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A massage therapist called me the other day because they were extremely frustrated... There was 2 things they just could not understand, and those were: 1.  Why their business wasn't ranking at the top of Google Maps / Google local search 2.  [...]

As a local SEO agency, we are of course always paying attention to the latest updates with Google My Business and Google Maps. As such, one of the latest GMB updates we are excited to see coming is the "Request A Quote" [...]

Mobile Websites & SEO Your mobile website and how it could be hurting (or helping) your business.< Today I want to share with you 3 key statistics about your mobile website and how it could be hurting (or helping) your business. Check [...]

Listen to the latest podcast on GMB menu items for local business.Local businesses now have the ability to build out service menu items in their Google My Business / Google Maps listings.This is a powerful way for your business to get found in [...]

Here are some of the best law firm website templates for 2018.Law firm website templates vary greatly depending on the size, location, and revenue of the law firm.  From our experience, the top law firm website templates are those that meet a few [...]

3 Steps to Optimize Your Website for Voice Search in 2018 and Beyond According to Google, over one-fifth of the searches on Google are voice search. And it's expected that by 2020 (less than 2 years from now), over half of all [...]

Get your business found in multiple cities The process of getting found in Google search within the city where your have a business address is called local SEO. With the right local SEO strategy in place, customers in your market will find you in [...]

Update:  January 13th, 2019 I originally published this article back in October of 2017.  However, a lot has changed since there an I may be changing my tune a bit on whether or not reviews increase your visibility in Google Maps. As [...]

Google search results are designed to find the best content for any given query.  If someone searches a broad phrase such as dentist, they will get a mix of general search results based on dentists in their geographic market.  But when a more granular search [...]

One of the most overlooked SEO strategies in Google search is SEO en Español.   With just over 17% of the population in the U.S., the hispanic latino market represents a substantial opportunity for businesses to reach new customers who are actively searching in [...]

Law Firm Websites Should Upgrade to SSL Security Now! Starting October 2017, Google just announced they will start forcing SSL (website secured browsing) on all websites that have forms. Here's the notification that Google released about an hour ago: Chrome (version 62) will [...]

One look at this 6 year chart from Google Trends shows the explosive growth of local 'near me' searches.  The growth in near me local searches has been fueled mostly by mobile searches, which according to Google now account for more than half [...]

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 [...]

View Citation Packages / Start Dominating Google Maps! 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 name, street address, city, [...]

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 [...]