The much awaited Local Search Ranking Factors 2014 report is now available. Since 2008, David Mihm has rounded up a collection of pro Local SEOs, picked their brains about local ranking factors and collated results. The report serves as a great resource and benchmark for your own local SEO efforts. Local Search Ranking Factors Survey […]
Dealing With Yelp Business Reviews [Infographic]
Yelp Business Reviews – How to Defend Your Business Online Yelp is one of many online review sites and has a love – hate relationship with business owners. Here in the UK, you’ll often see Yelp listings rank in local search in major cities, less so for smaller towns. Never-the-less, it’s one to keep an […]
How to Delete Free Yell Listings
There seems to be an influx of people landing here looking for details on how to delete free Yell listings. I know from experience cleaning up citations for local listings that Yell/Hibu don’t seem to have this information available on their site – or if it is, it is so far buried that no one […]
5 Steps to Spring Clean Your Local Online Listings
Spring has officially arrived and when better to turn your thoughts to tidying up your local online listings. Dig out your mops and rubber gloves, let’s get started! 1 Google My Business Local Business Pages Top of the list is your Google My Business Local Business Page. This “online listing” puts your business on […]
How to Add Your Business Free Listing to Yell
Do Yell still offer a free listing? The short answer is, “Yes” Yell have changed focus over the years. With the growing popularity of the Internet, it has been a case of adapt or die. Yell now offer a whole range of marketing solutions, and adding your business free listing online is an introduction to […]
3 Essentials Elements To Promote Your Local Business Online
Using online marketing and promoting your local business online is part of your overall marketing strategy, not an isolated medium. It’s true, you can get great results. It does take work and knowledge, you can’t just throw up a website and hope for the best! I’ll be honest, I get over enthusiastic about how to […]
Google Local Listing Tips – What Are Citations?
Note that Google Places/+Local Pages now come under the umberella of Google My Business. Google My Business is a one stop way of creating your Google Plus Local Business Page, listing on Google Maps and access to small business Google tools. For simplicity, I’ll call it Google Local listings. I had a great Google Local […]