Google My Business aka “GMB” (now known as “Google Business Profile”) has monopoly power over businesses, and has little incentive to fix serious problems relating to its GMB platform. Antitrust regulators should examine the GMB platform specifically and require Google to fix consumer problems or face increased regulatory oversight or penalties. *UPDATE: In November 2021, […]
There’s a new conspiracy theory floating around social media about how you can do a Google search for any 2, 3 or 4 digit number, plus the words “new cases” and come up with a result regarding Coronavirus or “COVID-19” that matches that query with the same number you’ve randomly chosen. The theory roughly goes […]
If you’ve hired an SEO company to help you with your visibility on Google, or maybe you’re taking care of your own website the question of “Direct” traffic will eventually come up. Often times our clients see dramatic shifts up and down month-to-month or year-to-year in the Direct traffic channel when drilling down to All […]
*Updated August 2, 2022 As a lawyer, your website likely falls into what is known as YMYL – Your Money or Your Life. That’s not a threat, that’s what Google categorizes as a website of extreme importance to a person’s well-being (if the content on your website has the ability to likely cause harm if […]
Last night our team added a business description to a law firm’s Google My Business location that we manage. The law firm’s business listing is 100% legit, with photos of the exterior and interior, legitimate reviews, staff pictures and has been published for 3+ years. It is not a virtual location, and is a free […]
If you’re a lawyer who participates in Search Engine Optimization, you may have heard your vendor say that they need to get you “backlinks”. Many people understand that concept, but what they don’t understand is that just because you get a link to your website from another website doesn’t mean that it benefits you – […]
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Doug BradleySays
Hey Jonathan, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. My guess is that you might mean: "wouldn't it be easier…
Doug BradleySays
Hi Karen, Without specific examples I wouldn't be able to tell you. However, Google does *tend* to deliver more recent…
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Hey Barbara, the assumption that this was limited to only 4 digits is not by me - that's just the…
MichaelSays
Hey Scott. Same Michael posting as before that you replied to. My post already implicitly addressed this when speaking about…
Barbara NicholsSays
Your assumption regarding the 4 digits and the algorithm's seemingly limitation was just busted. We posted 10,000 and the results…
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I get the gist, but can someone please explain why the dates on the search results are almost always from…
Doug BradleySays
Thanks Michael. I try to approach the comments carefully because there are a lot of people who just plain don't…