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Notes on websites, search, and the systems around them.

Short pieces on the decisions that actually change how a small business site performs.

Local SEOGetting Reviews Without Begging, Bribing, or BuyingA simple ask at the right moment, in writing, from a real person. How to build a steady review habit and what to do about the bad ones.
Local SEODuplicate Google Listings and How to Clean Them UpTwo listings split your reviews, confuse the map, and send customers to an address you left. How duplicates happen and how to merge them properly.
Local SEOShould You Build a Page for Every Town You Serve?Location pages work when they say something true about the place. Here is how to tell whether yours will earn their keep or just look like filler.
Local SEOWhat to Do When a Competitor Outranks You LocallyBefore you spend money fixing it, work out which of the four causes you are actually looking at. Three are fixable and one mostly is not.
SearchTitle Tags and Descriptions That Earn the ClickThe two lines that decide whether anyone clicks your search result. What they are for, what to write, and the patterns that quietly cost you traffic.
SearchWhy Your Site Is Not in Google YetNew sites take time, but most indexing problems are self-inflicted. The checks to run in order, from the ones that take a minute to the ones that take weeks.
SearchKeyword Research for a Business With One LocationYou do not need a subscription or a 4,000 row spreadsheet. You need the twenty phrases your customers use, and there are free ways to find them.
SearchWhat Actually Slows a Website DownAlmost always images, fonts, and scripts, in that order. How to find the real cause on your own site and what is worth fixing.
SearchAI Answers and Your Website: What Changes and What Does NotAssistants and AI summaries are answering more questions before anyone clicks. Here is what that actually changes for a local business, without the panic.
AdvertisingGoogle Ads on a Small Budget: What It Can and Cannot DoWhat 500 or 1,500 dollars a month actually buys in a local market, where small budgets get wasted, and how to tell whether it is working.
AdvertisingWhy Paid Traffic Should Not Land on Your HomepageThe homepage is built for people who already know you. Someone arriving from an ad has one question, and a page that answers it converts several times better.
AdvertisingCall Tracking Without Breaking Your Local ListingsTracking numbers tell you which marketing produced the call. Used carelessly they scatter conflicting numbers everywhere. Here is the safe setup.

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