Local Search is really catching up with Traditional Search Results where Google is working really hard to match user intent in the local pack, local finder and maps, which are generated from Google my Business profiles. (Yup – Google My Business now refers to listings / pages as profiles) What are Local Justifications? Justifications […]
The Google My Business Kansas bug has hit the UK, only Kansas is now Moffat in Scotland. This bug drops a Service Area Business into Moffat, Scotland instead of the businesses selected service area. What the Moffat Bug Looks Like Business appears in Moffat, Scotland This is a waste collection business, located in London […]
A Google review can be removed from your Google My Business listing for a number of reasons, from automatic spam detection, account suspension to simply being deleted by the user. The usual question we see is, “Why are my Google My Business reviews being removed / missing?” and the crucial misunderstanding in that question is […]
Menu Highlight justifications have been appearing in the local pack for a while now, but how do you manage or take advantage of these justifications appearing when a user searches for a particular type of dish. Menu Highlights Menu highlights come from images of dishes that have been named / labelled. You cannot […]
This is a small-scale case study with no control group involved. The aim of the test was to see if a small number of links from relevant sites and pages can impact rankings and traffic of a page with a low volume of traffic and low competition terms. Experiment Start: October 2019 Experiment End: June […]
Spammers always find new way to spam and their latest stomping ground are the free websites provided by Google My Business for businesses without a website. The only problem is that Google My Business cannot remove these spam websites and are asking users to report these websites to Google – wait what? Google My […]
A new change with Google My Business is providing hotels with great opportunities to have their hotel appear within the Hotel Pack (local pack) for content (website mentions) found on the hotels website. This feature within the local pack for all other categories is not new and has been around for some time, but now […]
This is not the first time I have been seeing unsolicited ownership requests coming from Touch 2 Success, but there has been a large spike in restaurant ownership requests from this company. What To Do: 1. Deny the Ownership Request You should deny the ownership request as soon as it comes through. Click […]
Online Ownership has been named Best Local SEO Consultancy – UK In the 2020 Midlands Enterprise Awards. What a great way to end what has become a year to forget. Midlands Enterprise Awards 2020 Now in its fourth year, the Midlands Enterprise programme continues to recognise SMEs of all sizes across the region […]
So Local Service Ads (Google Guaranteed) are up and running in the UK now and my first observations are not great at all! Note: This is the first roll out, so things may improve. Expectations vs Reality on Local Service Ads Local Service Ads were initially intended to reduce spam businesses operating in Google […]
Local Search is really catching up with Traditional Search Results where Google is working really hard to match user intent in the local pack, local finder and maps, which are generated from Google my Business profiles. (Yup – Google My Business now refers to listings / pages as profiles) What are Local Justifications? Justifications […]
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