by Jeffrey Magner | Jul 4, 2019 | Advanced SEO, Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, Local SEO, Reviews
** Update ** Just in the past week or so, Google has been ramping up listing suspensions and account suspensions – and their support teams are backlogged for weeks. Ugh. These days the unfortunate truth is that it’s easy to cheat your way to the top of Google....
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 21, 2019 | Advanced SEO, Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, NAP Consistency
Business Name Spam It’s hurting your Google rankings right now! We are spending about 2 hours of each work day, searching for Business Name Spam offenders and either directly editing these listings or reporting them to Google. It’s ugly and it’s a...
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 1, 2019 | Local Search, Local SEO, Yelp
We recently “Optimized” a clients Yelp listing and wouldn’t you know – it made an impact immediately! There were no other factors such as new Yelp reviews. So it is true that simply updating your listing will make an impact. How to update your...
by Jeffrey Magner | Feb 26, 2019 | Local Search
Small business owners absolutely HATE Yelp. Actual quotes I’ve heard in the past 2 weeks: “I F***ing HATE YELP. Can’t it just go away?” “I seriously have PTSD from my experience from Yelp.” Why is Yelp so Horrible? Those STUPID...
by Jeffrey Magner | Dec 27, 2018 | Customer Service, Google My Business, Local Search, Reviews
First off – Congratulations to Everett Street Autoworks in Portland, Oregon and Savory Cuisines Catering in Boulder, Colorado for earning a quick $50 bill by getting over 5 Google reviews in October. And look at that – they’ve earned a nice link to...
by Jeffrey Magner | Oct 15, 2018 | Being Extraordinary, Customer Service, Local Search, Reviews
Okay so you got a bad review. Please don’t freak out. That’s a great waste of your energy & focus. Question: Is this review legit? Is it an actual customer? Is it inappropriate or contain hateful language? We’ve had good success in getting weirdo reviews taken...
