Hi All,
I'm working with a catering business that ranks well in organic (it's almost always in top 3 organic for the search 'catering albuquerque'), but in local it ranks around 9-12. Starting in Nov 2014, I cleaned up all the local citations (moz local now says 99% and has for weeks) but that didn't help the local ranking.
Here's the page:
plus.google.com/u/0/+Savoryfarecafe/about
I'm guessing there's some sort of penalty going on? Since the business name has three categories in its name, I'm worried I might be seeing some sort of a keyword stuffing penalty. The unfortunate part is this is the actual name of the business (i.e. that's what the sign says above the door).
Hoping for a bit of help from the experts:
Is keyword stuffing likely the problem here?
If so, what should I do to fix it? (short of renaming the business)
If not, what might be causing the disconnect?
I'm working with a catering business that ranks well in organic (it's almost always in top 3 organic for the search 'catering albuquerque'), but in local it ranks around 9-12. Starting in Nov 2014, I cleaned up all the local citations (moz local now says 99% and has for weeks) but that didn't help the local ranking.
Here's the page:
plus.google.com/u/0/+Savoryfarecafe/about
I'm guessing there's some sort of penalty going on? Since the business name has three categories in its name, I'm worried I might be seeing some sort of a keyword stuffing penalty. The unfortunate part is this is the actual name of the business (i.e. that's what the sign says above the door).
Hoping for a bit of help from the experts:
Is keyword stuffing likely the problem here?
If so, what should I do to fix it? (short of renaming the business)
If not, what might be causing the disconnect?