This video is a fantastic resource for any small business looking for help with local SEO.
@drushki8085 жыл бұрын
Amazing tips for improving your local SEO rankings. You got a new sub!
@Blablablabla6044 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is the best I have ever watched about local SEO. Great respect.
@Digimobileus5 жыл бұрын
Amazing Hacks, Thank You for the tips. We have already begun to make some changes in our local SEO. A little fearful about using emojis in our GMB, I hope I will not be penalized by google. But we will see what happens.
@carolinepedrassani13354 жыл бұрын
Be careful about adding emojis to your business name. My local extension on Google Ads got reproved because of it. I don't know if Google penalizes it in organic search as well.
@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
I don't know of a case where they penalise use of Emoji's, but yes you are right, it will make you ineligible for location extensions and Adwords Express
@bhavinlohiya22415 жыл бұрын
Hey! Amazing tutorial, but I am unable to find out the categories used by competitors. I open their listing in Google maps and then click on view page source but I can't find categories there. I am not sure what is it that I am doing wrong.
@benno62585 жыл бұрын
same here - doesn't work for me
@surajchauhan20644 жыл бұрын
@@benno6258 same thing happens with me
@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
Hi all. If you're unable to find the secondary categories your competitors are using, that usually means that they're not using any. If you still want to include secondary categories, you can use the PlePer tool: pleper.com/index.php?do=tools&sdo=gmb_categories. It allows you to see secondary categories that reflect your primary category. ~ Team SEO Sherpa
@Buyseech5 жыл бұрын
Hey James, does hack #1 still work? I cannot find any of the categories when viewing source on a gmb listing...Thx
@timkahlert92515 жыл бұрын
It still works. Use your own listing and search for your category. If there is no category listed, it shows "none" for all 10 possible spaces.
@samuelsasik89654 жыл бұрын
@@timkahlert9251 Hi is this still working? I can add only predefined categories in GMB. Thank youu
@timkahlert92514 жыл бұрын
@@samuelsasik8965 They're predefined but you can see what your competitors use.
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@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
Hi Buyseech. After some research, we can comfirm that hack #1 still works. If you can't find your competitors' categories while viewing page source, it's because they've only included one category (their primary listing) onto their GMB listing. If this is the case, another way to find the most relevant categories for your industry is to use the Pleper tool: pleper.com/index.php?do=tools&sdo=gmb_categories. Hope this helps! ~ Team SEO Sherpa
@preciousmoe37114 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this „hacks“ video. A lot of things i haven‘t heard from, nur this will improve my upcoming agency. An honest thank you from Germany!
@SamuelPfleumerSami3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your local SEO tips. Isen‘t it a bit hypocritical to say it’s wrong to use keywords in addition to the brand name but use emoji that are not in your brand name?
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
Hi Samuel. As the video explains, the goal with removing keyword spammers from the local pack is to make sure you don't participate in "black hat" SEO tactics. We also advocate for a keyword-optimized brand name (where the keyword fits naturally) and to use appropriate keywords into reviews. The same goes with emojis. Emojis should only be used if the emoji in question aligns with your brand name. As we know are called SEO Sherpa, a mountain emoji, closely associates with our brand. If you'd like, you can read more about this in our in-depth Google My Business blog post here: seosherpa.com/get-on-google/.
@tombnguyen5 жыл бұрын
Awesome tips.
@erkankahveci66644 жыл бұрын
excellet job tjanks
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@masoudnamini4 жыл бұрын
I have seen dozens of cases that have no website and no content in google maps either and rank first just because of keyword stuffing in google Maps name. It has increased significantly nowadays so the famous companies who actually have a name are losing ranking significantly! Very cheap system
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
We couldn't agree more, Masoud. Black hat SEO is a real problem in local search these days. Fortunately, you can work with Google to deal with these keyword spammers. We cover this more in detail in one of our latest blog posts: seosherpa.com/get-on-google/. Check out tip/strategy 14.
@buzekohi4 жыл бұрын
Very usefull
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so! Thanks for the message.
@davidmitchell63934 жыл бұрын
Sep is all new to me think it will increase my lists
@alejandrotoro92855 жыл бұрын
Great video. Do you have video for gmb for people who works purely online (if it is not a physical location). Thanks
@romaindonatella52114 жыл бұрын
Thx for sharing all of this :)
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
Of course!! You can follow our blog seosherpa.com/blog/ for more content like this.
@DanMunteanuRo5 жыл бұрын
What plugin i should use for my shopify store to display google reviews on google search?
@HowtoUrdutop4 жыл бұрын
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@fannieblack72993 жыл бұрын
I have such a question, can you tell me where to learn more about the sales funnel for an online store?
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
Hi Fannie. Thanks for the message. If you'd like to learn about sales funnel for e-commerce, Sleeknote has a great guide on e-commerce sales funnel: sleeknote.com/blog/e-commerce-sales-funnel. If you'd like to learn how to write content that suits your e-commerce store, we have the perfect article for that as well over on our SEO Sherpa blog: seosherpa.com/seo-content/. I hope this helps!
@burakcelebix5 жыл бұрын
congrats
@deanfeldman25052 жыл бұрын
Isn't geotagging dead? Some nuggets I implemented one right away
@DaveThomson5 жыл бұрын
Work around for business names with Keywords is to create a DBA (doing business as)
@Seosherpa5 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave! That's a great tip for the US market (perhaps others too) thanks for mentioning it. Might not work in a ton of other countries as DBAs are not widely available/relevant elsewhere.
@DaveThomson5 жыл бұрын
@@Seosherpa agreed, where applicable
@coderneeded37784 жыл бұрын
Does adding the little icon in Google My Business Name still work? In your example was a small image of a mountain. I did not see how that was done. Thanks for the video.
@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
Hi CoderNeeded! The image next to our name is just the mountain emoji. The most effective way to use emojis as part of your GMB name is to focus on relevance. For example, if you own a pizzeria, putting a slice of pizza emoji (🍕) will help your business stand out in the local pack. We highlight this further in our latest blog post (see stategy #15): seosherpa.com/get-on-google/. ~ Team SEO Sherpa
@alvinreysuplac85512 жыл бұрын
ncie video
@kierontaylor98014 жыл бұрын
With Geo-Tagging, doesn't google my business compress the exif data tag from the photos so the tag doesn't exist when it's uploaded?
@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your message, Atlas Maps! We actually cover this topic in one of our latest blog posts surrounding image SEO. The link to that blog can be found here: seosherpa.com/image-seo/. The short answer is, you can still manually add certain exif data (like GPS location) to your images through tools like Exifer and others.
@timothyarnold93504 жыл бұрын
As I currently understand it , unless you use the API google will strip the geo location from images.
@sci_994 жыл бұрын
Can you send some more information on this? How can you do it through the api?
@mccallumlocksmiths63695 жыл бұрын
James, Awesome stuff. Just done the Google review plugin and sadly their videos are outdated but still worth the pain. How long does it take Google to pick up on the reviews in the footer? Kind regards Robin
@Seosherpa5 жыл бұрын
For us and clients it took about 2-days. But, it will depend on crawl frequency to your site.
@ohwhatworld58514 жыл бұрын
How do you add the stars if. you don't use Wordpress?..
@Seosherpa3 жыл бұрын
You can still add stars on your local search result even if you don't use Wordpress. You can get started with this Schema Markup Generator (technicalseo.com/tools/schema-markup-generator/) to display such rich results.
@uniaguilar3 жыл бұрын
My keyword is in my name, cool
@CurtisWaltermire4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video, and while most of the info seems great, I'm having a hell of a time implementing very much of the information here. The category search thing didn't work for me at all, even after numerous tries. Perhaps none of my competition is using numerous categories in their listings, I don't know. Moz Bar didn't work at all and has many terrible reviews, so I removed it. I also keep having trouble with my Places API key working with the Google Reviews Plugin, even though I've set the restrictions as they mention. Supposedly it's because the site I'm using is on a shared server? Some info says that there needs to be no restrictions on the keys, which makes them insecure and vulnerable to being hijacked. Consequently I cannot add the widget to my website and Google is pretty slow right now to approve changes in anything or respond to support requests due to the Corona Virus pandemic. I also don't see anywhere that I can add the Campaign URLs to my GMB listing as stated, as I can only put one URL in there at a time it seems. Could it be that much of the info in this video is outdated or that Google has changed some things and it's no longer completely relevant? It seems like so many tech videos, if they are older than about 6 months, often contain info that is no longer of any use.
@Seosherpa4 жыл бұрын
Hi Curtis! Yes, we've tested this recently (March 2020) and was able to confirm that it still works. If you can't find secondary categories from your competitors, chances are, they're not using any. If you're competitors aren't using secondary categories, you can still find the most relevant to your business by using the PlePer tool: pleper.com/index.php?do=tools&sdo=gmb_categories. Just type in your primary category and it will collate similar categories for you to include. Hope this helps! ~ Team SEO Sherpa
@CurtisWaltermire4 жыл бұрын
@@Seosherpa thank you!
@leongallaghers92 жыл бұрын
Can you recommend any sources to learn this business?
@CurtisWaltermire2 жыл бұрын
@@leongallaghers9 Is your question directed at me or @SEO Sherpa?