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Hi I am working on a website that is ranking well in bing for the domain name / exact url search but appears no where in Google or Yahoo.  I have done the site search in Google and it is indexed so I am presuming it is in the sandbox.  The website was originally developed in India and I do not know whether it had some history of bad backlinks.  The website itself is well optimised and I have checked all pages in Moz - getting a grade A. Webmaster Tools is not showing any manual actions - I was wondering what I could do next?

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the instructions.  Is it a service area business?- no I dont think you could call they are a funeral home / cremation service so I think I should go ahead and create a Google Places account as well. I have gone in through Google Mapmaker when logged in and although on the map the premises is showing the Google + is not there (it is a verified business).

Hi I set up a Google + business Page for a client and we claimed their address (it shows in the Google Maps page fine.  The page has been created for a while now but when you search for this business it does not show the map to the right? Any thoughts? BTW we have two locations and both have separate pages - thought this could be the issue but then when I added the business name + the location still not showing.

Hi Jesse,

Can't really go into too much detail about the client lol. Suffice to say they have a great local network which they will be tapping into.

Didn't think Yoast was going to be the answer but knew it had greater depth than All in One.

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for the feedback - unfortunately the client has said they will look after the links! So a bit stuck there.  I have been reading a lot of great stuff about yoast so will update that asap.

Cheers

HI There - I have been working on this site: http://limohireauckland.co.nz - primarily for our keyword phrase 'limo hire Auckland' - I am running a campaign for this site from the Pro tools and using the pon-page report card this url achieves an A grade for that particular phrase. The client is working on links in the local community etc but we are not appearing in the SERPS at all for most of the phrases we are optimising for.

There has recently been a huge redesign on the site (approx 6 weeks ago) and the old content was not great.

Am I missing something really glaringly obvious?  Or am I being too impatient?

Thanks Miriam, I will let the developers know and obviously watch to see if anyone else has had this issue.  Surely it is a common problem with Local businesses that have more than one office?  Google sure is making this a minefield. Really wish they would sort it out and give definitive answers.

Hi I am working for a client who is using NOPCommerce.  It doesn't look like they have a SEO Plugin in - although you can add meta descriptions to Products - which works fine, the Product categories have SEO components too but do not seem to work and all 'other' content /CMS pages have no SEO components whatsoever.  Does anyone know of  a plugin which would resolve this? (PS never used NOPCommerce before!)

Hi Miriam,

Sorry I know my head is spinning - it is for the Google + Pages (added the business to the ' local' option as opposed to brand, entertainment etc) The code I am referring to is the code that you add to the homepage of your website so that you see Google+ in the footer?  Hope that makes sense.You are such a wealth of knowledge - thank you for responding.

My client has three offices and I have created three separate Google + local listings for them - I have listed the specific locations  page as the website address for each - Google specifies to add the coding to the homepage to link Google + however what do we do with the three different codes - does each one go on the home page or at the bottom of the specific landing page for that particular office?

Thanks Miriam, I will let the developers know and obviously watch to see if anyone else has had this issue.  Surely it is a common problem with Local businesses that have more than one office?  Google sure is making this a minefield. Really wish they would sort it out and give definitive answers.