Recent content by JohnMarathonAir

Hello. I'm a current and former customer of numerous WhiteSpark services, including the rank tracker. Can you please explain (your opinion) why your results would be substantially different from BrightLocal in particular, but also LocalFalcon & (less important because their grid has totally...

I know this is an older thread. But can you please tell me, guess, theorize, or whatever else, why your results are substantially different than other rank trackers? I've spent a lot of money with your company, so would appreciate an explanation. I'm hoping your results are more accurate -- but...

Well, I know that I redesigned one of my sites last year -- very delayed redesign as it wasn't even mobile friendly. Once the redesign was finished, the rank dropped for several months, I did nothing and assumed that the previously #1 ranking would never be restored, and eventually -- the new...

Hello. Does anyone know whether there is a sandbox for a significant website redesign including new content (same business / industry, just all new content)? If so, how long should you expect to see recovery -- or to decide that recovery is not gonna happen? Thanks very much for any shares of...

Have you noticed "overdoing it" causing a rank decline? If so, about how long until you noticed recoveries?

Thank you. Based on observation of listings & competitors over quite a couple of months (and making periodic changes), I wonder whether this is still true. The article was from 2020. I noticed a competitor ranking well with a bunch of related categories, which is why I started testing. Then...

Oh, of course! Duh! Thank you. I'm still wondering about the number of categories. There are a high volume of searches for general and at least 6 more specific (and maybe even the max of 9 total). I just don't want to dilute the primary with those secondary ones. Hmmm....:unsure: Do you think...

Thank you. This one is challenging bc they all could describe the business, from general to more specific. Do you generally choose the more specific over the general? I read another article saying that choosing the max (9) possible categories works best. However, at least so far, that doesn't...

Hello. I have a question about GMB categories (not just for the business listed on my profile name - this is unrelated). 1) I've read articles saying that there is no dilution from choosing multiple categories -- can anyone verify that is definitely true? Seems like there might / could logically...

Do you know how your clients use Leadferno? I'm wondering how well it would work to have the text option tell them to call. The problem with texts is that there are a lot of questions and answers (back-and-forth), before we know whether we can help them at all (meaning inquiries might be unpaid...

I just finished stage one of a site redesign, which was just an update of the theme / page builder. I have a lot of content, arguably some that is duplicate (not the same words, but similar ways of explaining the same concepts, like in blog posts). I would like to re-organize my site by...

We have had a recent significant decline from years of number one for all relevant keywords to numbers 4-8 for the main keywords. I've been wondering whether there was some kind of major update. But would you please share how you discovered these links? Is there a tool that would reveal these?

I really want to know. What in the world would stop these businesses from being blackmailers? I had a few reviews removed. They contacted me very soon after the reviews were posted. I had no choice. I'm bracing myself for the oncoming blackmail. Google should be so completely ashamed of a...

Thank you. Do you mind my asking, how often have you or your team changed themes? And did your customers usually lose local rank (and, if so, did they gain it back and how long did that take)? The purpose is user experience. We have an old theme. Modern themes look much better and would be a...

Will changing a website theme likely affect local (GMB) rank, for a website built in 2012?