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You know you need to encourage customers / clients / patients for reviews. If you don’t, you’re stunting your local visibility and your ability to get the phone to ring. Easier said than done. Your effort to earn reviews quickly turns into a … [Continue reading] about 12 Points Your Customers Should Know Before Writing a Review
Google's finest aren’t throwing the book at spammers. I recently asked Dan Austin - a longtime buster-upper of MapMaker and other spam - to help with a project. One of my client’s competitors was doing the following: Created multiple pages … [Continue reading] about Too Many Donuts for the Google MapMaker Anti-Spam Cops?
(Update 1/4/16: There's a list of all review sites here. Of course, it includes the industry-specific sites listed in this post, but it also lists places you can get reviews regardless of your industry.) “Niche” review sites are underrated. … [Continue reading] about Industry-Specific Local Review Sites: the Definitive List
Mike Blumenthal needs no introduction to anyone who pays close attention to Google Places and the rest of the crazy world of local search. If you’re reading this, either you’re already a fan of Professor Maps (as he’s known) and his blog, or … [Continue reading] about Best Mike Blumenthal Blog Posts (So Far): a Poll of Longtime Fans
Mike Zaremba of Radical Mustache has started a great podcast series on local SEO. It has a bent toward restaurants, because many of his clients and audience are restaurateurs. But the subject matter applies to any kind of business. The other … [Continue reading] about Hear Me Blab about Categories for Local SEO