The Last Local SEO Guy You'll Ever Need
You worked your tail off to get those reviews - on Google or Yelp or Facebook or another site - and want visitors to your site to see them. But you might have refrained from putting them on your site, because of one fear or another. I was gun-shy … [Continue reading] about Should You Copy and Paste Your Online Reviews onto Your Site?
Recently I used the public “Suggest an Edit” feature to propose changes to a couple Google My Business pages that had info I wanted to correct. It’s a good thing I’m one of the good guys, because Google approved all too easily edits to pages that I … [Continue reading] about Using “Suggest an Edit” to Change a Google My Business Landing Page URL: Too Easy and a Little Scary
The nature of your work on a local SEO campaign should change over time, or you’re doing it wrong. How you’ll make progress in week 3 differs from how you’ll make progress in year 3. You’ll do fine if you know which steps can only help you once, … [Continue reading] about One-Time Work vs. Ongoing Work in Local SEO
Love it or hate it, the Better Business Bureau has long been an SEO powerhouse. Though not splattered all over the local search results the way Yelp has been, the BBB often ranks well - both for broad search terms and when you search for a specific … [Continue reading] about BBB Dips a Toe in Answer-Box SEO, Highlighting Accredited Businesses
“My customers don’t care about Yelp. Nobody around here cares about Yelp. Why should I even try to get reviews there?” That’s a valid concern of business owners in most of the US - and in most of the world. Yelp, the Billion Dollar Bully, makes … [Continue reading] about If Nobody in Your Area Cares about Yelp, Should You Still Bother Getting Reviews There?