Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Sept. 19 Core Update, Fresher Search Console Data, More Snippet Control & More It was a busy week in […]
Continue ReadingWhat to Do If Your Google My Business Listing Is Suspended
Want to know how to get a suspended Google My Business listing reinstated? Here’s everything you need to know to get your all-important listing back, by GMB Product Expert Ben Fisher. Joe awoke one morning to find that the phones were not ringing for his business. He then had some people calling in from billboard […]
Continue ReadingDaily Search Forum Recap: August 26, 2019
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Vlog #13: Joy Hawkins On Local Ranking Factors, Google Maps & Local SEO In episode #13 of the vlog series at the […]
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Why SEO for business? Why would a business need SEO? To put it bluntly, did you know that there are over 200 million websites on the internet and reportedly over one trillion web pages are being crawled by search engines as of now? SEO is a necessity for all the small and medium sized businesses […]
Continue ReadingHow to Optimize Google My Business in 10 Steps
If you’re serious about targeting local consumers and boosting your local search visibility, you’ll need to take some time to optimize your Google My Business (GMB) listing. In recent years, Google has rolled out a whole host of new Google My Business features, so much so that you may well find you’ve missed one or […]
Continue ReadingDailyMail Admit To Losing Half Of Their Google Traffic After June 2019 Core Update
Jesus Mendez, the SEO Director at MailOnline, which operators DailyMail.co.uk, has admitted publicly that the site took a massive hit by the June 2019 Google core update which began rolling out June 3rd. He said the site “lost 50% of daily traffic” because of this Google update. It is very rare for a publishing site […]
Continue ReadingPoll Results: Google My Business – Would You Pay to Play?
On April 25th, Google My Business sent users a survey that seemed to suggest the possibility of paid-for features being added to the GMB product. As you’d expect, the local SEO community reacted strongly to the survey, with Mike Blumenthal speculating the survey was “the work of a summer intern”. But with official results from […]
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