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Read More »Should You Update Your Google Plus Local Page?
After trolling Google Plus today I noticed something new. Previously when you conducted a Google search in a geographic area where local results came up you would see the NAP format of the business plus a link to their reviews. This was the only effective way to reach a companies Google Plus Local page without [...]
Read More »Warning Signs From Customers
Is there really such thing as a bad client? After all they do pay you for your services. In my opinion there are not bad clients, but rather ones it might make sense to avoid. In the Inbound Marketing world, it can mean a number of things depending on what your company goals are. Recently [...]
Read More »Google’s Most Expensive Keywords
Pay Per Click advertising is one way to determine what keywords will be effective for your business and is also a good indicator of the competition you face. Last week Search Engine Land published an article about the most expensive keywords pay per click keywords. It felt pretty rewarding knowing that we had several of [...]
Read More »Was I Hit By The Exact Match Domain Penalty?
Over the past week I have gotten a lot of calls from clients who were hit recently but not sure why. One potential client in particular had a number of eCommerce sites that lost their first page rankings towards the end of September and the Beginning of October. Their main concern was if they were hit by [...]
Read More »Did Google Remove The Change Location Feature From The Sidebar?
If you regular check searches from different geographic areas using the “Change Location” tool that used to be on the left side of the search results page, you may be a bit confused. Yesterday I noticed I didn’t see it (I usually use it everyday) but then today when I didn’t see it again I [...]
Read More »How Not to Pick Your SEO Company
I’m not trying to throw anyone under the bus here, but this was just too funny not to post! Let me explain myself with two simple points: 1) If you’re an SEO Company and are using print advertising to find customers while promoting your SEO skills? 2) If you still call local optimization Google Places [...]
Read More »Why You Need To Link To Your Google Plus Business Page
I have always been heavily involved in local search since my start in SEO. Recently however with the migration from Google Places to Google Plus Business pages a major change occurred that affected some of our clients local rankings in specific geographic areas. Starting September 18th I ran a test that only tested the weight of link [...]
Read More »5 Link Building Tactics to Increase Your Local Rankings
Matt Green, the Mile HIgh Twaddler recently wrote a great post about 5 Link Building Tactics to Increase Your Local Rankings. This post highlights some active and relative means that we use on a regular basis to build more juice to our Google Plus Local page. Since the introduction of the Google Plus Local Product, links [...]
Read More »Become a Top Reviewer In Google Plus
Mike Blumenthal wrote a great post this week about becoming a top reviewer in Google Plus. In a nutshell Google Plus now ranks the review content from reviewers with the most useful posted as first. Reviewers that are not posting constantly or just have a few reviews are more likely to be a spammer or manipulated. [...]
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