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Google News Ranking Factors 2011 Survey Is Live
A few months ago I was working on a SEO project for a big news site around testing various strategies to improve traffic from Google News and was trying to figure out a thorny issue. I started…
Read the postWhen Will Google Places Bail Out White Hat SEOs?
A frustrated practitioner of bail bonds SEO laments about Google Places, Where Crooked Businesses Take Over: "Here’s another great example of the wonder of Google Places and Google’s dealings with…
Read the postHow To Respond To A Negative Review
Since my customer reviews post on SEL seemed to be of interest, thought I would post this textbook example of how to respond to a negative review: Click on the image to enlarge or check out R.J.…
Read the postThe Half Life of a Link
Bit.ly Link Halflife Density Bit.ly has a great post up: You Just Shared a Link: How Long Will People Pay Attention? In general, the half life of a bitly link is about 3 hours, unless you publish…
Read the post10 Tips To Get More Customer Reviews (SEL)
My latest Locals Only post is up on SearchEngineLand: 5 Tips to Get More Customer Reviews: An excerpt: Some tips for asking customer reviews: Don’t offer incentives. A percentage of your customers…
Read the postAll Of The Google Places Fit To Close
The NY Times reports on the epidemic of open businesses that are reported as "closed" in Google Places and name checks Linda Buquet and Mike Blumenthal, who successfully changed the Googleplex's…
Read the postIs Amazon Local The Real Daily Deal?
My sister-in-law in NYC just got her first Amazon Local Deal and sent me the following note: "This is the first time I have ever gotten something like this from Amazon. I thought you might find…
Read the postGoogle SuperSize SiteLinks = SuperSize SEO Buzz Kill?
With Google rolling out it's "new and improved" expanded sitelinks for "brands", the SEO game just got a bit trickier, particularly for local queries. Here's what you get when searching for some…
Read the postThe Local SEO Editorial Calendar
Here's the Local SEO Seasonal Calendar I mentioned on today's post on SEL re Seasonal SEO (originally entitled "Back To School With Seasonal SEO")
Read the post"Remove" Link Spotted In Google Instant
Looks like Google is now allowing users to remove keywords from Google Instant previews. Should help them improve relevance and provide yet more fuzziness about what the average searcher is seeing…
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