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It appears that businesses' Google+ Local listings have gotten yet another facelift. Now they're laid out in two columns. Here's what you see above the fold: Lower down on the page, you'll see double-barreled review action: An early version … [Continue reading] about Google+ Local Listings Get Two Columns
Categories are the forgotten child of local SEO. Though they don’t get much attention, categories do get respect: “Proper Category Associations” is the #1 “Foundational Ranking Factor” listed on 2013’s Local Search Ranking Factors study. (I was … [Continue reading] about Business Categories Lists for Major Local Search Sites
By a “local SEO audit” I mean a list of suggestions that tell you (a) what’s wrong with your visibility in local search and (b) exactly what needs to be fixed. It’s like getting a physical for your business. Lots of business owners pay me to show … [Continue reading] about Considering a Local SEO Audit? Do These 6 Things First
A smart dude once said that “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” I have as many questions as anyone else about local citations, but I can explain in pretty simple terms my suggestions for how you can get yours to … [Continue reading] about Local Citation-Building Workflow (in a Nutshell)
A client of mine asked me a great question the other day: He owns a water-damage-restoration service in the part of Colorado that’s had major flooding. He wanted to know to what extent he could get visible in the Google+ Local (AKA … [Continue reading] about “Can I Get a Temporary Location to Rank in Google Local Search?”