It’s still too early to tell, but I track the traffic on a number of local directory sites around the world and thus far I have not seen a significant change in Google referrals. Could it be that rumors of the Yellow Pages death have been greatly exaggerated by bloggers seeking page views? Tweet
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 see in the screenshot above, when a city does not have many businesses in a service category, there is still an […]
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 below. UPDATE: 3 Pack Lite Standard 3 Pack listings with map in right column above ads. 7 Web results […]
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. So I thought I’d take you for a spin through these new SERPs and see what we can see: […]
Just saw this in the wild Tweet
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 been testing in more cities (Update: I have reports that this is being seen in Burbank & Australia and others that it […]
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 demanding that YouTube Social change its name to something else. But my guess is that there are a ton of sites that […]
SEM savant Marty Weintraub has an excellent post on the dumbing down of the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. Google owns the largest first-hand sampling of query data in many parts of the world. Now, breaking rank with 15+ years of holistic search engine open-source tradition, Google has decided marketers should no longer have easy access […]
Faithful readers of this collection of pixels and code may recall last week’s post La Jolla Takes a Hit From Google Maps where we called attention to the plight of La Jolla, CA, the tony upscale oceanside resort town, which had been replaced in Google Maps with La Jolla Placentia, CA, the non-tony, non-upscale, non-oceanside […]
According to Google’s launch team, Google Instant is supposed to provide more qualified visitors to publishers’ sites. I had set up Google Analytics to track Google Instant referrals – if you want to try this see this great post on WebDistortion.com about How To Track Google Instant In Google Analytics – so I thought it […]