If your business changes its name and meets the following criteria, reviews aren’t removed: • You make a minor name change. • You have multiple locations and the business name changes. Be very careful because if your business changes its name but doesn’t meet the criteria above, it’s considered a new business and reviews are removed. […]
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New Multi-Location and Multi-City SEO Ranking Program
Check out the Big West Academy here: https://bigwestacademy.com/ One question that many service area businesses often ask is, “How do I rank in multiple cities?” They understand the importance of appearing in Google searches not only in the city where their business is physically located but also in surrounding cities. If this question resonates with […]
Google My Business Hijacking and Suspension News
Article Referenced: https://localu.org/hijacked-google-my-business-listings-on-the-rise/ Google Suspension Help: https://bigwestmarketing.com/2020/11/17/what-to-do-if-your-google-my-business-account-is-suspended/ Video Summary 1. There is a new scam going around where hackers are trying to Hijack your Google My Business account. In a nutshell, evildoers try to get access to your GMB profile using the “claim this business” link. The best thing you can do if you get […]
What To Do If Your Google My Business Account Is Suspended
Click here for a paid service to get your account unsuspended: https://www.steadydemand.com/google-my-business-listing-suspension-reinstatement-help/ Google has really cracked down and, unfortunately, taken a lot of legitimate businesses with them. Here is an outline of what we do for our clients in these situations. Don’t Panic! Be patient and be sure that all of your business information is […]
How Backlinks Work With SEO
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hey, everyone, this is Joe Burnich with BigWestMarketing.com. What I want to show you today is what exactly SEO backlinks are and how they work. Let’s get started with that right now. Okay, so we’re on Google here. Now, let’s just do a search. I’m just going to use my hometown, Missoula. Missoula, […]
Watch out for this SSL Certificate SCAM!
Link to $7.02/year SSL: https://comodosslstore.com/positivessl.aspx How To Purchase Video: https://bigwestmarketing.com/2020/07/02/how-to-purchase-an-ssl-certificate-for-7-per-year/ Hey everybody, this is Joe Burnich with bigwestmarketing.com. I just want to make a quick video right now on a scam that is going around. People are calling small businesses, they find out if they have a website for their business, and then they’ll try […]
Top 5 Ways To Destroy Your SEO Campaign
There is nothing worse than working for months and months on a SEO campaign only to have the work wiped out by a seemingly simple change to the website or Google account. This morning I started creating a video specifically for our current SEO clients to make sure we are on the same page…The DO’s […]
How many words do you need on your web page for Local SEO?
We often get the question: How many words do I need on my website to rank at the top of Google? First, word count is only one of MANY ranking factors and it is NOT one of the big ones, but it still is something to consider. Here is what we find works best: For […]
Attention SEO Clients: Do NOT Click On "Own This Business?" Link
Top 5 Things That DON'T Work For SEO and Google Ranking
5:30 Blogs 8:10 Meta Descriptions 11:35 Meta Keywords 12:55 ALT Tags 15:00 H1 Tags Hey everyone, this is Joe Burnich with Big West Marketing, empowering small businesses to take their internet marketing to the next level. And what we’re going to talk about in this video are the top five things that Google does not […]