Local SEO Tips, News, & Information

Before I get into the local SEO benefits of Google My Business Posts, let me first show you the easiest way to create a post for your own business.  Creating posts for your GMB listing is pretty straight forward, and there are [...]

Yext Google My Business Sync Back in February, Yext announced an integration with Google local listings that allowed you to control your GMB listing directly from your Yext dashboard.  Though the use of Google API, the data associated with your Yext profile will [...]

There's a fundamental problem with local business SEO! That is, the challenge of growing your business and reaching new customers in surrounding cities and in multiple metro areas. Traditional local SEO allows you to verify your Google My Business location (i.e. Google Maps listing) in [...]

SEE OUR LOCAL SEO CITATION PACKAGES Start DOMINATING Google Maps Rankings VIEW PACKAGES & PRICING What Are Google Map Citations? A Google Map citation is data about your business location that's published across the web consisting of your business [...]

Many website owners struggle with issue of expiring domain names.  The most common question is whether or not you should renew it or just let it expire.  But if you do renew it, is there anything you can do with the domain name [...]

Image via Wikipedia Most of the conversations I've had lately with current and prospective clients have been around the topic of executing the mechanics of SEO and local SEO.  Meaning, what are the actual steps / actions we need to take [...]

It’s a powerful thing when a business earns enough authority in Google local search to become the "featured business" for their most valuable keyword phrase. When a business reaches the featured spot, Google removes all other local search results, which means the featured [...]

I consider local SEO to be both an art and science.  There's data attributes, entities, and risks that must be accounted for (science), and there's nuances and techniques that only come from experience (art).  This is one of the reasons I love the [...]

Creating City Pages To Rank for City + Service Keyword Phrases #1 ranked city page for keyword phrase "ac repair in atlanta" If you own a business in the suburbs of a large metro area, you might be frustrated because you wish your website ranked in [...]

If you're a local business or agency running local SEO for clients, you may have noticed the Google local business phone support is no longer available.  I was working on a client issue the other day and, as I normally do, went to request a [...]

Implementing effective local SEO For plumbers comes with its own unique set of challenges and circumstances.  First, there's a strong sense of urgency from customer demand because, quite frankly, people do not think to call a plumber unless there's an emergency.  And second, when [...]

I could've taken the easy road with the question of "what business categories benefit most from local SEO?", by saying that all local and small businesses should be leveraging local SEO! But that would've been cop out... And I know you clicked thru [...]

How To Improve Google Maps Rankings I remember when one of our clients said to me, "Bobby, I could care less about the organic search results in Google.  If my business is not found in the Google Maps local search results - [...]

Google Map Citations for Local SEO Google Map Citations are instances of your business name, address, and phone number (NAP) that are published on external websites and directories.  Search engines use citations to determine the accuracy and relevance of your business information. image by: Moz [...]

I'm a firm believer in the 80/20 rule!  This is especially true when it comes to local SEO for dominating Google local search.  The 80/20 rule implies a small segment of activities can deliver the overwhelming majority of results.  This is also sometimes referred to [...]

5 Local SEO Tips for Small Business Does your business rely on local customers for sales and revenue?  If so, these local SEO tips for small businesses can help you increase your rankings and presence in Google Maps, help you connect to new [...]

One of our clients is a personal injury law firm that specializes in brain injury cases.  I mention this particular client because they operate in a very niche market, and it helps to illustrate the news article marketing strategy discussed below. We just completed another full month [...]

If you are a local business and rely on Google traffic from your local metro area, then I'm sure you've noticed some changes lately in the local search results which might dramatically impact your overall local SEO strategy. Back in August, Google updated their local search [...]