Google's hustled on this one. Less than a week ago, reviews from "critics" started appearing in the local search results on mobile devices. Now they're showing up in desktop search results, too. Right now, "Critic" reviews only show up … [Continue reading] about Google Shoehorns Critic Reviews into Desktop Local Search Results
Blog
Local Business Directory Support-Team Email Addresses: How to Reach a Human When You Need Help
For reasons that may or may not have to do with local SEO, you need to fix your online listings. Maybe you want to fix 50, or just one. All these sites all make you jump through hoops. You’ve done everything they’ve asked you to. You’ve filled … [Continue reading] about Local Business Directory Support-Team Email Addresses: How to Reach a Human When You Need Help
Do You Really Need a Facebook Page for Each Location of Your Business?
Last year a client of mine with multiple locations asked me whether she really needed to bother creating a Facebook page for each location. She wanted to have just the mothership page, for her flagship location. Simpler. Less hassle. Less … [Continue reading] about Do You Really Need a Facebook Page for Each Location of Your Business?
Niche Local Citations Don’t Get Enough Love
People who know enough about local SEO to be dangerous don’t think twice about paying some poor soul to create 200 listings on glitzy big-name local-business directories like GoPickle, MyHuckleberry, and Sphinxaur. They heard about these things … [Continue reading] about Niche Local Citations Don’t Get Enough Love
How Do Local SEO and Conversion Rate Optimization Overlap?
You want better local rankings. But rankings won’t pay your bills, so you also want to do a better job of converting traffic. One is useless without the other, so you need to do both from the start. A few months ago I weighed in on a Google+ … [Continue reading] about How Do Local SEO and Conversion Rate Optimization Overlap?