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Kevin Kantola
08
Feb

Google My Business Reclaiming Feature Being Piloted

February 8, 2020
Google is testing a new feature that helps business owners to reclaim their Google My Business (GMB) listing. According to Krystal Taing, “For anyone beginning to see this on your listings, it is a new #GMB feature. It does not mean your listing is unclaimed but is intended as an easier path to begin the...
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16
Jan

Google Rolling Out 1st Core Update of 2020

January 16, 2020
Google started rolling out the first core update of the decade on January 13, 2020. It’s called the January 2020 Core Update according to Google. Google went onto say that they core update is now live and is rolling out to various data centers. According to Search Engine Land, “Whenever Google updates its search ranking...
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07
Dec

SEO First Celebrates 15 Years in Business

December 7, 2019
  SEO First is celebrating 15 years in business serving the Orange County, California area as well as nationwide clients. SEO First is a search engine optimization and digital marketing firm that first opened its doors in Laguna Beach, California in July of 2004. At that time, the business was known as SEO Resource (seoresource.net)....
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16
Nov

GMB Shuts Down Toll Free Support

November 16, 2019
Google My Business (GMB) has shut down their toll-free number for customer support. You’ll no longer be able to call the GMB peeps and talk with a live person. According to Google, “We’ve removed toll free customer support numbers from the Google My Business homepage. If you call one of the existing numbers, you’ll be...
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13
Nov

Google Local Algo Update for November 2019

November 13, 2019
Over the past few days, Google has rolled out a local algorithm update impacting Google My Business (GMB) and Maps listings. It appears that Google is tightening its geo-local proximity. According to Search Engine Land, “The local SEO community was a consistent chatter about a Google update, specifically targeting Google Maps rank. The consensus became...
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05
Nov

Irvine Master Plan Masterminds Hot Retail Market

November 5, 2019
The Irvine  Master Plan is one of the main components in the city’s hot retail marketplace. Because of this plan, residents have many shopping choices close by. According to the Irvine Standard, “The city’s beautiful retail centers are an affirmation of what Irvine does right. The secret to Irvine’s retail success comes from two distinct...
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29
Oct

Move Over RankBrain, BERT Is in the Building!

October 29, 2019
Google has announced the successor to RankBrain, which they have named BERT is rolling out now and will affect 1 in 10 search queries. BERT stands for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers. According to digital marketing lecturer Dawn Anderson, “BERT and family improve the state of the art on 11 natural language processing tasks. Even...
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21
Oct

OC Top 10 List of Fastest Growing Companies

October 21, 2019
Every year, Inc. Magazine puts out a list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately-owned companies. This year, the list includes a fair amount of Orange County, CA businesses. According to Patch, “California has some of the most successful new companies in the country. The 5,000 companies come from over 25 different types of industry, including...
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17
Oct

FiberCity for Placentia, CA – The Need for Speed

October 17, 2019
  I have already talked about how Fullerton, CA is in the process of becoming a FiberCity, with the introduction of a very high-speed fiber optic network. Now, next-door neighbor Placentia is also scheduled to become a FiberCity as well. According to Telecompaper, “SiFi Networks received a grand permission from the city council of Placentia,...
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05
Oct

Google Reveals Local Business Search at an All-Time High

October 5, 2019
According to Google, searches for small, local businesses are at an all-time high. For the past 3 years searches for local businesses such as restaurants, pharmacies and more have taken the Internet by storm, especially searches from mobile devices. Google says, “Today we are releasing a new report that shows how Americans are searching for...
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