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Why Does Google Still Use DMOZ As a Source?
@localseoguide I have absolutely no clue — Gary Illyes (@methode) March 11, 2016 Check out the description snippet in this query for Examiner.com, which is a fairly large news site that has been…
Read the postNew Version of NAP Hunter is live in the Chrome Store
Hey everyone! A recent update to how Google display's SERPs caused the export function in NAP Hunter to perform all wonky. A new updated version is now in the Chrome store (and by now likely…
Read the postEven The Best Citations Can Suck
Recently Darren Shaw and the Whitespark team put out this resource on the best citation sources by category. While the resource is great, I think it falls into some common traps. I don't want to…
Read the postEasily Check the Text-Only Google Cache of a Page
Those of you that regularly audit websites know there are various things you need to check all the time. This can get a little tedious and time consuming. In order to make this a little easier we…
Read the postSee You Next Week At LocalU Advanced in Williamsburg
Hey gang, If you want to go deep on local search strategy with a Colonial tinge, you can do no better than the LocalU Advanced in Williamsburg, VA on March 5th. The LocalU'ers were kind enough to…
Read the postCan You Trust The Google My Business Guidelines?
It's a question I constantly think about, especially in terms of how to counsel our current and prospective clients. Now, upfront, I will admit to being a bit of a skeptic. Google's guidelines are…
Read the postWhy Local Rank Trackers Suck
I am publishing part of this post that just went live on SearchEngineLand because: The original title was "Why Local Rank Trackers Suck". I get why SEL rewrote it as "Why Local Rank Trackers Fail"…
Read the postFirst They Came For Set My Location…
Google’s “Set My Location” option in the Search Tools section appears to have pulled a Google Plus Local… First spotted by the ever-diligent @LennyPham. From @DarrenShaw: “Fortunately,…
Read the postThe Great Google Plus Local – Google My Business Decoupling of 2015
I was at Shea Stadium during the NYC blackout of 1977. It’s was pretty cool. The lights went out at Shea first so we got to watch all of Manhattan go dark one block at a time – we were high up in…
Read the postThe Cure for Corporate SEO Inertia…
If your monthly SEO reports look like this, you may want to stop trying to roll the organic SEO bolder up the hill and see if a local SEO strategy can work for your brand. I just posted some…
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