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My Recent Depressing Realization about All This Crappy ‘Content Marketing’http://screenwerk.com/2017/07/20/my-recent-depressing-realization-about-all-this-bad-content-marketing/By Greg Sterling on Jul 20, 2017 04:10 am One of the things I do every day is blog. I haven’t been blogging here as much because I have too much work these days. I’m blogging on LSA Insider, Search Engine Land and its sister sites Marketing Land and MarTech Today. As a person who has been writing or editing in some capacity for more […]Read it! »Please Google Do NOT Rank Us For This Keyword or This Keyword or This Keyword…http://www.localseoguide.com/please-google-not-rank-us-keyword-keyword-keyword/By Andrew Shotland on Jul 19, 2017 04:18 pm We are working with a mattress retailer who would like to show up higher for mattress brand queries like “Tempurpedic mattress”.  So I thought it might be helpful to see what types of pages currently rank for that query. Here are the top ranking URLs. Check out result #4: Here’s a link to the query […]The post Please Google Do NOT Rank Us For This Keyword or This Keyword or This Keyword… appeared first on Local SEO Guide.Read it! »Using Event Markup & Google Posts to Increase Visibility in Searchhttp://onlineownership.com/using-event-markup-google-posts-to-increase-visibility-in-search/By Tim Capper on Jul 19, 2017 03:25 pm The post Using Event Markup & Google Posts to Increase Visibility in Search appeared first on Online Ownership.Google Posts is a new platform that recently became available for most business categories across the globe. Creating a post on Google using Google My Business permits you to publish information pertinent to your business. You can place events, products and services directly in Google searches and maps.   Google Posts Events Google posts allows […]The post Using Event Markup & Google Posts to Increase Visibility in Search appeared first on Online Ownership.Read it! »Three ways local businesses can survive the on-demand threathttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/fZ-Z49AWM4M/three-ways-local-businesses-can-survive-demand-threat-278519By Adam Dorfman on Jul 19, 2017 02:50 pm How worried should brick-and-mortar businesses be about companies like Amazon? Columnist Adam Dorfman weighs in with some thoughts on how local players can stay competitive.The post Three ways local businesses can survive the on-demand threat appeared first on Search Engine Land.Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedHey #MozCon – Local SEO Guide Welcomes Ashley Berman Hale & Jessica Baker To The Team!Google Websites Passes 250,000 Sites CreatedFighting Review Spam: The Complete Guide for the Local EnterpriseGoogle Image Spam for Businesses Still RampantGoogle home service ads come to the East Coast & open up to more service categoriesVideo: Last Week in Local July 17th9 SEO tips for better Google Image search resultsAn easy quarterly plan for local link buildingGoogle Encouraging Local Ratings & Reviews With Call to Action TestGoogle’s Product Bid for DIY Wallet Share