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 […]
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GMB Free Websites Used for Spam & Google Cant Remove
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 […]
Hotel Pack Shake Up Provides New Opportunities for Hotels in 2021
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 […]
Restaurant Warning – Touch 2 Success – Ownership Requests for Business Listings
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 […]
Best Local SEO Consultancy – UK – Winner
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 […]
First Observations of Local Service Ads in UK – (Not Great)
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 Service Ads (Google Guaranteed) Being Displayed in UK Search Results
Local Service Ads (Google Guaranteed) are finally being displayed in UK search results. Its been a long time coming: Attempted On Boarding in 2018 Updated Ads Documentation in Sept 2020 Officially Opens End of Sept 2020 Quick Recap on Local Service Ads (Google Guaranteed) First and foremost these are still Ads – you […]
Dubai Postcard Verification Issues for Google My Business
Businesses trying to verify their Google My Business Listing in Dubai / UAE typically experience issues with the delivery of verification postcard because businesses mainly use PO Boxes instead of physical address for mail. Google My Business did test a PO Box section for UAE / Dubai businesses, however this has been removed due to […]
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Hotel Schema is a set of data that enables hotels and other related hospitality websites to embed structured data onto their sites pages, which allows search engines to clearly understand the information being presented to them. Search engines already understand your site and the information you provide, what schema allows a hotel to do, is […]
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Case Study: Can a Few Relevant Links Boost a Low Traffic Site?
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 […]
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