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Google will be adding tweets to search results…
Love you guys, but this is a little delayed! I posted a new website purely for the fun of it… Yes I love my job!… about 3 weeks ago. Then I tweeted it. Well the tweet showed up on google long before the website ever did. And the only location you find a link to this new website is on my tweet. Check it out… Google BlackShirtSeo.com… By the way… the only thing black about it is the shirt. I bought it purely so I could make a T-Shirt. I am sure it will be one of the most expensive T-Shirts I have ever bought.
Your results will show the actual domain now and then tweet under it. If you didn’t think Google was interested in your tweets then you are falling behind. Tweets on the other hand, are typically not going to rank well. They are supplemental to good SEO. I like twitter, but I would never build my optimization plan centered around Twitter, or Facebook or any other social media. Including google’s new Wave… If you haven’t checked into the wave then go read up on it by someone who’s taking a test drive on it now… GOOGLE WAVE.
With that said, YES YOU SHOULD TWEET. NO YOU SHOULD NOT SPAM TWITTER.
Tweet Tweet, but please be Sweet…
PEST CONTROLLERS- Don’t just send out endless ads about your company. You won’t make many friends on twitter that way.
I hate to bring up past experiences that I would rather forget, but I can’t ignore the lessons I have learned. I once was involved in a MLM – Marketing Pyramid. I tried to sell everyone I knew and everyone I didn’t know. Perhaps it was just my leadership who told me to go steal hourly employees from the mall, but I chased people away. I looked at everyone as if they were money bags. That is absolutely a horrible thing to do. I have since repented… I was very young and naive at the time…. sorry making excuses… I told you I didn’t like to bring up the past!
Morale of the story, Don’t just tweet to sell your service. Tweet to connect and communicate. Sure, I support sending out a reminder on occasion about what you do, but every 5 minutes is not an occasion.
… If I could only control the pests on twitter. =)
-Thos003
Phoenix Pest Controller for hire.
Google has been undergoing a lot of face lifts recently. As of date, google’s 2009 maps addition have made a huge impact on search results and overall website traffic. The maps are stealing some if not most of the spot light for many searches. And if you haven’t caught this google wave then built your ship and get on board.
What’s new as of today, is that the coveted “10 box” or “pack 10″ for local searches is now down to 7!
That’s right, you will find only 7 local companies now when you search for “Pest Control Austin AZ“… Let’s try again 7-box when you search for “Pest Control Mesa AZ“. Just barely above the cut on that one…
The new limit is 7! Which may not be a big deal,… unless you were 8, 9, 0r 10. That is just the way google crumbles.
Wait, your not seeing what I am seeing in your results?
Oh yeah, as of today on 3 separate pieces of equipment from, 3 different IP addresses, I got 3 totally different results. Google Local Search Results are now popping up everywhere!
Here is a quick tally for www.BulwarkPestControl.com search term “pest control” (of course)…
I-Phone – #19 (used to search this before) Different top placements for 1,2,3…
PC – #19 (used to search this before) Different top placements 1,2,3,…
Blackberry – #13 (Never searched for pest control before) Similar top 1,2,3, as I-phone different than PC.
GOOGLE!!!! Quit changing my results!
Oh, and as far as the maps go… If you put in your location, or let it locate you through your IP address it will give you map results based on proximity. If my IP is in Raleigh, NC… it gives me a different 10, I mean 7, on the map results. If I change my location to a zip code it changes, if I change my location to a city it changes again. Each time it pulls the listings that are closest to your IP, Zip Code, or City location and the listings that are most relevant to your search.
Soooo, forget optimizing your location for the entire metro area! Unless, the niche isn’t that competitive. It is internet real estate where value is based on location, location, and location.
Hope this helps!
* Search results will vary based on user, device, browser, IP address, web history, search term, and other undetermined factors, therefore we are not sure what results are typical and make no claims as to testimonials given hereof, or thereof.
** and for my FTC disclaimer… If you consider this a Google review then your wrong. It’s a Google Report, either way Google did not pay me for this. I am however associated with a pest control company, so if you see a link that says Exterminator Tulsa and it points to a particular website then yes I did that on purpose and yes they pay me to work for them, but, this is kinda not work stuff… so classify it as you wish. Man I love my job!
P.S. You can optimize for an entire metro as a key word… try “Austin Pest Control”, but google is changing the way people search by adding local results to service terms, like “pest control”. Why add in my location if google will give me results based on my location?
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