Were you one of the early adopters to Google My Business messaging? I’m talking about this button right here, that allows your customers to message you right from Google’s search results. If you want to read other business related posts, read this one...
I was at the airport last week leaving for Pubcon and tried to add an image from the restaurant I was eating at, but I couldn’t do it. I Tweeted about the bug to Google My Business, who asked me to send them a DM with all the details, so I did. #BugReport...
These are the slides from my Pubcon presentation on October 10, 2019, speaking in the agency track with the legendary Bill Hunt. Slides only Slides with notes And below is a video of my run through the night before…
This morning Google killed off access to the “old” Webmaster Tools interface in Google Search Console, and with it, they’ve removed convenient access for two needed tools. If you’ve been poking around trying to find them, you’re not the...
A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from someone claiming to be Chistyan Duran, and he was interested in renting our Mexican timeshare that we bought 20 years ago. The company was a familiar name, Remax Realty, and they were based in Eden Prairie Minnesota. While...
For quite a while now, I’ve had issues adding properties to Google Search Console. Not every time, but often. It’s actually been going on for months, and it’s gotten a lot worse lately. Verification with Google Analytics used to work pretty well for...
If you have a service area business like Jimmy John Shark with your street address hidden, and you serve customers in more than just your immediate area, there’s good news… Google is now allowing you to expand the service area in your Google My Business...
These are the slides from my Pubcon 2018 presentation, given in Las Vegas NV, October 17, 2018. The WordPress plugin that I demonstrate is called WP GDPR Fix.
I’ve had this free plugin available for years, and we just updated to version 4.0. There are paid plugins that don’t work as well as this one, saving even the most experienced WordPress admins 20 to 40 minutes on each installation.
For the third year in a row, I am excited to be one of the judges for the US Search Awards, which will be presented at the Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas, on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. I’m judging in just three of the 33 categories, all listed here and...
