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What is Google My Business?
What is Google My Business? Remember when (waaaaay back when), once a year you’d hear a distinctive, heavy thump on your doorstep? A thump loud enough to make you jump? Upon investigation what would you find? The latest edition of the Yellow…

How To Rank on Google Maps
Want to learn how to rank higher on Google Map? If your business doesn’t rank well on Google Maps, does it even exist?
It is common knowledge that the 3-pack on Google Maps is the holy grail of local search, and that appearing as one of…

How to Use Google Search Console for SEO in 2019 Like a Pro
Why is Google Search Console important?
“The best place to hide a dead body is on the second page of Google Search.”
We’re not entirely sure who said this famous quote first. Not even Google could tell us. What we are sure of is:
(a)…

Can Grammar Issues Eliminate Featured Snippets in Google Search?
Recently Britney Muller of Moz Blog indicated in a brief article titled Does Google Drop Featured Snippets Over Typos? on the Search Engine RoundTable site that a simple typographical error was the probable cause behind Moz losing a featured…

3 Ways Featured Snippets in Search Can Boost Your Website Traffic
Those rectangular boxes are at the top of a search engine results (SERP) page are called Featured Snippets. How can you get your website's information to appear in them. To get your website to appear there you need to have the most relevant…

What You Need to Know About Google's New Local 3 Pack
It has been almost one month since Google replaced its “Local 7 Pack” results with its new “Local 3 Pack” results.
This means that searchers only see three businesses listed in the local map results. We briefly explain…

Google Algorithm Quality Update - May 2015
Google recently confirmed that it indeed changed its algorithm earlier this month.
Many website owners and SEO’s started noticing changes in rankings in early May although Google kept saying there were no updates. Some were even calling…

Will You Adapt and Evolve With Google?
Are you constantly looking for ways of improving SEO for your business?
Do you ever read an article where you find yourself thinking, “I couldn’t have said it better”?
This Search Engine Land article written by Trond Lyngbø (Head…

What You Need to Know About Google's Pigeon Algorithm Update
Google is at it again with their algorithm updates.
This time they've gone after local search results and Search Engine Land has affectionately nicknamed the update “Pigeon” in its early days.
While there is still a lot of speculation…

4 Takeaways for Panda 4.0 Changes
Recently I came across an excellent article by Razvan Gavrilas about Panda 4.0 which investigates several winners and losers in SERP visibility after the May 20th Panda algorithm update.
If this is the first time you are reading about…

In Answer to Your Questions
Recently a business owner emailed us with some good SEO questions about us as he was obviously searching for a new online marketing company to hire. We felt we should share these with everyone as these are the types of SEO questions (and more…

Why Web Pages End Up In Google’s Omitted Results
Are omitted pages within Google's search results preventing your website from gaining the organic search engine exposure that you deserve on Google?
In order to maximize your search engine rankings you need to have content (web pages) that…