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Local Directories May Survive Google's New Local Knowledge Pack
Last week, Google started to switch out its local Carousel results for a new set of mobilish-type pack results that appear to rely heavily on its local Knowledge Panels, so let's call it a…
Read the postBig Brands Beware
There has been lots of discussion about why big brands seem to be performing worse in pack results post-pigeon. Originally it looked like this was a byproduct of how Google was processing brand…
Read the postI Speak At Conferences So Hire Me
Sooner or later every SEO puts one of these on their site right? From StreetFight Summit 2014. Fun show. Thanks to Laura Rich and David Hirschman for having me and to Rene Reinsberg of GoDaddy,…
Read the postSlow Google+ Upgrades + Pigeon = Bad Big Local Brand Rankings
Last week I posted some theories on why Google's Pigeon update may have hurt the local rankings for some big local brands. While we have seen a lot of positive rankings improvements for our local…
Read the postHow to Claim a Groupon Merchant Page (Or Not)
Groupon made a big splash a couple of days ago by announcing the launch of Merchant Pages. Merchant Pages is an attempt by Groupon to leverage their daily deal ecosystem and channel local…
Read the postWhen Is a 5 Star Review Not A 5 Star Review?
The answer is when Google My Business is aggregating and averaging out your reviews. In Google My Business math these nine different 5 star reviews average out to a measly 4.9. For a company that…
Read the postGoogle Testing Carousel Expansion?
Google has been testing replacements for their local carousel and local pack design for a while now. So I was a little surprised when I saw this screenshot. What's so interesting about this is…
Read the postNew Google Mobile-Local Results?
Cori Shirk just shared a new Google mobile-local universal one box: This appears to be a test bucket as after several minutes of trying I am unable to trigger a similar looking result. For a quick…
Read the postAre You Ignoring Apple Maps Bozo?
Just popped a post up on AppleMapsMarketing.com about the importance of remembering to update business data in Apple Maps. "Today a retailer client, let’s assume they are called “Bingo’s”, pinged…
Read the postGoogle Nixes Campaign Tagging on GMB Pages
Noticed this doozy from Tony McCreath over at the Google + Local Search Forum this morning. Looks like Google is giving users a redirect notice when they click on the website link that you…
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