A belated happy 2014 to you all. There’s been a bit too much going on at the Local SEO Guide workshop to post this year. I’ll get back to it eventually. In the meantime, I am looking for a freelance writer who understands Local SEO and Local Search Marketing to help with a project. THIS […]
Many of my international clients have been living without Google+ Local results I guess because Google couldn’t license a reliable set of data to bounce its crawl info off of. A common discussion with international yellow pages clients is whether or not they should license their data to Google (IMO I think they should. Better […]
A client recently asked for notes on their draft presentation for an upcoming conference. I have attended a number of conferences lately and, like the rest of you, have had to sit through some pretty poor presentations. While I don’t claim to be God’s gift to Powerpoint, or even Greg Gifford, I am at that […]
Sending a little love over to AppleMapsMarketing.com: 63% of iPhone Owners Use Apple Maps Says Comscore Since Apple Maps was released, Google Maps usage on the iPhone in the U.S. has dropped by about 29 million monthly users. Dios mio!
Mike Borgelt over at 51Blocks just released this very cool Local Search Weather Report
This post on Why Are So Many Social Media Managers Dipshits is so good. My father always said “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything.” But let’s face it, Social Media Managers may just be to SEOs what New Jersey is to New York. I keed. I keed. “DOVE […]
For those of you not familiar with Jill, she has been a steady voice of high quality SEO in the industry as far back as I can remember. I certainly have grabbed tip or two from her over the years. Here’s her announcement. Kind of like Michael Jordan going out on top. Thanks for the […]
If you don’t already follow Michael Dorausch, you are missing out on the Local SEO equivalent of expert spinal manipulation. So simple, yet so effective. Here’s his latest Pubcon presentation, 2013 Local Search Rankings: 2013 Local Search Rankings Las Vegas Michael Dorausch from Michael Dorausch Key takeaway: Purchase a camera and use it! (slide 33)
Brother Blumenthal preaching the gospel when asked if there was any SEO benefit to varying your business’ description on different local directories: “If there is a benefit, it would be quite small. Although there is no exact understanding of how Google uses directory descriptions, it would seem to be a minor or non-issue.” and “As […]
Source: British Premium Sausages (Yum) Howard Lerman, CEO of Yext, just unleashed There’s No Such Thing As A Permanent Record, one of the best posts I’ve seen in a long time about why local business listing data is so damn screwed up. “A common misperception in the local search and data industry is that publishers […]