Recent content by Conor Treacy

I wouldn't think "secret" when I think of backlinks; however, when I think of "internal links," it's almost like that is a secret, as it seems nobody knows they should do it - and that's a big deal.

As @fisicx mentioned, check the infrastructure. I can tell you without a doubt that moving a client from GoDaddy to SiteGround makes a huge impact in performance and speed and that just doing the move has affected organic rankings. I haven't seen it affect local rankings as such. The...

Use their contact form to make contact, and failing that, call them and ask for a contact email address so you can chat with someone. Depending how messy things are, you'll want to make sure the conversation is via email so you have documented proof. We've had our info listed with competitors...

I am a ChatGPT guy - rarely use anything else. I pay the $20/month and do nearly all our code help inside of ChatGPT. Plugin help and troubleshooting, reviewing logs, heck, even taxes, it did a pretty good job on stuff. Each of my projects/clients are split into folders and they're not allowed...

I keep forgetting Gemini exists. I used to use it for the notebook feature and determining cross linking between articles - but ChatGPT stated to do a better job and I never went back. I need to re-look at Gemini again, I know they're always improving.

Similar to @fisicx we take a lot of our hand audit information and notes, drop it into chatgpt, and then have it write up in plain English what is happening. We found that if we put in the prompt "the client has severe ADHD" or similar phrasing, then the breakdown is much easier to comprehend...

Very nice - will have to poke on this one too and see how it does. Certainly my PHP and node.js direction failed. I can get other details, just not the reviews. Still waiting on someone with the API to approve access for me.

So, went down a rabbit hole. I was able to get the API to return each of the business locations that we manage. I can select their info, etc., but the reviews return is NULL. It seems that the API doesn't actually let you pull the Reviews section - they keep that locked off until you request...

I was doing some playing around on that API, and it certainly seems like you can pull from there without too many issues (they limit 50 per pull, but you just need to paginate past it in code). The only big restrictions I see are that you would need to set up a Project in the API area and then...

Not not interested, just can't replicate whether logged in or incognito. What query did you use? Was it a "near me" or something else?

What's the plan? Ignore, or disavow? Does anyone disavow any more?

3000 domains, or 3000 links. 3000 domains are definitely aggressive. 3000 links can happen just by adding links to the footer of a site, sometimes (or a forum signature). That said, I've never REALLY understood negative SEO campaigns - they nearly always have some form of positive impact until...

If their web designer is saying that installing a plugin for SEO would be a high cost, they need a new web developer! There is a cost to it - time to configure it - and then time to fill out the details on all the pages - but if you're contracted to do that, or an internal staff member, then...

Keep in mind that unique writing alone isn't the strategy we would take. While the 45 pages would be technically unique, they can still be redundant if they all solve the same problem for the same audience/user. Keep the idea of page count out of the main strategy as it can be redundant...

We actually just wrote an article on this last month, as we have been getting a few new clients that had really spammy tactics on their site that needed to be cleaned up. If you search Google for "doorway pages vs landing pages," you'll see the article (or click my signature and go to blogs)...