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 […]
On-Page Local SEO: 10 Tips To Improve Your Local SEO [Infographic]
Local SEO Woes “I’m doing all this stuff and still can’t be found online, even for my business name!” Sound familiar? I hear it a lot from small business owners who are frantically Tweeting or Facebooking and generally chasing their own tail. When you look at their website you’ll often find one of two things: […]
Local Business Video Marketing Myth Busting
We Brits are continuing our love affair with video. With 323 million hours watching online videos in February 2013, I’m surprised our eyes aren’t square! When I discuss creating videos and video marketing with local businesses, I often get the same replies… Video marketing is too expensive My business doesn’t lend itself well to video […]
Evolution of Google Local Algorithm [Video]
As Google Local evolves and becomes ever more complicated (and frustrating for many), it’s easy to get stuck in the trap of old style Local SEO. I loved this Whiteboard Friday from SEOMoz with David Mihm. Google Local Ranking David Mihm is the creator of the Local Search Ranking Factors survey, which is possibly the […]
Understanding Google Local Search Results (or Where Have My Local Rankings Gone?!)
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 […]