Local search marketing specialist. Follow me for local business and search marketing tips.
Asheville, NC
Joined March 2009
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This SEO topic is too important to ignore.
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Many donāt think thereās an issue with thoseā¦ before they face one.
Iāll explain it in a short š§µ
Rich Owings retweeted
FindLaw WordPress Websites: A Cynical Middle Finger to Their Clients - mockingbird.marketing/findlaā¦
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Fascinating new Core Web Vitals study via @THCapper
Google says you need to pass *All 3* thresholds for a ranking boost - but is that the case?
Data suggests failing 1 or 2 didn't make a big difference, but sites failing all 3 dropped big.
More nuance: moz.com/blog/state-of-web-anā¦
Any idea why @googleanalytics is showing a different number of organic sessions for May 27, 2021, when I compare it to the previous year? Neither report is using data sampling; both are based on 100% of sessions. CC @rustybrick
Great definition of the modern role of an SEO...
Good post about blockchain and the open Web... Why the blockchain matters seths.blog/2021/05/why-the-bā¦
Great tip!
Heard a seriously SOLID tip from @TheSocialDude on the @lmidaily YouTube series (youtube.com/channel/UC3qSAfUā¦). If Google isn't showing the photo you want in the Knowledge Panel, use the header image on the GMB website to influence it.
If you think email marketing is too hard, or even if you're already doing it, check out this great slide deck from @davidmihm
tidings.com/vault/email-markā¦
Rich Owings retweeted
You should always ask āplease mention the service we did for youā when you ask customers for a review. Keywords in reviews will help you rank better for those terms, and, you can get these awesome carousels which will increase conversions.
Great Google Reviews no longer enough - now we need to teach customers about keywords to trigger these featured review scrolls. Should we be going back to great reviews and asking the reviewer to stuff in a few keywords? #googleMaps #GMB
Great tips here from @philrozek - 10 Bootstrap Ways to Grab More of Your Service Area in Local Search localvisibilitysystem.com/20ā¦
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Today is the day (Saturday for those counting). Want to finally know what SEO stands for? Why you should maybe care about your blog? š¤
Join me and @RichOwings at 2pEST for our āAsk the SEO Expertā session at @WordCampAVL! All free, all virtual. Register: 2020.asheville.wordcamp.org/ā¦
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Google My Business adds new health & safety attributes where you can specific if your business requires masks, temperature checks and more seroundtable.com/google-my-bā¦ hat tip @bullimore_bully
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This is a big deal for Wordpress sites - updating to the latest version of Wordpress will come with the latest version of jQuery, which could potentially break your site and your plugins if you don't test things beforehand!
h/t our lead Dev, @markdavoli
make.wordpress.org/core/2020ā¦
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If you have the non-https version of your site listed on major online profiles (Yelp, TripAdvisor etc) because of the redirect, referral traffic in Google Analytics will disappear and it will look like the traffic is direct traffic. localsearchforum.com/threadsā¦ @DarrenShaw_
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Does merging 2 Google My Business listings help ranking? See what we found after merging a duplicate listing for a dentist in Florida. sterlingsky.ca/does-merging-ā¦ #localsearch #localseo
Here's a great company looking to hire black SEOs and SEO bloggers: localseoguide.com/is-this-thā¦. Please share if you know anyone who may be interested. @localseoguide
Google My Business offers more flexibility with business hours searchengineland.com/google-ā¦ via @sengineland
Reopening Checklist for Local Businesses: Make It Confusion-Free, Local SEO-Friendly, and Safe localvisibilitysystem.com/20ā¦ via @philrozek
Great info here... The May 2020 Google Core Update - 4 Case Studies That Emphasize The Complexity Of Broad Core Algorithm Updates gsqi.com/marketing-blog/may-ā¦
