Twenty Years of Writing Down What Google Did This Time.

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The New Google Place Listings May Make Multicity Rankings Even Harder

Tweet Miriam Ellis has a great piece over on Search Engine Guide about how the new Google Place "integrated" Listings (I called them A+ Listings) could cause problems for businesses with…

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Small Towns May Be The Best SEO Hope For Directories in the New Google Local SERPs

Tweet At first glance, the new Google Local SERPs appear to be a potentially big problem for local directories that rely on SEO for traffic. But with change always comes opportunity. As you can…

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Google Place Pages Launches D-Day?

Tweet Fire up an Incognito browser, do some local searches and you might see some new Google local SERPs. It looks like Google may have unleashed the new All-Google-Places local layout they had…

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Google Testing Click2Call Yet Again?

Just saw this in the wild Tweet

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Meet the New Google Local SERPs

Tweet Thought it might be of interest to catalogue the different types of Google Local SERPs I am seeing: 7 Pack Lite Standard 7 Pack listings with map in right column above ads. 10 Web results…

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The New Google Local SERPs & Local Directories

Tweet So it appears that the new Google Local SERPs are imminent. As you may recall, my initial take on this pending event was that it spelled doom for the Yellow Pages and local directories biz.…

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Google Maps Hates S&M (& Caps)

Sometimes we SEO types forget to take our own advice. Several months ago, after not having touched my Google Places Page for years, I updated the photo. Immediately my edit was rejected and my…

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YouTube Social: Can You Redirect Trademarked Domains?

I was reading this piece on how Google is going after YouTube Social for Trademark Infringement and my brain immediately fell down the legalities of certain SEO practices rabbit hole. So Google is…

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Why Did Cisco Buy Smalltown?

Ok, I know I am just a measley little SEO blogger, but today on LocalSEOGuide, I'll be playing the part of Michael Arrington. I knew Smalltown.com, the local start-up, had been up for sale (Truth…

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Google News SEO Tips & Ranking Factors

Tweet I have done a lot of newspaper SEO (aka "Consejos SEO" for mis amigos al sur de la frontera) and inevitably, the first question I get asked by a new client is "What are Google News' ranking…

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