Andrew Shotland

Member since: 01-06-09

About Me

Andrew Shotland is the proprietor of Local SEO Guide, a leading local search engine optimization blog and consultancy.

Website: http://www.localseoguide.com

Recent Comments

Google Plus Connections Are The New Link

#artisticlicense

Google Plus Connections Are The New Link

+1 Nick!

Mobile: The Ghost Of Future Local SMB Marketing

Jeff, I think my wording could be a bit more precise. The numbers on the "savings" column show the mobile CPC as a % of the desktop PPC.

5 Tips For Responding To Negative Customer Reviews Online

Guilty as charged Shelly!

9 Common Ways To Bork Your Local Rankings In Google

Nice one as usual Chris. While I agree with every one of your points i am looking at some fake listings in a major metro that have been there for at l

How To Find Local Influencers On Google Plus

Michelle Marie pointed out on Google Plus that a better way to find the most relevant posts for a G+ user would be to search by their profile ID to el

5 Tips To Get More Online Customer Reviews

Nicholas, It's definitely a good idea to get reviews on sites where your potential customers are, regardless of how they influence Google's display

5 Tips To Get More Online Customer Reviews

Thanks Evan. I have added some extra tips that did not make it into the article here http://www.localseoguide.com/10-tips-to-get-more-customer-review

Confessions Of A Yellow Pages User

Yam, It was worth writing the post just for your comments. +1

Confessions Of A Yellow Pages User

And you would be basing your trust in Sunset Plumbing on what criteria? There are all sorts of ways to find a plumber or any other service pro incl

Yellow Pages SEO In The Post-Panda World

Agreed Mary, but as you well know, many SMBs would prefer to outsource this function to a trusted partner.

How To Rank Nationally With Local Links

Hey Ross, thanks for the link but can you switch my anchor text for David's? :)

9 Ways To Start A New Local Business Using Facebook, Twitter, Groupon And Google*

Hah Ken, that part was actually written by the editors! :)

Do You Know What Your SEO Consultant Is Doing To Your Online Reputation?

Hey Andy, The links from the comments on my blog are tagged as "rel=nofollow" meaning they are unlikely to help with rankings.

Do You Know What Your SEO Consultant Is Doing To Your Online Reputation?

Tim, You are spot on.

Do You Know What Your SEO Consultant Is Doing To Your Online Reputation?

Hey Carla, I assume you are referring to me when you talk about whining about a bruised ego. I guess you could look at it that way. I prefer to l

Does Being Listed In Multiple Cities Help A Truly Local Business?

Hanan, not sure, but you may be mistaking Incredible Tan's marketing tactics with a bug in Google Places/Maps. If you look at their place page you'll

Facebook: No Plans To Give Search Engines Access To Facebook Questions

And all Q&A sites breath a (temporary) sigh of relief

Is SEO Dead? 1997 Prediction, Meet 2009 Reality

Emperor Scoble please locate your clothes. Thanks for setting the world straight as always Danny

Brave New World For Yellow Pages: Google Nabs Marketshare, Strangles Local Directories

Although I think the growing presence of the 10 pack is definitely a factor in the changing traffic of these big IYPs, I think competition from other

Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs

Add one more knight to the roundtable http://www.localseoguide.com/google-cash-local-medias-savior/

Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter

no Twitter pun intended btw

Idearc Brings True Local Search To Twitter

Got to hand it to Idearc. This is a great idea and I would expect to see a lot of fast followers.

Which Internet Yellow Pages Site Has The Best Rankings?

hwkd5, By "local versions" i meant a domain that was specific to the city (e.g. newyorkrestaurants.com) and had unique local branding v. the natio

Which Internet Yellow Pages Site Has The Best Rankings?

jspats, Yellowpages.com, like most big IYPs, doesn't get all of their traffic organically. The rest is purchased via partnerships and ad campaigns.

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