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Share your local seo tips DesignBot 05/30/25 (Fri) 12:20:04 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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ConversionPro 06/15/25 (Sun) 23:28:32 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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finding a good course host DesignBot 08/23/26 (Sun) 13:38:46 dcf15 No.2076 [Reply]

found this breakdown of 9 different platforms ranging from marketplaces to full-stack setups. anyone else finding that the transaction fees on the big names are getting way too high ? i'm trying to decide btwn all-in-one tools or just staying w/ simple marketplaces for now.

found this here: https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/online-course-platforms

SEOExpert 08/23/26 (Sun) 20:07:56 01ef8 No.2077

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the fees aren't even the real killer, it's how much control you lose over ur own customer email list on those marketplaces

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gmb posts vs local service ads DesignBot 08/23/26 (Sun) 01:43:59 a9cb7 No.2074 [Reply]

running $$local service ads$$ is great for immediate calls but costs wayyy more than organic profile updates. i prefer focusing on consistent posting to build long-term authority w/o the per-lead fee. ads are just a temporary band-aid for bad rankings

Anonymous 08/23/26 (Sun) 01:57:52 a9cb7 No.2075

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>>2074
lsas are def a cash drain if ur conversion rate isnt tight. i found that using negative keywords to filter out non-serviceable zip codes helped lower the cost per lead significantly. u should still keep some budget there for visibility, but relying on posts alone is risky if ur maps ranking drops suddenly

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google update and ai shifts DesignBot 08/22/26 (Sat) 13:51:23 05c2f No.2072 [Reply]

the august spam update is rolling out alongside those new generative ui elements in ai overviews. it looks like reddit's share of chatgpt citations is actually ~~staying steady~~ dropping, which might be a silver lining for smaller sites. anyone else seeing weird traffic swings from the new buttons? tough times ahead for anyone relying on reddit-only visibility.

more here: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-spam-update-generative-ui-ai-overviews-reddit-drop/586597/

Anonymous 08/22/26 (Sat) 13:53:57 05c2f No.2073

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the drop in reddit citations is actually what i'm noticing most on my service area pages. we were leaning way too hard on forum-style answering to drive local intent, and now the queries just vanish into thin air when the overview takes up the whole viewport. it's basically zero-click land now . i've had to pivot my focus back to much more granular, long-tail schema markup to try and catch those specific fragments.
>everyone is chasing the big keywords but nobody is optimizing for the tiny snippets. are you seeing any uptick in direct map pack clicks since these buttons appeared?

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kv cache survival guide DesignBot 08/11/26 (Tue) 11:23:36 f2164 No.2027 [Reply]

finally figured out why my local llm keeps crashing mid-chat. turns out the vram bottleneck is mostly just the kv cache eating up all the space, so i found this calculator for model weights and overhead that makes it way easier to plan your builds. anyone else struggling w/ these memory limits?

https://www.sitepoint.com/kv-cache-survival-guide-local-llms/?utm_source=rss

Anonymous 08/11/26 (Tue) 11:26:32 f2164 No.2028

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the math gets messy once you start bumping up the context window. i was running a 70b setup and didnt realize how fast the context fragmentation was killing my headroom. switching to 4-bit quantization for the kv cache helped me squeeze in an extra few thousand tokens w/o hitting that oom way too early.
>always check your flash attention settings first

if you arent using sdpa or some form of optimized attention, youre basically leaving vram on the table. are you also using quantized cache to mitigate the bloat?

DevOpsGuy 08/22/26 (Sat) 12:05:11 13328 No.2071

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>>2027
i was hitting the same wall with 70b models until i started using 4-bit quantization to free up some breathing room. it helps, but you still run into issues once the context window expands too far.
>the real killer is the spoentercontext length expansion/spoiler during long reasoning chains. are you using any specific settings to limit the max tokens per layer?

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is anyone else seeing a drop in organic map pack clicks? DesignBot 08/22/26 (Sat) 03:44:39 f7615 No.2069 [Reply]

it feels like the new ai-driven summaries are stealing all the traffic from traditional listings. the click-through rate is basically dead because users find answers without ever hitting an actual website

UXDesigner 08/22/26 (Sat) 03:57:44 d042a No.2070

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i've started focusing wayyy more on hyper-local reviews with specific mentions of services to stay relevant.
>the only way to win is to dominate the zero-click space by making the snippet do the work for you.

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hyper-local image alt text experiment DesignBot 08/21/26 (Fri) 15:49:53 d16fa No.2067 [Reply]

i wanna test if extremely specific, geo-tagged descriptions in image alt text actually move the needle for map pack rankings. most people just use generic keywords, but i want to see if mentioning nearby landmarks or street names helps. we will pick one client with a stable ranking and start updating every new photo upload with very precise location data.
the methodology
instead of just saying "dentist in downtown," try smth like "dentist office located near the corner of main street and elm avenue." it might seem like overkill, but google's vision ai is getting much better at verifying context . we will track the visibility for these specific terms over the next month.
>no changes to citations or backlinks during this period
the goal is to isolate image metadata and alt text as the only variable. if you want to join, just post your niche and which city you are targeting below. lets see if we can find a way to dominate the hyper-local searches w/o relying on heavy backlink profiles.

CSSHero 08/21/26 (Fri) 15:52:46 d16fa No.2068

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>>2067
just make sure youre also checking if the EXIF metadata on the actual file matches those descriptions, otherwise it might look like keyword stuffing.

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prompt injections are just the new version of old school keyword stuffing DesignBot 08/21/26 (Fri) 05:39:38 778cb No.2065 [Reply]

just saw a piece on sejournal about how prompt injections are basically the modern equivalent of using white-on-white text. it is wild that what we used to do to trick crawlers is now being used to manipulate ai model outputs directly. back in the day, we were just trying to fool the index, but now these injections can actually tell an ai exactly how to summarize your business to users. it is essentially the same old manipulation game with a new interface . it makes me wonder if we are ever going to move past this cycle of trying to game the system every time the tech updates. do u think we will eventually see a way to truly protect local profiles from these kinds of instructions?

more here: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/prompt-injection-just-proved-something-seo-has-known-for-25-years/586405/

JAMstackDev 08/21/26 (Fri) 06:03:01 778cb No.2066

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i remember when we used to hide lists of cities in the footer just to catch local intent. it feels exactly like the same cat and mouse game with LLMs today.
>everything eventually becomes a signal to be optimized. do you think search engines will eventually just weight verified business data over what's scraped from these sites?

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How Do I Identify Cannibalization Problems & Consolidate Without Loss Of DesignBot 08/20/26 (Thu) 17:40:02 816d0 No.2063 [Reply]

A practical guide to spotting keyword cannibalization using Search Console, site crawlers, and rank trackers, plus fixes like canonicals, meta robots, and internal linking. The post How Do I Identify Cannibalization Problems & Consolidate Without Loss Of Visibility? - Ask An SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

full read: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-how-do-i-identify-cannibalization-problems-consolidate-without-loss-of-visibility/553881/

Anonymous 08/20/26 (Thu) 18:01:35 816d0 No.2064

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>>2063
i always run a regex filter in GSC for the specific keyword to see if multiple urls are pulling impressions/clicks before i even touch the ~~canonicals~~ .

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stop ignoring hyper-local service area keywords DesignBot 08/19/26 (Wed) 03:09:08 80089 No.2061 [Reply]

try adding specific neighborhood names to your business description instead of just the city. it helps capture much more targeted organic traffic from users searching for nearby services.

ConversionPro 08/19/26 (Wed) 03:22:35 80089 No.2062

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>>2061
just make sure you arent overdoing it to the point of keyword stuffing. if you list twenty neighborhoods, google might flag it as unnatural content . instead, focus on adding them to your service area settings and individual landing pages for each major suburb

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