Recent content by Andrew Shotland

Most of them look Turkish

3k domains. So far looks like these guys are ulcer-free :)

I was doing some research for a potential new dental client and saw one of their competitors got ~3K new linking domains in the past month, which is kind of aggressive IMO lol. Further investigation found most of the links have anchors that look like they are for a gambling or porn site. Seems...

More screenshots on my LinkedIN thread.

I'd also recommend grabbing all the keywords from GBP Insights.

I wrote a short blog post about my experience advertising on Yelp for a month after telling them I was not interested for 20 years. Can you guess how it worked out?

Sorry for missing this Joy. I haven't done a super in-depth analysis, but for one domain, out of 264 keywords that show Local Packs and/or AI overviews: 70 keywords showed both local packs and AIOs. 30 only show AIOs 164 show local packs I'd have to do the trend analysis to see if AIOs are...

I just tested them and found them really well done. You can check them out here. The TLDR: Beautiful design. IMO the best looking grid rank tool on the market. Reasonably priced. Entry level is $0.005/pin/scan. Discounts for volume. The downside? First thing I noticed was they don't offer AI...

Just saw the Places Sites tab for the first time.

Not sure what missing GBP data has to do with the post? I am seeing the presence of AI overviews in their SERPs increasing for several different types of local businesses while the presence of Local Packs is decreasing. For all the sites shown in the post, the trend started well before June 25th.

You've probably heard of Google's AI Overview "Crocodile Effect, but did you know there is a Local Search Crocodile Effect?It looks like this: A pattern of divergence between AI Overviews and Local Packs in Google SERPs for local keywords, aka "The Local Search Crocodile Effect" may be...

happy to demo for you Tessr

Hey Jeff - I somehow missed this. I'd be happy to demo this for you if you like. Feel free to DM me.

We are pretty sure it factors in with national brands. We have seen a lot of evidence that as brand search demand increases non-brand rankings follow. It's a bit trickier with smaller local businesses, but we have seen a fair amount of anecdotal data that it works the same way. For example, an...

Did a short post on the always fun debate about how offline marketing may or may not affect Google rankings. Do Billboards Improve Google Rankings? | Local SEO Guide