Recent content by kieran.reid

Wow what is this!? Looks like another Local feature somehow locked into a bizarre partner integration. To save you a click, they're calling it "See What's In Store" (SWIS) and it looks like this: 1 - maps: 2 - knowledge panel: 3 - "Pointy ProductAds" (is this a separate Google Shopping...

weeeird... I'm seeing some dips around May 11th (searches) and May 17th (actions) - is this still happening to anyone else?

Eh.. there is some truth to this, but I've dabbled working full time in web-hosting tech support and previously web-dev. Not too difficult personally. If you have a reliable setup, then it's really just the occasional server reboot, otherwise it's just collecting an extra $50-100 p/m per website...

Or even better, connect to an existing Google Shopping feed.

Yep VPS (Vultr) + ServerPilot here - I host a handful of client sites. I've automated sending them a backup zip of their WP regularly. If I go the site goes offline (eventually), but they've got a backup and can simply forward the latest to a new web-host and get it restored & the site back...

Just thinking broadly here, I have some exposure to doing LocalSEO campaigns but only really to the level of setting up & reporting on GMB, building a few citations etc. What would a more "professional" level campaign look like? I've put some ideas on the table: Discovery/initial phase...