*The following is the guest post by Emily Thompson*
The Google Local Listing has grown in importance more and more in recent time. In many instances, the local 7-pack, consisting on local listings, is appearing at the top of a search results page, above even organic listings. This placement creates huge opportunities for [...]
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Choose the Correct Local Listing Categories
Don’t Use Number of Indexed Pages as a Primary Success Metric
*The guest post is by Hugo Guzman who is the Vice President of SEO & Social Media at Zeta Interactive. He can be reached via email at hguzman@zetainteractive.com or via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/hugoguzman*
I was speaking with a prospective client today that shared what they thought was their most pressing SEO issue [...]
High Quality Link Building Using Dmoz / Google Directory
*The following guest tip was provided by Umair Asif*
Links are an important part of SEO strategy. While, most of us are already aware of its significance, it sometimes gets difficult to acquire a list of high quality websites related to our industry. Tweaking Google directory listings may resolve this problem.
By default, Google [...]
Google PageRank: How Much Have Things Changed?
Note from Ann: I’d like this post not to turn into another “PR algorithm” one. Instead, I’d love us to discuss how many of us still use this information and how we do that. So please, share your opinion in the comments!
*The following tip was shared by Eric Gesinski who does Tulsa Website Design [...]
Get on Top of Google SERP by Optimizing for Local Search Results
Today’s tip was submitted by Umair Asif
Google has already started integrating local search results into the main page of regional search engines. Few US users may have noticed it, but it has huge implications for webmasters and SEO experts outside the United States. Here is how it may look for someone searching [...]
What’s The Fastest Way to Remove a Page from Google SERPs?
It may be not a frequent situation but it may happen so that you need to remove a page from Google SERPs really fast. What’s the best way to do that?
Try this:
Exclude the page in Robots.txt + remove the pages using the URL removal tool in Webmaster Tools.
Return 410 status code for the page (to [...]
Is Your Traffic Estimate Correct?
The following guest tip was provided by Umair Asif.
While Google Adwords Keyword Tool is a great resource to evaluate the number of searches for a keyword, I assume that a majority of webmasters do not realize how easy it is to inadvertently distort calculating the amount of traffic for a keyword. The [...]
Removing 404 Pages From Your Google Webmaster Tools Account
This question is being asked so often that I just decided to go ahead and write a post about that:
You notice Google report a 404 page on your site;
You go to your site and fix the error (delete the link to the non-existent page or just fix the broken URL);
Your Google Webmaster Tools account is [...]
Use Google’s Brain To Find Keywords
The following guest tip is provided by Bill Sebald
I like this trick and use it each time in my keyword research. I came up with it after discovering the great AutoPagerize user script for Greasemonkey. It stimulates a lot of ideas quickly. In keyword research, where creativity is still [...]
Make the Most of Advanced Google Date Operator
My favorite Google advanced search option is its date range allowing to sort search results by most recent ones. So this time I am sharing my really quick (and useful) tip on how to make the most of it:
1. Keep it always on your Google (home) page: “Keep Your Google Search Dates” - Greasemonkey script [...]

