Recent content by cjonesmn

Aaaah, I suppose that should be obvious. There's just too many acronym floating around ;-). Thanks for the insight Scott.

Linda (or anyone else), can you remind me as to what a "TC" is? Thank you.

Well, I'd venture to guess that the average Google searcher does NOT know about the location setting, and that if they see too many results from a different location, then they will add the name of the city to their search, NOT change the settings. It's a hunch, but I think a very good one. I'm...

Okay... I already add the city or location when I'm doing ranking research for a search term related to a business location, especially when I work with businesses with locations in different cities or towns. I feel that turning off the location option helps reduce the impact of personalized...

Linda, the only place I see the Location setting in FF, Chrome and IE is at the location shown in the screenshot below. Hasn't it always been located under the "settings" option?

I agree with Cody. In fact, I've found that SMBs really don't care how things work under the hood when it comes to rankings... they just want someone to come in and deliver results, not complain about Google. If it requires PPC, they are just fine with that.

Ooops, just came across a clarification on the "Street View - Trusted" moniker. According to a June 2nd post by the Google Maps team, "In mid?August, the certified photographer program will be rebranded as "Street View | Trusted." It will remain focused on supporting pro photographers who...

I received this notice (I'm a trusted photographer) and my impression was that the "Street View | Trusted" portion is only used if you're already a Google Business View Trusted Photographer and marketing yourself as such. I think that if you're just referring to the program, it's called "Street...

It's hard to argue with a Google employee :cool:. It's interesting that he suggests doing a 301 redirect. I do think they are losing out (ranking wise) by having two separate URLs for the same hotel location.

I'm wondering if anyone knows where Google gets their zip code information from? Do they rely on City/Zip information from the United States Postal Service or do they get this information through some other source? The reason I ask is because I've noticed in the zip code finder on USPS.com that...

These look low to me, but it all depends on what part of the country you live in AND what size company you're working for. For example, a "SEO Specialist" is a much different role in a Fortune 500 company than it is for a small business. The responsibilities and salaries are different as well.

I'm hoping someone can help on this. If you click on the map listings on the SERP, you can then click to display all listing for that specific search (see below). What I'm wondering about are the images that are displayed alongside each listing. I have three questions: Why do some have an...