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Google Search – Just how local can it go?
In a post today, Google Letting Addresses into AdWords? Greg Sterling pointed out that Google appears to be allowing street address as a 4th line in the adwords (see Therapia lower right in image below). As Barry Schwartz points out below he first saw this in early December. What struck me about the search result …
Google Local Spam Hall of Fame: Just How Long Can a Google My Business Name Be?
TL;DR – Really long I know this is the moment you have all been waiting for. Just how long can a name in Google My Business be? Well Jeffrey Magner of BigHorn Local SEO in Sisters, OR took the challenge to answer that burning question and he used his own listing as the guinea pig. …
Google Local Spam Hall of Fame: We Have Some (real?) Winners
After several days of heated competition, the judges are pleased to announce the winners of the Google Local Hall of Fame Name Abuse competition. As a reminder there were two categories to determine the longest name: Longest Name in the Wild (winner will be announced in a separate post) Google Character Limits on Name Length …
Google Local Spam Hall of Fame: Game Going
Yesterday I challenged the community to: 1- Find a business with a name (spammy or not) that is longer than 171 characters 2- Determine exactly how long name spam can be The Contestants so Far On Twitter, Brandon Schmidt submitted a solid contender, weighing in at 204 characters. Although as he points out “if they …
Google Local Spam Hall of Fame: Game On!
Sometimes even I have my breath taken away by the ability of law firms to attempt to manipulate the Google Local algo but this name (spam? hey maybe this is their name, who knows?) raises the bar for everyone. Just how bad is it? Well there are lots of ways to measure but one is …
Google Local Spam Hall of Fame and Worse Grammar Award
Joe Cecconi’s Chrysler Complex New Car Dealership has just been nominated for the Google Local Spam Hall of Fame and Worse Grammar Award. The judges tell me that they have also won by unanimous vote. Their motto: Most dealers want to make your life simpler. Not us!
The World’s Best Bialys and Local Search’s Worst Nightmare – Robots.txt
Update 6/14: Google has now started to index the site. As of now there are two of about 20 pages that have been indexed. Update 6/12: Good news. Kossars have fixed their robots.txt file and removed the disallow function that prevented Google from indexing them. Onward and upward. User-agent: * *************************************************** I was thinking about New …
Google Local Tests Continue With New CTA and Related Searches
This test is very interesting, taking elements of the Scroll pack test but applying them to the traditional 3 Pack. The more obvious “View more” call to action would seem likely to attract significant user attention. The suggested alternative searches likewise would get some traffic and those business that do well across multiple categories are …
Google Local Testing Splitting CTA’s From Main Business Profile on Mobile
On the Near Me result above, the CTAs are almost at the bottom of the page below the events and alternative suggestions. While on the Anchor Bar Buffalo NY search below they are much closer to the top and above the events.
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