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Here’s How Many Websites You Need Linking To Your Website To Rank at the Top of Google in 2019

Local SEO | April 17, 2019 | Jason C.

How can you get your website to rank number one in Google search results? You can pay for ads, sure. But there’s another way: You can improve your rank by focusing on link building. This means you need other websites to link to yours. There’s one catch: These other websites should be authoritative and of quality […]

Car Accident Attorneys are Fighting a Major Battle With Spammers on Google Maps

Local SEO | April 9, 2019 | Jason C.

Google Maps listing are under attack by spammers! And right now, they’re winning. Their wins are likely only temporary and they’re focusing mainly on one specific niche: car accident attorneys. Both Search Engine Land and Joe Youngblood detail this flaw in Maps listings. Let’s read what they have to say! The Majority of Listings are […]

Someone Spammed Google’s UK Office on Google Maps With a Fake Event Asking Them to Stop Spammers From Spamming

Local SEO | April 8, 2019 | Jason C.

Check out this event going on at Google UK today 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pX9klYEG2W — Tim Capper (@GuideTwit) April 1, 2019 We recently detailed how Google added the ability to post events on Google Maps. Now, a prankster has decided to use this new feature for “evil”, or, least, a moment of comedy. As you can see […]

Google is Deindexing Websites Without Any Known Reason. Here’s How to Fix It

Local SEO, Technical SEO | April 5, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Update: Google Employee John Mueller posted on Twitter a few minutes ago saying Google has discovered this was a technical error on their part and are working to fix it. Dozens of webmasters have been reporting something very disturbing, that Google is deindexing the homepage of their website or worse, multiple pages on their websites. […]

You Can Now Submit Public Events to Google Maps

Local Marketing, Local SEO | April 2, 2019 | Jason C.

Another week, another Google change! And this one is pretty awesome, especially if your business regularly holds events. I’ll explain why later. But for now, know that Google’s new feature allows you to add public events to Google Maps. Google’s related Maps Support web page—”Add an Event”—details how you can do this. Putting Events on […]

Google Maps Testing Display of Review Stars on the Map

Local SEO | March 21, 2019 | Jason C.

Star rating & number of review being shown directly on the map prior to clicking on any listing. I feel like this is an old feature be revamped? @JoyanneHawkins @mblumenthal @localseoguide #localsearch @Tallwave pic.twitter.com/Wi2Lcc2qRS — Michael Wallace (@LocalGladiator) March 21, 2019 We already knew that user reviews are important to Google. After all, Google, as […]

Google My Business Now Requires Seasonal Business to be Marked as “Temporarily Closed” During Their Off-Season

Local SEO | March 19, 2019 | Jason C.

Do you run a seasonal business? Perhaps you own a lawn service company or a snow removal company. If so, you’ll have to pay attention to a new rule by Google My Business. The platform is now requiring all seasonal businesses to be labeled as “Temporarily Closed” during the off-season. So if you own the […]

84% of Local SEO Experts Say That Link Building is A Very Important Task

Local SEO | March 19, 2019 | Jason C.

Link building—getting other websites to link back to yours—is a crucial ranking signal that search engines use to help them place your website in search results. The idea is this: The more often quality websites link to yours, the higher your own website will rank in search results. A recent study was done which shows […]

Google Has Launched A New Way To Report Local Business / Map Spam

Local SEO | February 27, 2019 | Jason C.

Google My Business (GMB) violations happen on a regular basis. Now, Google has created a new way—a new online form—to allow people to report on local business and map spam. This was just announced yesterday on Google’s My Business Advertiser Community Forum. The New Spam and Fraud Form Marissa_GMB, the Community Manager for the form, […]

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