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My first blog post was 5 years ago today. 276 posts ago. Time sure flies. I’d already been in “local” for a couple years by that point. But my posts are the heart and lungs of this thing, so I consider 6/1/11 to be the real DOB of Local … [Continue reading] about 5 Years of Local Search Blogging
Either Yelp or Google - or some combination thereof - has decided your phone number should show up in the search results, rather than just on your Yelp listing. Here’s how a typical listing might have appeared until recently: And here it is … [Continue reading] about Yelp Shows Phone Numbers in Local Search Results
What I like to call “dummy links” are links that you can get with a little commitment of resources, but without having to think too hard. You’ll need to earn some good links (from other, relevant sites to your site) if you want to rank well in the … [Continue reading] about Dummy Links: Part of a Smart Local SEO Strategy
Isn’t that a huge waste? Think of how hard you worked to learn your craft, start your business, stay in business, get customers, and do a great job for them and earn those positive reviews. That’s why it’s stupid not to ask for online reviews. … [Continue reading] about Why Send Good Customers to Crappy Review Sites?
I want to emphasize that I have not tested this - even to the extent you can “test” anything in local search. Rather, I’ve just observed a couple things: 1. Google seems to integrate online “Make an appointment” software into local businesses’ … [Continue reading] about Online Scheduling: on the Rise in Google and a Local Search Ranking Factor?