Infographic: The Retailers Guide to Social, Local, and Mobile

David Wallace (@DavidWallace), co-founder and CEO of SearchRank (@SearchRank) and editor-in-chief at Infographic Journal (@IGJournal) posted this Infographic on Search Engine Journal (@sejournal).

SoLoMo (“social-local-mobile”) is essentially the addition of local information to search engine results in order to capitalize on the increasing use of mobile devices. SoLoMo has also evolved to include mobile-specific offers pushed out to consumers based on their current location.

In this Infographic (enlarge it) from Monetate (@monetate), see how SoLoMo is having an overall impact on traditional ecommerce, and how consumers are using their smartphones to access social and local sites which ultimately influence purchases.

Also see our previous blogpost, "Should Bookstores Become Publishing Genius Bars?"