After I posted this article, the messaging on Google actually changed. Barry Schwartz captured a before/after screenshot in his Search Engine Land article. Bill Slawski also posted about this and concluded "Do click-throughs determine whether certain pages appear in search results?…
I was helping a user on the GMB forum and found it's getting even harder to find duplicates now with MapMaker not having a phone-number search option any more. Currently, I search on Google for "plus.google.com" "999-999-9999" and then add…
I wrote an article on Search Engine Land a couple weeks ago that shows the steps a business owner should make when relocating his office. It's always a painful process in the Local SEO world but I've dealt with it…
Updated Sept 3: In the last week, Google has changed their mind on whether or not it is okay to link to a 3rd-party website on your G+ Local page. As per the Google My Business guidelines: Do not provide phone…
Tony Leary of Catography Marketing shared this story with me and it was such a good one I had to post it. He worked with a tree service company in Tampa, FL which relocated from Issaquah, WA to Tampa, FL. When they moved,…
I've heard this scenario come up quite a bit over at the Google and Your Business Forum: "My map on Google looks correct yet my customers are being routed to my old location when they get driving directions". There is definitely…