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Some businesses flout Google’s suggestions rules, moon their competitors, and are punished with great local rankings and plenty of business. How do they get away with it so often? The reasons vary from case to case, but they’re always more … [Continue reading] about What Makes Some Google Maps Spam Stick?
What about Google Analytics, and GBP Insights, and third-party rank-trackers? Each of those has its place in the world and can come in handy. You may use them, and they may help. But if you had to pick ONE way to measure how you’re doing in the … [Continue reading] about Why Google Search Console Is the Best Way to Measure, Track, and Troubleshoot Your Local SEO
Here’s the doggie door, which I’ll explain more in a minute: 1. Go to the Google Maps tab OR open up the Google Maps app and pull up any business. You must go either to maps.google.com or open the app, because this won’t work anywhere else, like … [Continue reading] about Local SEO Keyword Research Doggie Door: How and Why to Search Google Maps Reviews by Keyword
Business hours get no respect from local SEOs. Rarely do we see them as a problem, or as a possible solution to problems. That’s because we seldom scrutinize hours as we would other moving parts on a website, a Google Business Profile page, or … [Continue reading] about Business Hours and Local SEO: 17 Ways to Use Your Hours for Maximum Boom
Are you starting your local SEO work at Customer #0, with few or no connections, few or no resources, and not much certainty as to where to begin? Working on local SEO for this new business may feel like you just moved to a foreign land with only … [Continue reading] about Starting Local SEO with Nothing: 30 Ways to Start Cold and Succeed