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local SEO manipulation / Google Maps
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Some local SEOs try to boost Maps rankings by generating driving-directions usage signals with friends/family or many phones, claiming it indicates local demand.
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Some local SEOs try to boost Maps rankings by generating driving-directions usage signals with friends/family or many phones, claiming it indicates local demand.
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Some local SEOs try to boost Maps rankings by generating driving-directions usage signals with friends/family or many phones, claiming it indicates local demand.
One of the most hilarious local SEO hacks. If you have a local business, whenever you go to it, use the driving directions feature on Google Maps. Get all of your friends and family to go to your business using the driving directions feature on Google Maps...
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One of the most hilarious local SEO hacks. If you have a local business, whenever you go to...
One of the most hilarious local SEO hacks. If you have a local business, whenever you go to it, use the driving directions feature on Google Maps. Get all of your friends and family to go to your business using the driving directions feature on Google Maps...
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One of the most hilarious local SEO hacks. If you have a local business, whenever you go to it, use the driving directions feature on Google Maps.
Get all of your friends and family to go to your business using the driving directions feature on Google Maps. There are even people who travel around with hundreds of phones, all using the driving directions feature on Google Maps to go to a single business.
Doing this indicates demand for a local business. Google's algorithms pick this up, then rank the business higher on local search.
This is just one of the craziest local SEO things that people do.