Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

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If A Chiropractor Can Do Local SEO, So Can You

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,…

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"Google Now Sees Owner Written Descriptions As Pretty Much Worthless"

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…

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How The Local Data Sausage Is Made

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…

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Local Citations: Quality v. Quantity?

Source: BrightLocal Citation Building Survey 2013 Nyagoslav Zhevkov has a great overview of a survey on local citations Bright Local conducted in September. There are a few good insights in the…

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Local Search Job Candidate of the Month: Robert Collins

From time to time, I like to post high quality candidates who are in the local search job market. It seems like this blog's readership is often on the hunt for experienced people who can get the…

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Part-Time SEO Job in the Bay Area

Hey readers, Local SEO Guide is looking for help in the Bay Area from someone who has experience in "big SEO data" analysis - don't be intimidated - we're talking about taking data from various…

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NY Attorney General's Fake Reviews Sting Exposes Bad Client Screening Practices by SEOs

NEW YORK -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that 19 companies had agreed to cease their practice of writing fake online reviews for businesses and to pay more than $350,000…

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Is This The Future of Local Directory SEO?

UPDATE: Some of my better-read compatriots have pointed me towards Greg Sterling's article from April about how Google is using the layout below to appease anti-competition complaints in Europe.…

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Can I Use ALL CAPS in Google Maps?

In my SEL post 7 Things I Have Figured Out About The New Google Maps, I mentioned that businesses might want to try using ALL CAPS in their business name on their Google Places + Local (whateva)…

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The "Ultimate" List of Google Manual SPAM Action Viewer Messages

Google Webmaster Tools just launched the Manual SPAM Action Viewer which alerts webmasters to manual SPAM issues with their sites. Like a good SEO consultant, I quickly ran through all of my…

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