Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

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Why Is Apple Maps Launching a Web App in 2024?

Earlier this week, Apple launched a Web version of Apple Maps. I published some thoughts on Localogy's blog about how this might affect Local SEO. Mike Blumenthal asked perhaps the key question:…

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Local SEO According To The Leaked Google API Documents

UPDATED 6/5/24: I added some more thoughts on how to apply this stuff to Local SEO on SearchEngineLand.com. UPDATED 5/29/24: I went through all of the data last night and found that 99% of this…

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How Many People Actually Use Apple Maps?

Updated: Since I first published this post in 2021, the number of Apple Maps users, the number of iPhone users in the U.S. has grown by about 10 million or so. So based on our formulas from 2021,…

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Store Locator SEO Case Study - Simple But Effective

In our Ultimate Guide to Store Locators, we talked about how adding a basic set of State > City > Location internal links to search-only store locators can improve SEO performance for the Location…

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Hey Media Sites! You Can Still Rank For Coupons Searches...

Yesterday, my friend, Jon Henshaw, announced on LinkedIN that he had started a new job as VP of SEO at CNet. I was only being partially facetious when I commented on his post: Coupons.CNet.com,…

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Using Local Pack Grid Rankings for Competitive Local SEO Analysis

Local grid rankings reports have been a great local SEO tool for a while. They can give you a sense of how a business ranks across various areas of a city, county, etc. Here's an example of…

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The N.A.P. Hunter Chrome Extension is Back!

Hey Local SEOs! In 2014, LSG released N.A.P. Hunter, a free Chrome Extension that enabled you do to run several standard local business NAP (Name, Address, & Phone Number) queries at once, then…

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SERP Summary Preview: My Localogy & NYC SEO Meetup Deck

Last week I had the privilege of presenting at both the Localogy24 conference and the NYC SEO Meetup. I presented some info on how we have built an AI tool to create unique location pages for SEO…

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Every AI SEO Tool Mentioned At Pubcon Vegas

I learned a lot at Pubcon's 2024 conference in Vegas. You can't say that about most trade shows. So I decided to share some knowledge on the best AI SEO tools recommended by the pros at the show…

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Every AI SEO Tool Mentioned At Pubcon Vegas 2024

AI was the big theme at this year's Pubcon Vegas conference. A whopping 27 presentations had "AI" in their names, exposing attendees to a plethora of new AI tools to use for SEO. As we all try to…

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