The SEO Vault Episode 98

Episode 98 Table of Contents


Co-Host: Mike Milas


Special Guest: Jessie T.


5:25 Local Viking Input


- Local Viking *What's Happening* - Rolling out Whitelabeled
Private Instances With Local Viking - Fully Whitelabeled Under
Your Brand


- Features Are Being Developed - Geogrid Updates - SERP Tracking
- Almost Done


12:01 Web 2.0 Ranker Weekly Update


- NEW 100% Free Neat Content Upgrade On All Account Building -
Price is The Same as Before - AI Generated Content On All
Socials!


- Upgrade to Hand-written is Available


- NEW Premiere Niche Guest Posts For Tech Websites - Hand
Selected Target List!


- Philadelphia Mastermind IS November 5th - 7th - Early Bird
Discount is NOW LIVE! - Speakers and Itinerary To Be Announced


- NEW GIVEAWAY For The 100th Episode - Ticket To The Mastermind -
Giveaway Will Be Live On The Vault!


47:41 SEO News For The Past Week


- NEW features for Google Maps - One is allowing users/searchers
to leave more detailed reviews for Restaurants


- Updates with Covid Congestions Reports in More Areas


- Google My Business Supporting Hours Of Operations Details


SERP Changes/ Tests


- Google Drops The AMP Label In The Mobile Search Results


- Google is Testing NEW Local Map Layouts!


- NEW Timestamp Ability On Your Own Webpages!


- Google Released A Post About Search Operators and Their
Limitations - Confirming That Search Operators Have Their
Limitations


Google Says


- John Mueller - No Results Found Response Can Lead To Soft 404s
In Google Search Console


- Gary Illys - Google: Redirects Signals Stick With Destination
URL After A Year


- All Redirects Will Stick For Technically 2 years


- Google Core Updates Could Impact (PAA) Section, and Other
Search Features


Q&A:


17:48 Hey hey. I have a question. I just acquired a new
client. They are in the mortgage industry and have a GMB called
Arizona Lending Group. When you type in "Arizona Lending Group"
into Google, their business GMB doesn't show up and their website
URL doesn't show up on the first page either. They launched both
their website and GMB about 4 months ago. They have done almost
zero SEO. My question is, how can their business name/website
URL/GMB show up at the top of Google when you type in their
business name into Google? I'm guessing domain age, proper
indexing, and GMB optimization might play a factor. I plan on
outsourcing their GMB SEO to you guys, so maybe you guys can look
into it more when I send all the details. thanks, guys!


23:25 is there any way of preventing others from
suggesting an edit to our GMB listing?


26:00 I'm seeing Google Map listings in some local
searches with only 2 results in the Maps area... Is this
something new? Are they gonna slowly roll out the Google 3 pack?


30:50 1 More ..... Have a client. I have a strange one
here.. Maybe someone can give some insight. When I go to the 3
pack for my GMB I don't show up, however when I click more I show
number #3 yet I'm not #3 in the 3 pack on the Google search page


35:49 hey, I have a client where an employee moved the pin
with his personal email. I fixed it in the GMB but he isn't
showing on google anymore. it does 2 things show driving
directions or if I misspell it will show him. any ideas. he
already had a gstack.


39:37 Are citations still effective in ranking a GMB? How
about using the CID as the web link? Any benefits? Also how
important are citations with spun content? Is Google getting
pickier about citation descriptions now? Are NAPs with a
copy/paste description not enough anymore?


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