Confusion about how SEOMOZ crawler works...
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So according to my SEOMOZ dashboard, I'm ranking between #3-4 for one of my keywords.
My keyword is 'Boston Wedding Photographer'. My site is http://www.symbolphoto.com
I show up in google places, true. But i was wanting to rank organically. Am i right in the assumption that Google Places and Google Organic are not the same thing? SEOMOZ claims 3,4th but not organically(Assuming they aren't the same thing)
I get pretty good traffic right now being in Places, but i can't help but feel that organically ranking would bring more traffic.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated. TIA!
-Brendan
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I would stop worrying and keep optimizing. I can't say specifically, but my guess is that all other things being equal, a good Places listing could potentially draw more attention. But who cares, keep building, keep promoting, keep marketing. Get exposure any and every way you can.
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Russ, thank you for that insight. Well now the next question is, should i rely on Places or Organic? Are there any stats out there on whether more people click on places links vs. organic?
Or am i worrying about nothing? Which is completely possible.
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Different ranking trackers handle this differently - some show places as organic, some don't. However, it is very, very rare for Google to show both an Organic and a Places listing for the same site, so it is possible that you are legitimately ranking for that term but the Places is showing instead.
I would defer to the places experts on this, though.
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