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Why Have My Google Rankings Dropped? 9 Actionable Steps for Recovery

Many things can contribute to a drop in Google rankings, including content changes, Google algorithm updates, technical issues, improvements made by competitors, and Google SERP layout changes. If your rankings have dropped or worse plummeted overnight fear not. We have compiled this checklist to help you figure out what’s wrong and improve your rankings fast! […]

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How to Understand Google My Business Insights

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google Insights are search statistics that are available for Google My Business listings (GMB) that allow the business owner the ability to assess the performance of their listing.

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Google Throws More Reviews into the Filter Van

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Like my post? Please share! In recent days a couple of clients and others have told me of increased filtering of Google reviews – as in they see fewer reviews by the day on their Google Business Profiles, and for no clear reason. Google has filtered reviews for many years, to one degree or another.

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Google My Business Photos: The Ultimate Guide to Looking Good Online – BrightLocal

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

We’ve all heard the saying that first impressions count, and this is just as true online as it is in real life. Internet users are inherently visual creatures, with approximately 50% of the surface of the human brain devoted to processing visual information. Images and visuals are much more powerful and easier to understand than

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How to Remove a Permanently Closed Google Business Profile Page from Google Maps for Good

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Like my post? Please share! A longstanding gripe of business owners, local SEOs, and others is that Google Business Profile (AKA GMB) pages linger around on the map even after they’re marked as “permanently closed.” Most often it’ll be a page you once created or claimed, or it may be a competitor’s spam page or

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5 Google Business Profile Elements You Might Not Know About But Really Should – BrightLocal

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

You’ve added your name, address and phone number to Google Business Profile. You selected a category, you scribbled a quick description and you uploaded a few photos. Job done, right? Well… no, not really. Not if you’re looking to rank higher, and convert better! In this talk (originally for Brighton SEO in April 2022), I

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Google Business Profile with Joy Hawkins | Local Search Clinic

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

In our first Local Search Clinic of 2022, host Claire Carlile was joined by Joy Hawkins (Sterling Sky) to answer your burning questions on Google Business Profile. Thank you to everyone who attended the clinic, asked your questions, and shared your own insights. It’s always great to have so many of you take part! During

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Google Business Profile UTM Tagging for Multi-Location Businesses

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Google UTMs again Claire—seriously? I’ve written and spoken quite a bit on Google UTM tracking. This is largely because marketers and business owners are better able to judge the value of a Google Business Profile (GBP) when they use UTM tags. For more information on this, you can read my UTM Tagging for GBP guide

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How to Create Google Ads in GetResponse

SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

From now on, in addition to Facebook Ads, you can also create paid ad campaigns in Google Search Ads using GetResponse. This is a great way to complement your online marketing efforts promoting your products and services within the two largest ad networks in the world!

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How Google’s Grand Plan to Make Stadia Games Fell Apart

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Eventually, Stadia Games and Entertainment teams got the software and people it needed to gain momentum prototyping Stadia games. The allure of a Google-sized paycheck and an exit ramp from the crunch-fueled hamster wheel was enough to draw a critical mass of developers to Stadia Games and Entertainment. Artists, producers, audio experts, programmers had been

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