One of the good things about Google local search was until earlier this year you could have a page 1 listing without a local business website using Google Places. As with everything Google, their algorithms change and search moves on. Google Places – your local business page, traditionally pulled the map into the search results […]
Successful Google Places And Local Business Google+ Pages Merge?
How to Merge Google Plus Local Page and Google Plus Brand Page Update June 2014. Google now allows you to move the local details from your Google Local Page to your Google Plus Brand Page (non-local). You’ll find instructions on this post “How to Convert a Google Plus Brand Page to Google Local [Video]” NOTE […]
Merging Your Google+ Local and Google+ Business Page
UPDATE This procedure is now redundant as Google has introduced Google My Business and all new Pages are social pages. Claim your listing via google.co.uk/business Merging Google+ Local and Google+ Business Pages Google recently announced the first stage of merging your Google+ Local (Google Places) with your Google+ Business Page. This will enable you […]
Should you use Google Ads as part of your online marketing?
It’s no secret that Google Ads are taking over the search results, slowly but surely. It really hit home for me this morning. I dropped my coffee pot the other day and it smashed. Since my model of coffee machine is no longer in existence, I thought I would look at new coffee makers. Google […]
Depersonalising Your Search (Show me something new!)
Are you sure your search rankings are right? In an earlier post, I talked about how Google personalises your search results. One of the ways Google does this is to “remember” your search and web history. It does this even if you are not logged into a Google account. What this means is when you […]
Ranking in Google? Are You Sure?
This is a quick video in response to a comment Alan Miles made over on Nanette Levin’s blog. Nanette posted about how SEO makes for crappy copy, which lead Alan’s train of thought to do Google serve the same search results to different people? Is Google favoring its own? I’ve been a little suspicious of […]
The Optimal Local Landing Page
Whose website is it anyway? When people find your local website, what do they want to know? It’s usually quite simple and often one of the following questions: Where are you? How can I contact you? Can I trust you? What are you offering? How can I get what you’re offering? Sounds obvious doesn’t it? […]