Much has been said about Yelp’s removal from Google Places as a review/citation source. It’s unfortunate, because Yelp’s review system is unique and assures quality reviews from quality commentators. Google Places offered great exposure for Yelp; people see the reviews, along with a link to the business’s profile page over on Yelp. On the other [...]
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11 Aug
Spy On Your Competitors’ Citation Profiles
Matt McGee discovered an interesting tool for finding your competitors’ citations, and it’s not a bad one. The folks over at Ontolo have put together an automated version of their citation tracking by phone number method. Basically, the way it works is like this – the phone number is the one absolutely unique element of [...]
29 Jul
Four Types of Google Places Citations
We all know SEO is all about the links. More than any other factor, an absence of links translates into an effective absence of ranking, while a large quantity of quality links usually translates into a site that ranks well. Local SEO is a little different – it’s not so much the links, it’s the [...]
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