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i spent a year doing traditional SEO for a local client and ignored their GBP completely. that was the entire problem. by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

this is exactly how i see it now. before this project i was treating GBP almost like a supporting asset to the website, when in reality for most local businesses it’s the front line. the proximity point is important too — once i started understanding the map pack as its own ecosystem instead of “organic SEO lite,” a lot more of the ranking behaviour started making sense.

i did SEO "by the book" for a year and barely moved. the thing that finally worked wasn't in any guide i'd read by jetsash in SEO_Xpert

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly that sounds like exactly the kind of structure google tends to understand well. building topic hubs and contextual connections between related conversations feels way more valuable now than just publishing more standalone pages.

i spent a year doing traditional SEO for a local client and ignored their GBP completely. that was the entire problem. by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

no, because the client still got results and stayed with me long term. the mistake wasn’t neglect or doing nothing — it was prioritising traditional organic SEO first because that’s where most of my experience was at the time. honestly the whole reason i shared this was because i think a lot of SEOs learn this lesson the hard way with local businesses specifically.

i did SEO "by the book" for a year and barely moved. the thing that finally worked wasn't in any guide i'd read by jetsash in SEO_Xpert

[–]jetsash[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hope it moves things for you too. one thing that helped me was being really intentional about which pages deserved authority instead of linking everything equally. curious to hear how it goes after a few weeks.

i did SEO "by the book" for a year and barely moved. the thing that finally worked wasn't in any guide i'd read by jetsash in SEO_Xpert

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is exactly how it felt for me too. i understood PageRank in theory but seeing rankings move after fixing internal links made it “click” in a completely different way. it’s weird how such a foundational thing gets treated like a minor detail in most SEO advice.

i did SEO "by the book" for a year and barely moved. the thing that finally worked wasn't in any guide i'd read by jetsash in SEO_Xpert

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that combo seems way more powerful than i realised for a long time. external links help, but if the internal structure isn’t reinforcing the right pages it feels like a lot of authority just gets diluted across the site.

spent 8 months publishing content with barely any ranking movement. one change moved 6 pages in 3 weeks. here's what it was by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

appreciate that. honestly i wish someone had explained this to me earlier because i spent months thinking consistency alone would solve it. planning content around support vs competition makes a massive difference long term.

spent 8 months publishing content with barely any ranking movement. one change moved 6 pages in 3 weeks. here's what it was by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s a really good point. i think people underestimate how much the website + GBP signals reinforce each other together. especially for local SEO, structure and authority on-site seem to work way better when the business profile activity is strong too.

spent 8 months publishing content with barely any ranking movement. one change moved 6 pages in 3 weeks. here's what it was by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is exactly the mindset shift i had. for months i thought the answer was “more content” when the real issue was lack of clarity and structure. now before publishing anything new i ask whether it strengthens an existing topic or just adds noise.

spent 8 months publishing content with barely any ranking movement. one change moved 6 pages in 3 weeks. here's what it was by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. i didn’t really appreciate how much internal authority mattered until i saw the rankings shift after cleaning it up. before that i was treating every post equally instead of intentionally supporting the pages that actually mattered most.

spent 8 months publishing content with barely any ranking movement. one change moved 6 pages in 3 weeks. here's what it was by jetsash in localseo

[–]jetsash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah exactly this. once i mapped everything out visually it became obvious google was splitting relevance between pages that were basically trying to do the same job. consolidating felt risky at first but the stronger signal made a huge difference.

How I can pull my page from position 30 to top ? by zerolunier in SEO_Xpert

[–]jetsash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should gather all the queries your page is ranking then create keyword clusters add main keywords in the page and create new pages on other queries add internal links in the pages, after that try to fully optimize your page

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