Comments on: Bellingham, WA area Restaurant Reviews http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:37:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Anders http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-133162 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-133162 Thanks for the highlight of the "slow food" place but it's no where to be found. Classic problem and why we need good local review blogs, not national IT companies publishing old directory data. Facebook is taking over for this, and it's not public. I think that's why Google is no good for restaurant reviews. BellinghamEats.com is not very updated either, but from reading it I can see it really is a local person and she's probably just as busy as everyone else. Bellingham has a downtown area with restaurants, but also spreads out with some of the best places to eat not in downtown. The lettered streets neighborhood has a great coffee shop. The Fountain District has the best "diner" also known as Diamond Jim's Grill (it used to be the best southern BBQ place within a hundred miles). There's a website for the BellinghamDiner.com on the "main drag" in town, but it doesn't look open anymore. I like The Fork for the same reason BellinghamEats.com likes it... it's run like a foodie restaurant. Menu changes but not completely, local ingredients but not completely, and far enough out of the way that the people are there because they wanted to go there. I left a message asking for more reviews, but in a nice way :-) Thanks for the highlight of the “slow food” place but it’s no where to be found. Classic problem and why we need good local review blogs, not national IT companies publishing old directory data.

Facebook is taking over for this, and it’s not public. I think that’s why Google is no good for restaurant reviews.

BellinghamEats.com is not very updated either, but from reading it I can see it really is a local person and she’s probably just as busy as everyone else. Bellingham has a downtown area with restaurants, but also spreads out with some of the best places to eat not in downtown. The lettered streets neighborhood has a great coffee shop. The Fountain District has the best “diner” also known as Diamond Jim’s Grill (it used to be the best southern BBQ place within a hundred miles). There’s a website for the BellinghamDiner.com on the “main drag” in town, but it doesn’t look open anymore.

I like The Fork for the same reason BellinghamEats.com likes it… it’s run like a foodie restaurant. Menu changes but not completely, local ingredients but not completely, and far enough out of the way that the people are there because they wanted to go there.

I left a message asking for more reviews, but in a nice way :-)

]]> by: Britt http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-127928 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-127928 There are excellent local resources - Bellingham Washington (not Massachusetts)is a very local community and my family doesn't use Google much for the reason you say. We don't need to know where the nearest highway restaurant is or how good its burgers were. Bellinghameats.com looks good without fuss, very current and local. Yelp is full of tourist comments. Anything else you need to search individual restaurants. There are excellent local resources - Bellingham Washington (not Massachusetts)is a very local community and my family doesn’t use Google much for the reason you say. We don’t need to know where the nearest highway restaurant is or how good its burgers were. Bellinghameats.com looks good without fuss, very current and local. Yelp is full of tourist comments. Anything else you need to search individual restaurants.

]]> by: Bellinghamster http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-113031 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:49:38 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-113031 Bellingham does have some good places to eat, but they are not easy to find. See the <a href="http://www.bellinghameats.com">Bellingham WA Restaurant Reviews</a>. Bellingham does have some good places to eat, but they are not easy to find. See the Bellingham WA Restaurant Reviews.

]]> by: Mike http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-1584 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:08:17 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-1584 "When Google doesn’t deliver a satisfying user experience, the locals get the message that Google is not a good resource for local information, and they stop using the Internet for that." Totally agree, this is my point about opportunities. I direct my clients to geo-targeted AdWords campaigns. Google opens the door by not offering a comprehensive local view for most searches. I don't believe they want local front and center. Their national advertisers are simply more important to the bottom line. Fortunately those with knowledge of SEO or SEM can take advantage. Tremendous opportunities here. “When Google doesn’t deliver a satisfying user experience, the locals get the message that Google is not a good resource for local information, and they stop using the Internet for that.”

Totally agree, this is my point about opportunities. I direct my clients to geo-targeted AdWords campaigns. Google opens the door by not offering a comprehensive local view for most searches. I don’t believe they want local front and center. Their national advertisers are simply more important to the bottom line. Fortunately those with knowledge of SEO or SEM can take advantage. Tremendous opportunities here.

]]> by: Mike http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-1521 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:47:53 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/186/bellingham-seo.html#comment-1521 Odd, I left a nice comment about your post and it was removed. Maybe because I placed my link to it? It was not spam btw. <em>Editor's Note: Blame Akismet, Mike. I pulled it back out. Thanks for commenting. One of these days Akismet will improve the feedback mechanisms, but in the mean time some users will find the community interactions less satisfactory. I agree it sucks to not see the reply posted...we are sooooo spoiled.</em> Odd, I left a nice comment about your post and it was removed. Maybe because I placed my link to it? It was not spam btw.

Editor’s Note: Blame Akismet, Mike. I pulled it back out. Thanks for commenting. One of these days Akismet will improve the feedback mechanisms, but in the mean time some users will find the community interactions less satisfactory. I agree it sucks to not see the reply posted…we are sooooo spoiled.

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