In this series of blog posts on placing for local searches on Google, I’ll take a look at a few strategies that work especially where you operate in one city with multiple locations. Over this week and next, I’ll be looking at other tougher to place scenarios and offering some advice…
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Improving Your Rank in Google’s Local Listings
Local listings on Google.com can make or break certain types of businesses, but did you know that when you drop in placement there may be some things you can do to remediate your drop. Here’s what I recommend you look at first after your ranking has dropped: 1. Make sure…
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Google Cracks Down on Fictitious Google+ Local Reviews
I knew that eventually Google would address the growing problem of SEO firms selling services to create fictitious Google+ Local reviews, and finally they have. Here is a quote from Google: “For business owners: Be wary of an SEO or reputation management service that promises to generate reviews for your…
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Improving Your Google Local Business Placement – Don’t Be Fleeced
I have just this week had a prospect tell me that she had paid a firm $1,200 to move up organically in the Google Local Business listings. Wow, that’s a lot of money to spend on moving up in results when there is really very little information available on the…
