Here's an interesting case of Google's local organic algorithm failing to produce the right results, and it tells us a bunch about how they're trying to produce those local results in the organic results outside of the 3-pack. I'm sitting here near Sunriver, Oregon, and I search for "restaurants near me". The 3-pack looks pretty … Continue Reading ››

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In trying to help a client of mine fix some nutty listing info on Citysearch, I was instructed by Citysearch support people to click the "Unlock listing" link on the page.

OK, I can do that...

But that takes you to Yext, who apparently is attempting to manage this process. I say "attempting", because here's … Continue Reading ››

I'm not one of those who think Google is inherently evil, and that everything they do is a devious attempt to … Continue Reading ››

I've been a huge fan of the MozLocal tools for submitting and managing location information for my clients. David and team have just launched a major update to the tools--one I had the privilege of beta testing (if only Google's released tools had NEAR the quality of Moz's beta products! #donerantingfornow).

Highlights:

• Ability to … Continue Reading ››

Discovered today: when you're looking at the maps results for a Google search, and click on one of the listings to expand it (here, I'm clicking on the result for J. Rollins Art of Framing): what ACTUALLY expands is the … Continue Reading ››

It USED to be that when you set your location via Search Tools in Google, it would control where Google thought you were searching from, affecting the organic/local universal results and the maps results (yeah, the AdWords results were ALWAYS messed up on this, and still are). As of today, it seems that setting your location … Continue Reading ››