If the have a URL that you can find on Facebook, you should be able to find even quicker with a simple Google search, without ever having to wade through the Facebook muck.
You'd be surprised how many local businesses I've found in the past few years that have URLs that don't show up on G. G may take months to a year-and-a-half before a given URL gets indexed there. I’d be a lot more than surprised. In my entire internet experience (and I was there at the very beginning), I’ve never even *once* seen that happen. Not saying it never does, but that it’s incredibly rare. Doug Fields Tampa, FL From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Jersey Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:56 PM To: TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] #IHateFB lament Doug Fields, to Joe Coughlin: Exactly, problem solved. And besides, what kind of business *only* advertises on Facebook? One that's not got much of an ad budget, and either guesses on their own or listens to clueless friends all of whom have been there for years. If the have a URL that you can find on Facebook, you should be able to find even quicker with a simple Google search, without ever having to wade through the Facebook muck. You'd be surprised how many local businesses I've found in the past few years that have URLs that don't show up on G. G may take months to a year-and-a-half before a given URL gets indexed there. Meanwhile, the writers on whom I've often relied for business info (dwindling due to the Allentown paper's move to site-wide soft paywall) have already research many places, and the no-regular-site tack among many of them continuuuuuuues... B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
