Recent content by sjr4x4

True, but a lot of guides are talking rubbish or semi regurgitating from a few genuine experts. You have to weigh up obsess with common sense. You wouldn't blindly implement all of Googles automated suggestions if you were running a PPC campaign or managing adsense. If you did, you wouldn't last...

Just another little insight into how frustrating poor citation management is, here is an email which we get regularly from another large UK provider of which we are part of the partner network. Hello, I am contacting you on behalf of one of our clients. They have a listing in your directory...

Just checked out our API, as suspected, unless it was originally ours, we are currently instructed to delete. But as I said before I suspect this will change this year with all the providers.

To be fair and to add balance, there are also plenty of good practitioners out there as well. We also work with a lot of SEO agencies that started off as a rap over the knuckles for bombarding us with rubbish, but those that are willing to chat means you can easily arrive at a mutually...

If a listing was one of ours originally, then "claimed" by synup, if the client stops using it, the citation details stay the same but control reverts back to us (or business owner). Without checking with our dev about the API, I'm not sure for other listings. I suspect they would disappear...

A view from the directory side of the fence. The quality of outsourced citation creation or updating was always (in my mind) pretty low, but over the last 12 months, is it me or is it getting worse? Whether these are just automated requests squirted at us, or just very low paid workers on...

We're a Synup partner, along with Yext, Brandify and Uberall. From a techie perspective, very professional, good relationship and they work well. Does anyone use them? Yes, plenty. I can't give numbers, but you could say they are Microsoft to Yexts Google.

Couldn't agree more. Niche is the place to learn your craft and make a living, but it's far more fun moving into new areas. Lawyers has been a new one for me, which really sharpens your focus, particularly with content! But I'll always be a directory anorak when I see a daft Quora question.

Thanks Stephan, much appreciated. FYI, the reason some schemes won't show is down to the search area agreed by the member, so they only show where they can service clients. You have reinforced the conclusion we're coming to internally, that seems to be the need for canonicals on the search...

Thanks Joy. Platform is homegrown, so no quick easy wordpress button unfortunately :( The pointer from Mike is deliberate, idea being vetted traders can show up on across neighbouring schemes, but residents can see which scheme a trader belongs to, ie they are vetted by their local Trading...

One of our clients, in their knowledge panel has 3 sites listed as "reviews from the web", the third of which is our site, which is great. But it's got the legally wrong name and I'm baffled why Google is displaying it like this? The SERPs show the correct legal entity and I would have thought...

Hi Phil, big fan of your newsletter :) I do get frustrated with spammy backlinks. Used to spend ages disavowing, but never made any difference and a few months later there would be a fresh block of low quality links. I came to the opinion Google ignores them and continually disavowing is a...

Interesting reading. I have an employment lawyer client with as expected local relevant results, 3 pack and sponsor ads. But just as a quick test, trying a search on .co.uk for sexual abuse lawyer, then there is no 3 pack and no sponsor ads. Result number 1 is a UK abuse charity, which makes...