Nice piece over at Stephen Espinosa’s blog on how reviews affect local search rankings along with some helpful tips. There’s a reason why his profile name is “McStud”.
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Mcstud, is that like the McLovin of the internet? If it is the case then that is the nickname of all web 2.0 nicknames and based on that alone I went and checked it out.
Thank as always for the good insights! Cheers and have a happy Memorial Day Weekend.
Theres also another site we like to use for reviews and that is Yelp.com. Check it out.
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