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There are two intertwined myths about duplicate content: 1: That Google is on the warpath against it, penalizing sites left and right. 2: That duplicate content is a thing - one specific problem. Neither is true, because of one fact: there are … [Continue reading] about 12 Kinds of Duplicate Content in Local SEO: Which Ones Are Trouble?
If you aren’t sure what a local SEO audit is and have no idea how to do one, you’ve come to the wrong place. (In that case, start with Casey Meraz’s monster post.) But I’m guessing your problem is that your local SEO audits don’t go boom. To … [Continue reading] about The 20 Principles of a Dynamite Local SEO Audit
It’s been exactly one week since the latest revision of the Google Places My Business Quality Guidelines. Of all the changes, arguably the biggest change was that Google put the kibosh on “descriptors” - words that you could add to the name of … [Continue reading] about Have Google Places Descriptors Been Grandfathered in?
Has your local SEO person nagged you to earn a few good links? I hope so, because that’s good advice. Especially since the Pigeon update, your ability to do RCS and earn links - like from local media and local causes - has become key to ranking … [Continue reading] about The Lazy Man’s Way to Find Meetup.com Local Link Opportunities (in 5 Seconds Or Less)
As you may have read from Mike or Linda, Google just updated the “My Business” guidelines (again). Among several rule-updates that will Google will probably enforce haphazardly or temporarily, here are the two updates that have stuck in my … [Continue reading] about Latest Google Places Guideline Flip-Flop: Natural Extension of Pigeon Update?