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After last month’s craziness of Google releasing 3 major updates within days of each other, this month has been relatively calm.  Google did release a minor refresh of their Panda update and that’s pretty much it.  Well, technically, Google released about 50 updates, but they were very minor and most had no real effect on […]

In another attempt to force more people to use Google+…I mean, In an attempt to make your local listings more social and interactive, Google switched all Google Places listings over to Google+ Local at the beginning of this month (June).  You do not need to do anything regarding the switch as all information, images, reviews, […]

A recent study performed by Bizable indicates that reviews do, indeed, have a positive impact on a local organization’s rankings. The study was accomplished by surveying 22 local business categories in 22 US cities and analyzing the Google Local results.  They examined the Google Places page for the top 30 results to look for common […]

Just a little humor for your day.  The Denver Post carries a comic strip called Rhymes with Orange which had this funny mention of Google Places: Enjoy! Related PostsJuly SEO Update: Round and Round the Carousel April SEO Update: Panda Fades and Penguin Looms Google+ Local Changes and Facebook Enters the Search Game

Is your local listing up to date?  Does it have accurate info? Google is attempting to keep their local information more accurate.  This week Google announced that they will be using third party information (information from other “trusted” websites) and user information (Internet surfers who submit a change of info to Google) more quickly to […]

When it comes to local SEO, there are many factors that can effect local rankings.  Setting up listings with accurate information, using your address and phone number on your website, and getting citations are among the most important.  Getting positive reviews is another important factor in local rankings, but it’s a lot more than that. […]

Bing’s Local Business Portals already had a lot of features.  In addition to the traditional contact info, map, reviews, etc, they offered a mobile website, offers, photos, social connections and more.  But now Bing is testing some new features. Some of the new features Bing is testing include: Deals with digital loyalty cards: This is […]

Update: 11/04/2014: Enough has changed in the practice of link building since this series was original written that the content is no longer accurate or usable.  We may update the section on link building in the future, but for now, we’ve decided to simply take down this content. [End Update] Now that you know everything […]

Keyword research…check. Optimize my site…check. Get links…check. It would be nice if it were that simple. Unfortunately, there are a lot things you need to know about links and link building if you want to do really well. In fact, it’s possible that even though you’re getting links, it may not be doing you any […]

Link building is a integral part of any SEO project.  There are always keywords your site isn’t ranking well enough for and there are always competitors gunning for you for the keywords for which you are ranking well.  A good link building campaign is the solution to both those problems.  So, how does it work? What are […]