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OBLIGATORY PROMOTIONAL SLIDE
Local SEO Guide is a full service SEO agency I run localWe have some great clients
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BRANDING, #THESTRUGGLEISREAL
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http://www.localseoguide.com/why-is-this-closed-listing-not-like-other-closed-listings/
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SMALL TACTICS, BIG RESULTS
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Page level optimization results1,991 keywords in position #1 to 13,493 keywords in position #1
5,005 keywords in positions #2-5 to 28,751 keywords in position #2-5
Citation optimization results11,686 keywords ranking in position #1 to 14,569 keywords in position #1.
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ARE YOU OPTIMIZING FOR IMPLICIT GEO LOCATION?
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Number of queries containing “near me” or “nearby” have doubled in the past year.
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HERE IS HOW ONE SITE IS DOING IT
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http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants
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DUNKIN’ DUPES1,239 locations
48 Keywords per location
59,329 data points checked on a weekly basis
8,115 true duplicate or incorrect listings suppressed across 37 publishers
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METHODOLOGYAll keywords were geo-located by zip as there are multiple locations per city.DonutsLocation set to 92627
Explicit geo-location was called out both before and after the term.Donuts Costa MesaCosta Mesa Donuts
This is the first large scale study to demonstrate a direct correlation between citation consistency and Google My Business ranking.
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STUFF HAPPENED
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Local / 3 Pack Progress by Pack Type and Position Counts
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LOTS OF AMAZING STUFF
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AND EVEN THINGS WE DIDN’T EXPECT
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TAKEAWAYS
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Enforcing citation consistency and removing duplicates produced a net 23% increase in pack presence.
This brand has an anemic SEO strategyNo indexable page per locationNo Google My Business optimizationDon’t measure GMB traffic
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ABT – ALWAYS BE TESTING
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Biggest benefit that brands have other then their strong domain is the number of locations.
Micro-understanding of the algo allows for deploying tactics at scale.
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UNLIKE SMBS BRANDS CAN’T IGNORE IOS
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https://twitter.com/asymco/status/659112817275072513
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IF NOTHING ELSE DO THESE 5 THINGS
Get a good local SEO quarterback
Make sure your on-domain location pages are well optimized
Optimize your listings GMB, AM and Facebook
Clean-up the local data mess
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