Hey Local SEOs! In 2014, LSG released N.A.P. Hunter, a free Chrome Extension that enabled you do to run several standard local business NAP (Name, Address, & Phone Number) queries at once, then export the Google results into a CSV. At its peak, N.A.P. Hunter had more than 4,000 regular users. It broke a few years ago and we finally got around to updating it.
Last week I had the privilege of presenting at both the Localogy24 conference and the NYC SEO Meetup. I presented some info on how we have built an AI tool to create unique location pages for SEO (and users, of course), but I was really excited to share some early data from SERP Summary, our take on an SEO weather report for Home Services. I’ll write a more detailed post on what I presented, but for now, here’s the deck.…
I learned a lot at Pubcon’s 2024 conference in Vegas. You can’t say that about most trade shows. So I decided to share some knowledge on the best AI SEO tools recommended by the pros at the show on LSGSEO blog. And if you’re wondering what’s going on with the two separate sites – at some point we will turn LocalSEOGuide.com into more of a resource for Local SEO and LSGSEO.com will be where we promote the agency services. At…
AI was the big theme at this year’s Pubcon Vegas conference. A whopping 27 presentations had “AI” in their names, exposing attendees to a plethora of new AI tools to use for SEO. As we all try to figure out how to build AI into our SEO processes, I thought it would be helpful to list them all here. Most of these tools have a freemium price plan, so check the sites for current pricing. Most tools also have “Enterprise”…
In September, I wrote about how despite Google claiming that it was taking aim at irrelevant content hosted on third-party subdomains, coupon subdomains on media sites were still generating a ton of traffic and revenue. Given this thread between Danny Sullivan, Lily Ray and an assortment of other SEOs, I thought I’d check up on how these coupon subdomains were doing. The TLDR: Not good: Coupons.cnn.com
From Google Search Central’s post on its Helpful Content system: “If you host third-party content on your main site or in your subdomains, understand that such content may be included in site-wide signals we generate, such as the helpfulness of content. For this reason, if that content is largely independent of the main site’s purpose or produced without close supervision or the involvement of the primary site, we recommend that it should be blocked from being indexed by Google.”
From Google Search Central’s post on it’s Helpful Content system: “If you host third-party content on your main site or in your subdomains, understand that such content may be included in site-wide signals we generate, such as the helpfulness of content. For this reason, if that content is largely independent of the main site’s purpose or produced without close supervision or the involvement of the primary site, we recommend that it should be blocked from being indexed by Google.”