Recent content by codyecp

I can tell you that the OKC area is highly competitive and most dental offices are doing SEO. It was always a jockeying of positions between about 20-40 dental offices actually doing SEO, gaming GBP names, refreshing websites, etc. etc. And then post Feb. Algo update, it's been a completely...

Did you ever get verified? We eventually got a video recording to process for the client I mentioned above. Was stuck in "processing" for about 3 weeks and then now FINALLY live. I was able to get to the end of the above loop while the video was in "processing" mode and submitted the support...

We work with some clients in the Oklahoma City area and I was checking some search results this morning. Came across this gem of an oddity: Top 3 organic results had zero optimization in their Title Tags. All 3 also have cookie cutter stock imagery/content, average to poor pagespeed and no...

Gotcha. We utilize Brightlocal and I honestly didn't think about them! We more so use it for local grids to fill in the gaps from Agency Analytics. Agency Analytics is pretty good for organic rankings but (to the best of my knowledge) they only crawl once per week, without a way to change it.

Ah, yeah I was actually wanting to see/track organic results not maps. I kept getting targeted with ads for Search Atlas and signed up for a 7 day free trial which will allow me to track SERP results pretty frequently within that trial period. Not sure about the rest of their tool but hoping...

I haven't tried Local Falcon yet. I assume they offer automated crawls and you can set the frequency? I'll check them out and see on the price. It's not a HUGE deal, but I've never seen volatility like this for any dental office we work with. Especially $$ KW + Geo. Would love to see what the...

Anyone have any good recommendations on tracking tools that will track volatility of a local keyword (Organic, NOT Maps/GBP)? Our KW tracking software only pulls results once per week and I'd be curious to see daily results (or even more frequent). We've got a dental client in Philadelphia who...

Hey Colan, Would love to know what the end of the workflow looks like, or where that workflow starts. Here is what I see, and it is pretty much a dead end/loop on repeat for a client of ours who cannot get verified no matter what we do. It's been in limbo for about 2 months now trying to verify...

Thanks again for taking a look! A few quick notes on your items: Pagespeed - We run Wordpress + Elementor which aren't the fastest, however some FlyingPress magic tends to do the trick. We typically install after indexing as I don't want any resources blocked for the initial crawls (maybe...

https://www.haracosmeticdentistry.com/ - Thanks for taking a look!

Precursor - Have been trying to get a client site indexed for over 2 months. Also, client cannot get GBP video verified (has submitted multiple video attempts). Having an issue I've never seen in probably 200+ sites submitted to search console / Google indexing. Submitted a site to Google...

I've used Screaming Frog quite a bit in the past, especially for site redesigns where we need a list of old URL's etc. Was unfamiliar with those features you mentioned but I'll check them out! Probably need to update the software as I've been running an outdated version for some time... Thank...

Hi Jeff - Thanks for the reply! I've been using The Wayback Machine for many years and its a great little tool. I specifically use it in the case of redesigns, where we might not have had the whole sitemap or were missing important pages that were nested in the main menu, etc. etc. It doesn't...

I've had this hunch for quite some time. We've been using a free tool from Writer.com for AI detection. If it doesn't show as at least 96% or above human written, that page generally ranks at least 4-5 spots lower than the competitors. More recently we starting using AI as a writing assistant...

So yes, some clients lost ranks to thin and fluffy websites. Other clients (from the best we can decipher so far) lost rank due to their own "fluffy" content, but not really 'thin' content IMO. As I mentioned, we've adjusted some content to be very human-centric. I agree on Google search...