Recent content by Daniel

I found 2 dupe listings and have been combing through the forum to figure out the best way to remove them, but at this point I'm just confused! One dupe has the same biz name, but says the location is closed. The other has the practitioners name only. From what I've read on the forum there...

My previous method for doing local keyword research relied on the following formula: phrase - exact = % difference If there was a large % difference between the phrase and exact searches then I knew this was a good keyword(s) to spend time researching. But, now that there's no phrase search...

Was wondering if anyone could direct me to a study, or discuss their experience with CTR with blended results (3 regular results, then local 7 pack).

This is an interesting thread. I understand the multiple sites vs one site argument. Personally, I think it depends on the competitiveness of the KW you are ranking for. Please indulge this thought experiment: if one indeed does have multiple locations and each one a separate website...

Awesome, thanks for confirming this.

Well, I have to say I'm quite confused by all this. Not sure where to start...but appreciate any input or pointing me to the correct resource. 1) SAB w/hidden address 2) I have a Google Places for Business page - have had it for a few years 3) I have a Google + page for my business, but there's...

Ah wow, this seems like a real mess! I am SAB with both G+ Business page and Google Local Business place (hope I got the nomenclature correct). A while ago I read about how SABs should hide their address on their local page so I did that. All of my competitors have their address...

I'm still having difficulty sorting out the keywords!! I thought my strategy was good, but just found an important error in the data. So frustrating. But, yknow it's a learning process. Problems I am encountering: 1) There is a ton of data to sort through (as mentioned)...it seems the only...

Hi Matt, Great idea about subtle communication via the form!! Ya, I definitely get leads from my site that include people feeling things out, don't have the budget, or didn't realize what is involved and were expecting to pay significantly less than my price. However, I can usually tell...

Cool! So I found generating keywords to be a daunting task due to all the permutations. I found this great tool that makes all the permutations I need! Keyword Lizard, the Free AdWords Keyword Combination Tool! I generated 45,000 different permutations! Most of them are gibberish and are...

Thanks! Ah, it appears I went about things in a backwards way. I did google trends, then I put the top results into the adwords tool. It is important to note that trends said I didn't have enough search volume to do a geo-tagged searched so I was basically searching the same terms in both...

I am in the process of a redesign and one of my main keywords has a lot of synonyms. E.g. Home Contractor, Home Renovator, Home Renovation Service(s), etc... I think the keywords I select should be a function of keyword volume VS competition strength VS keyword ability to bring in qualified...