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How the unglamorous half of local SEO actually works. Duplicate listings nobody spotted for three years, the seven days Google makes you wait to claim a profile, why "Street" versus "St" doesn't matter and two phone numbers does.

Written from doing it, not from reading about it. Every post is the answer to a question a client actually asked.

  1. Citations go stale, and nobody notices for years

    Citation work is treated as a project. It is maintenance.

    20 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  2. What to do when a client changes address

    The move is easy. The forty listings still showing the old address are not.

    20 August 2026 · 4 min read

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  3. Duplicate listings are the most expensive local SEO problem nobody notices

    Both listings look fine on their own. That is exactly why this goes unnoticed for years.

    20 August 2026 · 5 min read

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  4. Finding a client's existing backlinks without paying for Ahrefs

    The best free source is the one Google uses. It just has no API.

    20 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  5. How to choose Google Business Profile categories

    One field decides most of what a profile can rank for. Most people pick the broad one.

    20 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  6. Local links that aren't directories

    The best local links are membership-gated, which is exactly why they are worth having.

    20 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  7. What actually counts as NAP inconsistency

    "Street" versus "St" is not the problem. Two different phone numbers is.

    20 August 2026 · 4 min read

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  8. Do nofollow citations help local SEO?

    Yes, but not for the reason you are measuring.

    20 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  9. Taking over a client's listings when nobody knows the passwords

    The previous agency is not answering emails. Here is what actually works.

    20 August 2026 · 4 min read

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  10. Which citations actually matter, and which are a waste of an afternoon

    Ten listings done properly beat a hundred submitted to directories nobody has opened since 2009.

    20 August 2026 · 4 min read

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