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10 Tips for Writing Content That Gets Noticed
Did you ever slave away writing a great piece of content only to see it sink into the vast, internet sea without a trace? Write

7 Things About Bing You Should Know (The Other Search Engine)
More and more business owners today are understanding how important it is to rank high on the search engines. Bing (The Other Search Engine) Many

Do You Yahoo? You Should.
We often write about best practices for optimizing your content for Google and last week we wrote about Bing. This week we take a look

Listen: Do You Want to Know the Secret to Creating a Great Content Strategy
“Listen. Do you want to know a secret?” asked Paul McCartney. I love listening to music and I love the Beatles. What does that have

Show Me Your Face: What Google’s Author Rank Means For Internet Marketers
If you follow my blogs you know I am a big advocate of Google’s Authorship and Google Publisher Markups. One of the other most important

She Wrote an Article About These SEO Tips and You Won’t Believe What #MattCutts Did Next. Especially After He Saw Tip #5
Did you click on a link to this article based on the title? Good. My link bait worked. Isn’t that the point? To get you

9 Fresh and Effective Ideas for Your Social Media and Content Marketing Campaigns
Audiences are just drowning in horrible content, even after Google and its Hummingbird changes. Worse yet, people (and companies) are still using methods that are

Great Memes Act Alike – How To Use Them In Content Marketing
The other day my daughter had some friends over. Like every other group of teenagers, they were sitting on the couch texting each other. The

How Citations Influence “Near Me” and Location-Based Results
When someone performs a “near me” or location-based query, search engines have to decide which results are relevant and trustworthy. That trust is built through

How Citations Support Business Discoverability Beyond Google
Most businesses measure their local online visibility by where they rank on Google. But listing management services help agencies and local marketers maintain listings for

How Incomplete Business Data Weakens Local Citations
When agencies and local marketers turn to listing management services, they often do so to resolve inaccurate business data. However, focusing only on errors and

How Search Engines Reconcile Conflicting Business Citations
From incorrect street names to old phone numbers, business data can easily fall out of sync across the web. Actively managing business listings helps keep

What Makes a Local Citation Authoritative
How do search engines decide which business information they can trust? Much of that understanding comes from local citations and listing management. Listings across the

The Role of Data Aggregators in Citation Authority
Citation authority matters, but some listings influence visibility far more than others. With the right business listing management partner, your agency client’s information can be

How Duplicate Listings Affect Entity Signals, and What to Do About It
For agencies and local marketers, local citations and listing management help keep business data accurate and consistent across search platforms, directories and maps. That consistency

How Citations Help Google and AI Verify Business Legitimacy
No matter how many changes occur in digital marketing and local SEO, certain foundational tactics remain vital to agency success. For example, using a trustworthy




