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Ranking well in local search is a matter of doing 3 things at once: 1. Working on the factors that help you; 2. Avoiding getting hurt by the factors that can hurt you, and 3. Not wasting time and effort on the stuff that doesn’t count. I talk … [Continue reading] about 23 Things That Won’t Hurt Your Local Search Rankings
Google’s rules for local business listings are notoriously and unnecessarily confusing. Always have been. All the more so now, given that some business owners have to know and follow both the guidelines for Google Places and for Google Plus. You … [Continue reading] about The Full List of Google Local Business Listing Crimes
A few days ago, I asked the good people on my email list to send me their questions. They’ve always sent me great questions, and I always take a crack at them. But local search – and Google+Local in particular – is as messy and complex as … [Continue reading] about Lightning Round Q&A on Local SEO
Recently I learned of a new tool that helps business owners ask customers for reviews. It’s called Grade.us. From what I’ve seen so far, I like it. How it works You create a page (hosted on Grade.us) that contains two things: (1) a message to … [Continue reading] about Review of Grade.us (Tool for Customer Reviews)
Many of my best ideas have come to me while I’ve been puffing on a cigar on my porch around 3am. But even more of (what I consider) my finest posts were influenced by what other local SEOs have written. Their insights spurred my lethargic brain … [Continue reading] about Local SEO Posts That Inspired My Best