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Successfully Revealing the Iceberg – Avoid These Common Pitfalls When Opening Up New Content for SEO

When I’m helping clients with SEO, I often look for opportunities to expand the amount of optimized content they provide on their sites by leveraging information they already own (or that they already have developed). I see opportunities to do this often, since it’s easy to overlook data that’s right under your nose (if you … Read more

Announcing a Premium Webinar on Local SEO and Google Analytics for Search, G-Squared and The Marketing Spot Team Up

When speaking with local businesses about digital marketing, there are two topics that consistently come up (and for good reason). First, with the importance of SEO for generating new local business, companies want to know how to rank highly in local search (and across engines). Strong local rankings can often lead to increased exposure, more … Read more

Groupon Shows Up in the Clustered Results of Google Place Search. Why This Can Be A Problem For Local Businesses

In October of 2010, Google launched Place Search, which was a big change for its local search results. As part of the change, Google began clustering information in the search results for specific listings. The clustered results include information from a number of sources, including CitySearch, Yelp, TripAdvisor, etc. You can see a screenshot below … Read more

Google Testing Stationary Map Versus Scrolling Map for New Local Listings

In October of 2010, Google launched a major change to its local search listings.. As part of the implementation, there was a potentially big change for paid search advertisers. When Google displayed local listings (based on a query it deemed local in nature), it would show a map in the upper right-hand corner of the … Read more

Google Instant Previews – Great Functionality or a Signal Back to the Mothership?

In November, Google introduced Instant Previews, which enable users to trigger previews of webpages directly from the search results. You can trigger an instant preview by clicking the magnifying glass in the search engine results page (which is located to the far right of each listing). See a screenshot below in case you aren’t familiar … Read more