The use of mobile devices and cloud-based services that let small business owners conduct business anytime, anywhere, held the promise of increased productivity and more time to focus on growing or conducting business. These new technologies have failed to deliver, a new survey shows. But it may not be technology's fault.

Even if most small businesses don’t understand search engine optimization (SEO), that doesn’t mean that they can't be helped by it.  For those who don't know SEO from their CEO, it is in essence a means of improving the ranking of your business in the Google search algorithm. This in turn, can help a business move up in Google's search listing.  According to Sonam Lama, CEO of Achieve Visibility, a SEO site specializing in helping small- and medium-size businesses, there are a few quick fixes that small businesses can take to help improve their Google rankings. The best part is they are free and simple.