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

Pouring One Out For Rand Fishkin

So Rand is "stepping away" from Moz... When I started trying to figure out SEO around 2003, I had no idea what I was doing. As I recall I stumbled onto a few voices that helped me start to make…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Wix SEO Tip: Wix Is Obnoxious

I was just looking for info on a local restaurant to hit in Pleasanton tonight and noticed this obnoxious message from Wix: Even if Tri Valley Bistro has a free Wix site, is this any way to treat…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Angie's List, Home Advisor & Strategic Alternatives

The news that IAC's Home Advisor is merging with Angie's List to form a new public company is both surprising and not all that surprising. In InsiderPages' early days, we considered Angie's List…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

What's NYext For Local?

Gannett's announcement yesterday that its ReachLocal division has acquired SweetIQ really pissed me off in that the day after Yext's* IPO I had a great conversation with a Local vet where I…

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DanBlog

Are you or your local search tools using UULE? Beware!

It was a pretty big deal to the world of local search when Google removed "Search Tools" from their search engine. It may seem like NBD, but everyone in local search knew that that was the best…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Was The Wix SEO Hero Contest Good For Wix' Online Reputation?

Now maybe these results looked a lot worse before the contest so I can't say for sure it wasn't partially successful as an ORM play. But if people still have problems/questions about their Wix…

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DanBlog

Trimodal Local Search Algorithms

I was reading through the transcript of the excellent discussion of ranking factors by friends of the show Mike Blumenthal and Mary Bowling and figured now would be a good time to post the results…

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Andrew ShotlandBlog

Moving Your Business Location For Dummies

At this late date, if you are not taking care of your local listings on the Web when you move your business, congratulate yourself for being royally out of touch with how business works in 2017.…

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DanBlog

Ranking Factors, Locators & Proximity. Oh my!

Yesterday, Andrew and I gave our last presentation of the 2016 Local SEO Ranking Factors. Since we are well on the way to presenting the 2017 Factors, we wanted to mix it up a bit. This…

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DanBlog

Proximity, The Number 1 Local SEO Ranking Sub-Factor

The 2017 Local Search Ranking Factors, a survey of Local SEO professionals on what they think it takes to rank in local search, was just released at MozCon Local/Local U. Andrew and I both love…

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