Ranking factors vs. Conversion factors

Understanding ranking vs. conversions is critical, yet conversion factors are often ignored. Do not ignore conversions. It sounds simple, but it’s easy to get swept up in only focusing on ranking factors. However, ranking and conversions have different factors that impact each metric. You must give the time and attention to both.

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Local SEO tips: How site content works

When it comes to SEO it is much more than just adding content to your site. Sure, adding content is a part of it, but it has to be purposeful and be a quality answer to your customers’ questions. Whether adding your content or having an agency do it, check out the video to ensure your content adds quality answers to your website.

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SEO Content Tip: Write Content to Answer Questions

Forget all the BS you have heard in the past. Start writing content that customers are searching for. In the latest episode of Local Search Tuesdays, Greg breaks down how to create better content that answers the questions your customers are looking for answers to. You will help your customers and your SEO with these tips.

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Greg’s SEO session: NADA 2024

In this week’s episode, I share my entire presentation from this past weekend’s NADA convention in Las Vegas. It’s the first time that I share the data from our massive two-year research project on over, 3,000 dealership Google Business Profiles, and I also share the results of over 1,000 dealership SEO audits. If you want real-world data on what works for automotive SEO, you don’t want to miss this week’s video!

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Google is shutting down free GBP websites

In this week’s episode, I share the semi-shocking news that Google is sunsetting the free Google Business Profile websites. It’s awful news for all the spammers, but it’s also going to be a pain for the hundreds of thousands of small businesses that used the free sites. Watch the episode for more details.

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Details about Google’s new Openness Update

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the details around Google’s recent “Openness Update”, which (currently) affects the visibility of local businesses based on the hours of operation listed in the Google Business Profile. There’s been a lot of buzz lately, so I’m sharing a simple explanation and an outline of how your Local SEO strategy should change because of the update.

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How to optimize your GBP landing page

In this week’s video, I explain how to optimize your Google Business Profile landing page – the page that your GBP website button points to on your website. For single-location businesses, that’s the home page of the site. For multi-location businesses, the landing page will be the individual location page for that specific location.

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The most popular episodes of 2023

It’s the last episode of Local Search Tuesdays of the year, so that means it’s time to share the most popular episodes of 2023. If you’d like links to any of the videos I mention, check out the full transcript below:

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Expert Marketing Tips from Barbados SEO

In this week’s video, I collected tips from some of the experts and speakers at Barbados SEO. It’s a pretty stellar list of tips, and since I shot the videos from the rooftop bar on the beach, the views are amazing…

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Local SEO Tips from Barbados SEO

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing my entire presentation from the recent Barbados SEO conference. Learn the latest tactics to help you achieve better visibility in local search results, including writing helpful content, optimizing for local visibility, building local links, acquiring local reviews, and optimizing your Google Business Profile.
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