Earlier this year, I wrote an article on Moz that talked about one of the issues big brands run into with SEO. Brands with tons of locations sometimes have a hard time coming up with unique content for each of…
One of the more frustrating, common issues we have in Local Search is when you’re on the phone with a client, searching the same keyword and seeing completely different things. There are 2 things I’ve found that make the biggest…
Updated Feb 25, 2016: Updated the URL in #6 since the old one stopped working. Also added a bonus troubleshooting tip for this step. In the Local SEO world there are a few Google URLs you should know because they…
After reading the recent article in the New York Times about locksmith spam, I decided to download Bryan Seely's book Cyber Fraud: The Web of Lies. For those of you that aren't familiar with Bryan, he's the one who made…
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…
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…
If you manage lots of Google Plus Business pages on behalf of businesses, likeliness is you will have one account that you have the businesses add as a manager. This is a great way to avoid having to store multiple…
Previously I was always utilizing MapMaker to find the list of categories that a Google Places/Google Plus Local page was targeting. However there is a faster way: Right click on the listing Click View Page Source Press CTRL + F…