When you’re trying to clean up a competitor’s dirty Google Business Profile page, it’s not enough just to be right: You also need to make your move at the right time. When’s the right time to send in a "suggest an edit"? It’s (1) as soon as you … [Continue reading] about Fresh Edits: a Hidden Advantage in Google Maps Spam-Reporting
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Recovery Times from Local SEO Mishaps: a Quick Summary
If you break a leg, how long will you need to be in crutches, and how long before you can run? If you smash your pinky finger, when can you play Chopin again? If you throw out your back, how long until you can attempt a new personal record in the … [Continue reading] about Recovery Times from Local SEO Mishaps: a Quick Summary
Local Links vs. Industry Links for Local SEO: Which Is More Likely to Stick?
If you want to rank more than a klick or two from your perimeter, you’ll need a few links - from other sites to your site. Most of those sites should be relevant to what you do, where you are, or both. Those links probably don’t need to be hard … [Continue reading] about Local Links vs. Industry Links for Local SEO: Which Is More Likely to Stick?
12 Kinds of Growth in Local SEO
You don’t just want to become easier to find: you want to be harder to avoid. Higher rankings make you more visible, but alone they don’t make you unavoidable. Your goals will require more than that. You need multiple ways to advance your goals, … [Continue reading] about 12 Kinds of Growth in Local SEO
Photos & Local SEO: Simple Ways to Put More Notches on Your Belt with Images
The biggest problem with most advice on “image SEO” is it focuses too much on what images you should take and how you should take them. Often that advice rests on an assumption that you’re in a photogenic line of work, where it’s both easy and wise … [Continue reading] about Photos & Local SEO: Simple Ways to Put More Notches on Your Belt with Images