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4 Reasons the New Google Local Stack Sucks

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Spend five minutes on the internet and there’s a good chance you’ll run into Google’s new local search result module, which Mike Blumenthal dubbed the “Local Stack” Google Local Stack showing results for “roofer in Livermore” If you have any issues with the new stack, you’re in good company.

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How to Get More Google+ Reviews for Your Business

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Every time you look at a search results page on Google, there is a good chance that you may see something new. It wasn’t too long ago that videos, images, author profiles, links to Google plus reviews, and maps weren’t all shown on the same screen. Why get more Google+ reviews, specifically?

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Is Hummingbird Good for your Business?

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While Hummingbird does replace all of Google search’s inner workings, it incorporates a lot of the same signals, technologies, and metrics that have been there all along. While Google’s other big updates, Panda and Penguin, no longer exist on their own, the methods and goals of both updates will continue to live on through Hummingbird.

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Yelp?

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There’s no postcard to deal with, like there is with Google, and you don’t have to wait a month for verification, like with Yahoo. Tip: if you just groaned at the prospect of collecting yet another password, try LastPass or Google Chrome ‘s built in password manager. So How do I get more Google+ Reviews for my Business?

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Our Pleasanton Young Professionals Presentation: A Wrap Up & Reference

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SEO is the practice of increasing the quantity and quality of the traffic that you earn through the organic results in search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing.” – Rand Fishkin, Moz. Google owns the lion’s share of the market at 70%. Google’s usage skews younger, while Yahoo and Bing’s users are generally older.

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What Your Webmaster Can’t Do For You

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In the web development and SEO worlds, especially, even the industry’s best and brightest are subject to the whims of Google, Mozilla, Yelp, and hundreds of other major players. If you need to share lots of logins, or if you need to share them with more than just a couple people, consider setting up a shared spreadsheet on Google Drive.

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SEO in 2014: Where It’s All Headed

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Google made virtually all keyword data private, or “(not provided)” while also adding a ton of weird new SERP elements. then here you go: Google Tore the Keyword Down. To see just how much Google, and users, are learning to love in-depth content, check out serpIQ’s slightly shocking post on content length.

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