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Why Fixing Bad N.A.P. Data Issues Sucks
Nyagoslav (think Cher, Michael, Brittany, etc.) gets all OCD on my recent post where I used our NAP Hunter extension to surface some bogus N.A.P. data issues. He really peels back the rotten…
Read the postGoogle Local Desktop SERPs Continue To Get More Mobile
Seems like every day we stumble onto a new Google Pigeon test bucket. Here's a desktop SERP for "ft. lauderdale movers" that looks pretty mobilicious: When you click on the "More movers" link…
Read the postGoogle Local Icons & New Real Estate Snippets Spotted
As Google morphs SERP design from desktop to mobile, it appears that it has decided that reading words is perhaps too much to ask of our educationally-challenged fellow users. And so it is now…
Read the postPaid Local Pack Results?
Our friends over at Moz saw a new SERP feature pop up in their MozCast. Notice the lovely paid ads dressed up as a local pack result? While this is a test, and nothing but a test, is it also a…
Read the postIs Pigeon An Acknowledgement That Google & SMBs Suck At Local?
Steve Shackford's tweet got me thinking: @localseoguide Expedia-like move from Google's algo today on "Dallas Hotels". http://t.co/EeM4m7Kl8s jumped to #1. pic.twitter.com/SkzigIRSuH — Steve…
Read the postGoogle's Top Heavy Ad Algorithm & The SEO Catch-22
The SEO Catch-22: You've done all of the typical technical and content SEO stuff but your organic traffic keeps trending downwards Your SEO guy suspects the culprits are the above-the-fold…
Read the post"There Is Really No Way To Optimize For This Algorithm Because The Results Are Random And Make No Sense..."
My initial review of Google's Pigeon results, Picking Through Google's Pigeon Droppings..., was posted on SEL yesterday, but it was written last week and a lot has changed since I submitted it. I…
Read the postHow To Find The Source of An Auto-Generated Google My Business Page in 30 Seconds
A dentist called me a few minutes ago with a request to help get rid of a Google My Business page that had been automatically created by Google. The page was for his nephew who had considered…
Read the postDid Pigeon 2.0 Just Take A Bite Out of Recipe SEO?
Woke up this morning to find what appears to be yet another shuffling of Google's Pigeon update. In this case I am seeing some food query SERPs display local packs, directories and knowledge graph…
Read the postNew Google My Business Hours Requirement?
The other day I was doing the local SEO thing and called Google My Business support to get a client's duplicate listing removed. After a pretty standard conversation about merging this dupe…
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