by Gerard Manning | May 28, 2019 | Blog
Dealing with Fake reviews on Google My Business can be time consuming and these are proving to be an issue with any small businesses. With the current nature of the importance and impact reviews can have, a 1 or 2 star review can be pretty damaging. One tactic that is...
by Gerard Manning | May 28, 2018 | Blog
For myself, Integrity with the work I provide means a lot. In the SEO industry, early in my SEO career, this was around 2001/2002, I was working for Enquiro Search Solutions (they were then known as SearchEnginePosition.com). I was in charge of handling the SEO for...
by Gerard Manning | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog
Often after converting your website from static HTML to WordPress, you may encounter an issue with your index.html page. Now you could of used default.htm, index.htm or others as the home landing page for your website. It is important to have this property redirected....
by Gerard Manning | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog
For the 2017 holiday season, I thought I would share some of the more annoying things I see in the SEO world, and there’s a chance these would land you on Google’s Naughty list. Here’s my top 10. Send a spam email to google themselves. Tell them how...
by Gerard Manning | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog
A posting from Seth Godin touches on Local Scarcity. What a great topic to cover. This one is especially important for the local area that I live in here in Corner Brook Newfoundland. Before there was a local Walmart here, and before Amazon was the power house that is...
by Gerard Manning | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog
This was a question that was asked recently via Rebrandly, and thank-you for that question. What I like about digital marketing is that It gives anyone that has a dream or passion a chance to follow their path. No matter where you live, you have the chance to make...
by Gerard Manning | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog
[datetoday] by Gerard Manning The battle of the reviews. On one side you have Google encouraging reviews, and on the other side you have Yelp stating a Review Solicitation penalty. Two companies on different sides of how they deal with reviews. And on each site,...
by Gerard Manning | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog
If you are dealing with changing/adding an address on your Google My Business location. From time to time you may encounter an issue that deals with the actual proper address. Recently an issue with a Postal Code came up with a client. The address was correct. Double...
by Gerard Manning | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog
Canadian Version If you have a company with multiple locations, or you work on an account that has multiple locations, what is the best option to achieving the best results with your Google My Business Listings? I’ve worked on an account in the past that had this...
by Gerard Manning | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
Not receiving Google My Business invitation to manage a Business location? If you are having problems receiving your Google My Business Invite. Chances are you have the one setting as seen below set to unsubscribe. This is how you can change your preferences and...
Gerard Manning is the owner of Manning Search Marketing and has been working in the SEO industry since 2000. Originally started with Enquiro Search Solutions (now known as Mediative). Was previously a Research Assistant on Inside the Mind of the Searcher that was released in 2005.