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Google ‘Plusaces’ is Here

by Scott | Jun 1, 2012 | Google, Local - Places - Maps, Local Factors

This Wednesday, May 30th in the ever changing world of local search, Google officially announced the “end” of “Google Places” and they are merging it with Google Plus (Google+). This has been written up quite extensively already, but I thought...

Visibility Cut in Half Locally by Obeying Googles Rules

by Scott | May 16, 2012 | Google, Local - Places - Maps

This is just quick update to show that my Google Places impressions over the past 30 days are less than half of what they were the previous month. This was the result of following the new Google guidelines that require local service businesses without a storefront to...

Service Business – Bad SEO Advice

by Scott | Apr 16, 2012 | Google, Local - Places - Maps

I’ve been advising others about their search presence since 2002, and this is the first time I recall ever telling someone to do something that could ultimately hurt them. Please consider this a “retraction” to my prior advice, and read it carefully....

New Google Fairness Algorithm

by Scott | Apr 1, 2012 | Google

In a stunning move, even as the dust settles from their deindexing of some blog networks last week, Google is announcing a brand new ranking algorithm designed to level the playing field for domains in competitive industries. Each year, Google changes its search...

Google’s Local Policy is Stupid

by Scott | Mar 12, 2012 | Google, Local Factors, SEO

Last night I did a search on Google because my wife had her car window smashed by some Portlandia hooligans while she was watching the Central Catholic High School play. The first result for “emergency auto glass repair” was Glass Doctor, and it was a...

Local Search – Mistake or Cleverness?

by Scott | Feb 7, 2012 | Google, Local - Places - Maps

Doing a little bit if research, I noticed what I thought was odd behavior in Google local, taking me to directories instead of to a business, so I immediately jumped to a conclusion (imagine that!) and Twittered about it, pinging @davidmihm and @chiropractic Michael...