Here’s How Google’s Business Hour Update Can Affect Your Ranking
Did you know that your business hours can affect your ranking on Google? In a quietly rolled out update, Google has retooled how local businesses appear in its ranking system based on whether they were open or not. For instance, according to one law firm, they found that they ranked lower on a “lawyer near […]
The Importance of Search Engines When Growing Your Business
The Internet has truly been a gamechanger for the world since it first went live in the world in August 1991. It has been a place for people to share their thoughts and connect with others, but most importantly it has been a place for people to search for things. Search engines are one of […]
4 Key Ways Google Has Improved Search Over the Years
If you ever searched the web in the early ’90s, you know how frustrating it was. Archie and Ask Jeeves were great starts to the world-wide-web search, but let’s be honest: We were all glad when more advanced search engines took the stage! In the fall of 1998, Google was born. It was created by […]
Ranking for ‘Near Me’ Phrases
In this era of smart phones and handheld voice searches, more and more people searching for local businesses and services on their phones. In a post from Linda Buquet, a prominent Google local search specialist, said, “Google stated that seaches including ‘near me’ have increased 34X since 2011.” With that large of an increase you may be […]
Give Them Something Worth Ranking
I’m going to get back on my SEO soapbox. I know I’ve spent a lot of time up here, but this misconception is still one of the main problems with this industry. The misconception is that SEO consists of doing some magic keyword placement, adding a few links and then ranking. Just this week a […]
Citations in Local Business
Citations are an important part of your local SEO. They help search engines like Google or Bing verify that your business actually exists and is where you say it is. What is a citation though? Most of us will be familiar with the idea of citations when it comes to school papers. The citations we are […]
Google Introduces Live Tweets in Search Results
This is big news. Google and Twitter came to an agreement this week to include up to date tweets within mobile search results. This means if you search for Peyton Manning, you will see tweets about him in the search results. It also works with #hashtags, which can be very useful. The tweets are in […]
When Did You Last Visit?
Here’s something interesting I noticed yesterday: This isn’t appearing on every search, but here and there Google is telling me how many times I’ve visited a site and when the last visit was. They are leaning more heavily all the time on personalized search results, is this the next step? Here’s something else to think […]
Don’t Take it Personally…
Say you want to know how your site is performing. You search for a few of your keywords, and are delighted to find out you are dominating the top ten results! This fills you with confidence, and you decide you don’t need to do anything differently, because your online presence is already super strong! What […]
2nd Page Rankings: You’re the #1 Loser
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