Recent content by Marc Simcox

Linda, Alicia's question made me think of something, should we claim the practitioners listing at all? currently I claim them underneath the main client account, but now i'm thinking I should claim the practitioner under either the actual practitioner or one we create specifically for...

I agree, I feel that Google can definitely tell when things are worded certain ways that they are not coming from an "uneducated"(on the processes) client and someone who is familiar with whats going on and how to get things done. I also feel that they treat us differently. Whenever I'm...

Linda, Thank you for this, as I have quite a few that I need to clean up. Question, what did you put in for comments when you changed the name. I always hesitate with this because I figure they can pick out an SEO or agency a mile away just by wording that we use

Hello everyone, I have an issue that I just posted on google's product forums in regards to reviews. I discovered that a client of mine had a local listing and an adwords ad on the same page that was displaying different number of reviews for the exact same profile. If you want to follow along...

Thanks Linda, I try to test everything I do to see the MED(Minimum Effective Dose) for lack of a better term. That way I know exactly what to get from my clients at the bare minimum to still be effective. I try to get enough information to fill everything out, but some clients just aren't that...

This is my bare minimum amount of information that I require from clients for profiles, and found after playing around with it(adding and removing from different sections) that it qualifies as 100% Minimum Google required info Email address Website Description 3 Categories(2 doesn't cut it...

I always saw it when businesses serviced an area instead of specifying their address. Also if the address is close but not exact, I worked with a client in Mexico and Google couldn't pinpoint the address(its taken forever to figure out what the address is, and even then is only "close" After...

I worked with a client that had a similar problem, she shared the office with approximately 15 different lawyers, each running their own business, kind of like a collaboration space but it was specifically for lawyers. there was a central receptionist desk that handled all the calls, but the...

I wish they would de-list the old forum threads, I keep coming up against them in searches and they are irrelevant which is exactly what Google tells us they don't like. But I will definitely use this RSS feed to stay on top of whats hot.

Does anyone know the proper dimensions for the business photo in Yahoo local? Every picture I upload for it is all distorted and resized so its either all fuzzy or its squished. I'm looking for the dimensions of the picture that goes up next to the NAP, like where you would put a logo. Not the...

I have several clients that I believe are not using the business names that they registered with their states. I think that it is resulting in me fighting automatically created listings on maps. I know one of our customers did not come to us with their actual business name, and we have tried to...

I wholeheartedly agree with you on this. The listing is suspended by my hand. in an attempt to get his practice listing to be the #1 position. I have done lots of looking into it and the profiles are exactly the same. The ONLY difference is the name which WAS <Client Practice Name>...

Thanks Linda for pointing me in the right direction. I think I figured out the issue. The Doctor's listing is Suspended in the dashboard, and I believe that is why its taking me to the Add, Edit, or Suspend listing page. Now here's the kicker. That profile is ranked #1 in his market. It's...

Linda, This is a very timely post, I was just discussing this issue with my boss yesterday and we were trying to figure out if some of the competitors for an international client that we were working with were claimed or not. I just tested your method, when I searched for the specific name of...