Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

What we learn doing SEO for real clients. 1,311 posts since 2007.

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Before You Kill That Mobile Subdomain...

Funny Kill It With Fire GIF from Funny GIFs Most SEOs I know hate sites with separate mobile URLs. They served their purpose back in the early days of mobile browsers, but over time the…

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You Can Win At Google My Business Without Doing Anything On Google My Business

We got the opportunity to expand the organic program we have with a Big Baller Brand (tm). This always makes me giddy, as I think local organic search is one of the places where we excel. Turns…

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DanBlog

Should We Even Care About The 2019 Local SEO Ranking Factors?

Wow, really waiting until the last minute to get this one out huh Dan? You betcha random voice from the internet. Literally the last calendared work day for Local SEO Guide from the year and here…

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DanBlog

Open Sourcing 2017 Local SEO Ranking Factors Data

I just got back from #TechSEOBoost and spent a lot of time engaged in amazing conversations about data analysis, math and very importantly sharing data. So, after thinking about it, I decided I'm…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Did Local Review Spammers Just Get Self-Served?

See Betteridge's Law of Headlines for the answer. For those looking to procrastinate, feel free to read on. Yesterday's Google announcement about it's new "algorithmic updates" review mark-up…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Moz Local 301s To Uberall

Update: A Mozzer pinged me in a private Slack channel to lmk that they they are punting on listings management and working on relaunching MozLocal with more valuable features. This is slightly at…

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DanBlog

Free Beer!!!!!! SEO Contest!!!!!!

Hey friends! I'm way over-invested in rare beer and underinvested in giving back to the SEO community (aren't we all?). There has been a lot of tweetin' and discussin' about forum/comment links…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

How To Force Q&A On a GMB Page That Doesn't Have It

Here's a stupid little GMB Q&A thing I figured out yesterday I thought you all might enjoy. I was asked by mi nuevo amigo, Ruben Coll Molina of PA Digital in Spain, what is the event that triggers…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

10 Local SEO Predictions for 2019: Job Security For Local SEOs

SMBs As a Group Will Continue To Not Get SEO A little over a year ago, my dentist moved his office but never thought about updating his listing in Google Maps, Apple Maps or his website. I showed…

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It's Not Too Late To Localize Your Black Friday SEO Strategy

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are closing in. For most retailers, Black Friday is one of the biggest revenue generators of the year, but it's surprising (except perhaps to most SEOs) how many of…

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