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The importance of Google My Business hasn’t changed recently. In fact, it is still one of the most crucial parts of a local SEO strategy. But the data available in Google My Business has improved and can help give you a leg up on your competitors. While some of the data is only available when your listing receives enough traffic, when you do get it, you can utilize your insights to your advantage and get the most out of your business listing. Before we start looking at specific beneficial changes, one not so recent, but really helpful change is the date range. Previously, you’ve always been given 1 month of data, but now you have other options. You can see data for 1 week or 1 quarter too. The other date ranges were available when you downloaded data, but not in the insights interface. If you download your Google My Business data, you have the option to do a custom date range. Queries The Google My Business insights have long included data like what you see below. The … [Read more...] about How to Utilize Google My Business Insights

Are you looking to gain more exposure for your property management company online? Properly setting up and utilizing your company’s Google My Business profile is an important first step you need to take in establishing your online presence. This post goes over the basics that every property manager should know about Google My Business to successfully advertise their company online. Getting on Google My Business is recognized for improving how your company ranks in local search results and in Google rankings in general.  Having your Google My Business properly set up is the cornerstone of any successful online marketing campaign.   If you’re interested in getting more exposure for your property management company FOR FREE keep on reading. What is Google My Business? Google My Business (GMB) is a way to give business owners more control over what shows in the search results when someone looks them up online. Having your GMB properly set up will make it easier for … [Read more...] about (5 Steps Setup) Google My Business for Property Managers

A Google My Business profile is an essential for local SEO. It’s free and will enable you to appear in local search results for queries specific to your products or services. Even broad queries with large volumes are now showing local results which is something small business owners can capitalise upon. We’ve been asking SEO experts for their advice on setting up and optimising GMB listings.. The experts are: How important is Google My Business for local SEO? Greg Gifford: GMB is incredibly important, but it’s going to lose prominence now that they’re removing all location information from the GMB listings. There’ll now simply be a social interface (on a social network that no one is using). But – the GMB dashboard still feeds the info to Maps and the Knowledge Box for a business, so it’s still of vital importance to claim your location and fill out your info. Kevin Gibbons: The increased visibility that Google has placed around Google Local … [Read more...] about How to optimize your Google My Business listing: expert tips

Most of the time, SEOs are asked to come in after a website has already been built. Often long after, by which point the website may need updating anyway. And then they are expected to pull in visitors and sales to a site which may not be up to the job. If you are having a new website built, my advice would be to invest in some SEO advice right from the start or alternatively hire a developer who actually “gets” SEO. But if that’s not an option, this post is a list of the most important SEO / marketing related things you need to consider when creating a website, so your new website will be truly “SEO ready”. 1. Simple Code With HTML and CSS there are just about an infinite number of ways to achieve any result. But that doesn’t mean all of the possible solutions are equally good. A well coded site will keep “code bloat” to a minimum and keep the layout as simple as possible, without using unnecessary code. You may think it doesn’t … [Read more...] about SEO 101: 9 SEO Practices When Building New Websites

Recently, a dermatologist in Hollywood, Florida, hired us for a consultation. He had three listings on Google My Business and wanted to know how to consolidate them. It turned out he actually had five, and the issues they were causing were a bit worse than he had realized. When we started, I made a full list of his duplicates, and this was what we were looking at: An unverified listing for his practice at an old address with 11 reviews. A verified listing for his practice at the current address with 43 reviews. An unverified listing for a doctor who no longer worked there. Another unverified listing for another doctor who no longer worked there. Another unverified listing for the practice at the current address with two reviews. When he contacted me, he was aware of the three listings for his practice but was unaware of the listings for the two doctors who used to work for him. Many people don’t think to look for these, but this is a huge oversight (as you’ll see with … [Read more...] about Why you cannot ignore practitioner listings on Google My Business (case study)