Recent content by Marcus

Thanks for the great answers. I totally agree, I know they are separate and that it doesn't really make sense, and also it's easy to disprove. But then I look at examples of say small time b&bs/motels who have low DA, hardly any incoming links and yet they're sat at position 1 when their...

Yes agreed, they are spammy :) If it was me I would probably reach out to the genuine links and ask them to update, do some link building for the new domain and then just forget about the old domain. Others might say disavow but unless the old domain is doing you any harm then you're unlikely...

Hi, Something I came across today that I hadn't heard of before. Without explaining the background, basically if the local knowledge graph appears for your branded search (e.g. Mikes Car Wash) then does this have any effect on the organic result in the same results page? Specifically does the...

Hey Tony I think it really depends on the links, what makes you think they are spam? maybe you could share a sample of them.

Just an FYI, this ranking has pretty much bounced back.

Hi Linda, Thanks for the reply - appreciated! I was actually starting to think along the same lines, although we are told you can distinguish different listings then maybe they still do have an impact on other listings at the same location. Some citation work has been completed for the other...

Thanks for all the replies. So Garden Room is an old listing that I've tried to have deleted several times - but I know its been there a number of years - as you say James it doesn't seem to correlate with the drop. There are also 2 other listings with the same address - a bar and a restaurant...

Yes - 'hotels in York' was in the top few results, now around page 4-5. Still appears to rank around position 2 for 'York hotel'.

Just to add, I've only found this for certain search terms (more popular - higher volume). The listing still appears high for other terms.

Hi Linda, Thanks for the reply. Yes of course: https://plus.google.com/117326068816009448810 Thanks!

Hi all I've had a top 3 local ranking (start of this week) drop all week, first to the bottom of page 1, then page 2 etc now it sits on page 5 where there really should be no comparison in terms of competition. The only thing that has really been changing is continued citation work to ensure...

Yes I see that. But as is the case in many circumstances names change so I wondered if there was any precedence for names being changed by brownbook.

Hi all, Just a quick one. Has anyone had success in getting the Name field changed on brownbook.net ? Thanks! Marcus

Hi Cody, Exactly, so take for example hotels.com they use their own number: Marcus

Thanks Linda. No takers then I guess?