorithm change (which is a modification of a previous algorithm called Caffeine) Fresh affects 35% of searches. To put this in perspective, Google's previous algorithm change Panda only affected an estimated 12 percent of searches. This is pretty daunting news for those of you with stagnant or inactive websites. TechCrunch blogged about The Winners and Losers of Googles Freshness (stats provided by SearchMetrics.com) and even posted a list of the noted winners and losers.

Earlier this week it was announced that Google+ has made several changes, including offering new Business Pages for brands. In the last 48 hours, there has been a bunch of chatter about the importance of getting in on the ground floor of Google+ as a way to generate more leads for your business. Some of the commentary is good, but most of it has been pretty useless. (Hubspot published a new eBook on Google+ for Business, but it's 99.9% total

By Tiffany A. Sands, Social Media Manager The day has finally arrived. Google+ has officially launched its Business Pages! For months we’ve been waiting to see what Google had in mind for their Google+ Pages and today they’ve finally been rolled out for the world to see. Ever since Google+ was launched in beta, marketers everywhere have been wondering when Google was going to fully merge search and social. With the launch of Business Pages, we have now an idea

Happy Friday, everyone! Since it's Friday, we wanted to get back to the basics. And for the foundation of your Internet marketing strategy, you need to be quite familiar with The Golden Triangle, a marketing term which represents the top-left portion of the webpage where the visitors' attention is naturally drawn. The Golden Triangle has a big impact on how successful you are at getting your website found online (whether it's via organic search results, paid ads or social media)