An SEO Blog by James Harrison

Almost a month ago I created a website called SEO by the Hour. I created this site because I am in the SEO/internet marketing community and I felt the need to possess a website that represented my resume or skill-set. I love my current job and make plenty of money to get by. However I […]

I’m not sure why I thought of this. But what if Google Local Business Listings checks to see if your phone number matches your business address? Google could check local listings and directories to see if your numbers match up right? However, if that listing is the only listing mentioning your phone number how would Google […]

Ok finally, Part 3 of Local SEO for Google’s business listings. There’s not much to explain in this section because it’s really all about understanding a simple concept. Try to look at your Google profile like it is your storefront location. People pass by it, people hear about you and your services and last but […]

So now that you have a completed Google Local Business profile. The next thing to do is to associate that profile with your city and keyword. Just like your website, your profile needs links from relevant websites. Therefore if you are trying to show up in the business results for “san diego dentist“, I recommend […]

I have helped a number of websites get on top of Google’s local business results (just above the organic listings) by doing pretty much the same optimization strategies to all of them as I would to a regular web site. This blog post will show you how to create a SEO’d profile that has the […]