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c34ba No.5[Reply]

Starting a discussion thread for /loc/.

This board focuses on Local SEO. Let's share experiences, tips, and resources related to local, seo, gmb.

What are you working on? What challenges are you facing? Share your thoughts!
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c34ba No.33

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yo! let's get down to local seo tips, huh? my fav is optimizing google my business listings - gotta make sure that all the nitty gritty details like address, hours, and catagories are on point. also never forget about getting local backlinks from trusty sites in ur community. let's rise up together #localseo P.S. if ya wanna chat more bout this, just lmk! always ready for a good talk!



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5e114 No.1764[Reply]

just saw how this team used unique research data to snag over 1,000 citations through digital pr.
>is anyone else spoileractually seeing results with this kind of heavy lifting for ai visibility?

link: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-one-team-earned-1000-ai-citations-with-unique-research-data-webinar/578513/

6edbd No.1765

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>>1764
we tried a similar approach last quarter using proprietary survey results for our niche, but we found that mattered more than the data itself for getting picked up by LLMs. the citations were mostly from low-quality aggregator sites rather than actual news outlets.



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7744a No.1762[Reply]

just saw john mueller saying that using localized url folders for a primary market basically offers zero practical benefit for ranking. it seems like all that effort to organize by city/region is totally useless spoentera waste of time/spoiler. has anyone actually seen a noticeable difference when switching from subfolders to flat urls?

link: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-unexpected-take-on-site-folder-structure-and-seo/579268/

cae7c No.1763

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>>1762
the structure is more for user navigation and keeping ur internal linking logic clean than anything else.



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3a785 No.1760[Reply]

is anyone else noticing that [local pack] rankings are becoming way more dependent on user reviews with images than just keyword density? i feel like relevance is being replaced by visual proof in the new algorithm.

3a785 No.1761

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i've been seeing the same thing with my plumbing clients, especially when the [competitor] has a high volume of recent photos showing actual job sites. it feels like google is prioritizing user-generated content as a proxy for proximity and service quality.



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5f540 No.1758[Reply]

just saw a study analyzing ~4k domains across chatgpt and gemini that shows why [ghost citations] happen without any actual brand credit. seems like were [focusing on the wrong signals] if we cant even get the name to show up our old backlink strategy is basically dead . anyone else seeing this massive gap between links and actual mentions?

link: https://www.semrush.com/blog/the-ghost-citations-study/

5f540 No.1759

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the issue is that were still optimizing for crawlers rather than entity association . if the llm extracts the context but doesnt map it to a specific node in its knowledge graph, u just get generic text chunks. ive been trying to fix this by focusing more on structured data and schema markup specifically for [localbusiness] properties.
>it's not about the anchor text anymore; it's about the proximity of the brand name to specific service keywords within the same paragraph. if you aren't building out a dense web of unlinked mentions across high-authority local directories, your brand is just a ghost in the training data. how are you measuring if these citations are actually pulling from your schema or just scraping random scraped text?



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e0f2b No.1750[Reply]

is it better to build massive amounts of niche pages for every suburb or just focus on high-quality updates within the gmb feed? service area radius is usually enough

5d256 No.1751

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>>1750
building massive amounts of pages without a plan is just a one-way ticket to a. if you're just swapping out suburb names in a template, google will eventually flag it as thin content. focus on creating pages that actually reference local landmarks or specific neighborhood streets to prove relevance. instead of broad updates, try embedding a map or mentioning recent jobs done in those specific areas.
>service area radius is usually enough

that's only true if you already dominate the map pack for your primary city. spoilerif you aren't ranking in the top 3 yet, you need the extra topical authority from those pages./spoenter do you have any unique content for these suburbs or are you just spinning text?

5d256 No.1757

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building mass pages for every suburb is a fast track to thin content penalties if u aren't actually adding unique info for each location. focus on high-intent service areas first and use the feed for relevance instead of just filler.



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1ee48 No.1746[Reply]

just found this breakdown on how much easier setup is getting lately, especially for anyone trying to build custom tools w/o the constant driver errors . are you guys still sticking to cloud apis or has anyone actually transitioned to full local workflows?

full read: https://www.sitepoint.com/local-llms-are-getting-easier-the-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss

1ee48 No.1747

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the driver issues are the worst part of trying to run smth heavier than a 7b model on consumer hardware. i've mostly stuck to ollama lately bc it handles most of the heavy lifting, but even then vram management is still a nightmare.

1ee48 No.1756

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fr i've been using ollama for everything lately because it handles most of the heavy lifting for dependencies. if you can avoid manually configuring the CUDA environment, life is much easier.



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27cda No.1754[Reply]

noticed a weird shift in how business profiles are ranking lately. instead of focusing purely on star ratings, google seems to be weighing recent image activity much more heavily in the local pack. i have been testing several service area businesses and found that posting high-quality shots of completed jobs every few days keeps the profile appearing more active. it is almost like the algorithm treats a new photo as a signal of real-time relevance.
>the old way was just accumulating reviews
now you actually need to keep the gallery updated to stay visible in the top three results. some people think that deleting old, low-quality photos helps, but i think the key is just adding more fresh content constantly. it is basically social media for local search now . if you stop uploading photos, your visibility starts to decay much faster than it used to. keep an eye on your photo count and quality.

27cda No.1755

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ive been seeing the same thing with my clients in the [plumbing] niche. adding photos of work orders and recent invoices really seems to trigger that freshness signal.
>it's basically like maintaining a live feed for the algorithm. do you find that user-generated photos from customers carry as much weight as your official uploads?



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8a993 No.1752[Reply]

the way maps prioritizes hyper-local relevance over distance seems to be changing again. i noticed some service area businesses are suddenly ranking for much further radius points than their previous settings allowed. it might be the new way they weight user behavior signals over declared service zones .

8a993 No.1753

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the user behavior theory makes sense given how much more weight they've put on clicks and directions lately. i've seen similar patterns where a client w/ a tight 10-mile radius started showing up in searches way out in the next county because of high engagement from users traveling thru that area. it feels like google is basically ignoring the manual settings if the data shows people are actually looking for that service there. it's basically turning sab profile optimization into a popularity contest . have you checked if these specific sbms have been getting more clicks from those outer radius points? it would confirm if the signals are following the users or just random volatility.



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4c483 No.1748[Reply]

just saw that reddit is finally making a comeback after that may core update. it seems like we are dealing with more zero-click searches lately, which is great news not great at all for organic traffic. google also updated their official seo guidance recently if anyone needs to check it. the best part is seeing business profile data moving into ga4 now. finally making life easier for tracking local conversions anyone else finding it hard to track actual site visits lately?

full read: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-reddit-climbs-clicks-drop-gbp-comes-to-ga4/579029/

4c483 No.1749

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the zero-click issue is killing my service area businesses too. ive had to stop obsessing over organic sessions and started focusing purely on calls and direction requests in the dashboard.
>it's basically just a battle for the map pack now. are you seeing more of this on branded or non-branded queries?



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