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Acorn's mission has always been to help Innkeepers help themselves. As part of that mission, we are offering a FREE web ... more

Google Places is always changing, and today we saw a huge update. Google has launched Google + Local. You'll notice a new ... more

The following Statistics were provided by 2011 the Industry Study of Innkeeping and Operations and Finance (PAII). These ... more

The question that came up in our PAII Conference Session on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 was how does Google determine Places ... more

 New Years Resolution - Day 2 Local Business Placement Simply refer to your Google Analytics and you'll see that Local ... more

On November 3rd, Google released a new update to their ranking algorithm. The update is meant to give very recent, fresh and ... more

Google Places is on the move again. As announced in the LatLong blog yesterday, Google will make changes to Places pages if ... more

Google is on the move again. As announced last evening in the Google LatLong Blog - many businesses noticed a change on ... more

As many of you know, the only way to stay on top of changes in our industry is to continue to study and learn.  ... more

Mark and I first opened our Bed and Breakfast in Colorado Springs in 1996, and by the late nineties, Google and Yahoo were ... more

Google Places has proved to be a challenge for not only business owners but also SEO's (Search Engine Optimizers). We find ... more

Google Wonders - Is this place still here? If a business has closed in your area, you have always been able to TELL Google ... more