Hey Local SEOs! In 2014, LSG released N.A.P. Hunter, a free Chrome Extension that enabled you do to run several standard local business NAP (Name, Address, & Phone Number) queries at once, then export the Google results into a CSV. At its peak, N.A.P. Hunter had more than 4,000 regular users. It broke a few…
Photos & Local SEO: Simple Ways to Put More Notches on Your Belt with Images
The biggest problem with most advice on “image SEO” is it focuses too much on what images you should take and how you should take them. Often that advice rests on an assumption that you’re in a photogenic line of work, where it’s both easy and wise to take photos of what you offer and…
Review-Fu: 13 Nimble Ways to Get More and Better Reviews of Your Local Business
In your effort to get reviews that grow your cred and your business, it’s easy to get stale. You ask the same people, in the same way, around the same time, for roughly the same favor. You leave it alone unless and until there’s a big problem or a big gap in your armor. Perhaps…
Every AI SEO Tool Mentioned At Pubcon Vegas
I learned a lot at Pubcon’s 2024 conference in Vegas. You can’t say that about most trade shows. So I decided to share some knowledge on the best AI SEO tools recommended by the pros at the show on LSGSEO blog. And if you’re wondering what’s going on with the two separate sites – at…
Why Does One of Your Business Locations Outrank Another in the Google Maps Results?
There’s a long list of reasons one of your Google Business Profile pages might be riding high on the local map while another is buzzard bait. My aim in this post is simple: to help you narrow down the list of possible causes, so you can make your weakest location more visible and bountiful. To…
Google Maps “Suggest an Edit” Loophole: 2nd Reports Approved (Sometimes)
When you use “suggest an edit” to report a business that’s spamming Google Maps, your standard operating procedure might go something like this: you send in only one report per Google Business Profile per violation, and you wait until Google approves or rejects it before you do anything else. That’s not bad SOP, and often…
What’s With The New Site?
Check Out Our New Site! You may have noticed this big honking new LSGSEO logo in the middle of the homepage. I thought it might merit an explanation. A few years ago, some of the team felt strongly that calling ourselves “Local” SEO Guide made it seem like all we did was Local SEO and…
Starting Local SEO with Nothing: 30 Ways to Start Cold and Succeed
Are you starting your local SEO work at Customer #0, with few or no connections, few or no resources, and not much certainty as to where to begin? Working on local SEO for this new business may feel like you just moved to a foreign land with only the clothes on your back. You may…