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Bummer. This was a benefit of being a member and something I wish I had known was being taken down.

Our team is working with a small law firm and we haven’t had as much luck increasing their local visibility for those key terms that they would like to rank for:

• Santa Barbara accident attorney/lawyer
• injury attorney Santa Barbara
• wrongful death injury lawyers
• serious injury attorney Santa Barbara

We’ve currently got an 87% on Moz Local, 12 5 star reviews on Google+ and are working to raise the bar, however the client is unhappy not being on the top 3 - there are also instances where firms with 0 reviews, non verified G+ pages who rank higher than them. They lost a lot of links when they moved from a large marketing firm specializing in working with attorneys to our firm, which could be a factor. Although we’re gaining ground, they are considering going back as they only want the results - and I don’t blame them.

Would appreciate any tips, thoughts, or advice so we can help this client.

With so many articles on the web talking about how difficult Joomla is to work with in regards to SEO, I'm curious as to what techniques / changes you guys make when using Joomla with your SEO / inbound practices? Any extensions that you love? An extensions that you hate?

We have a client that has multiple businesses running out of the same address with no difference in suite number - what's the best way to work with this considering NAP?

The owner runs several different service businesses and a few online businesses (all legit) out of the same large office space and we want to try to figure out how to get him listed locally with the obvious NAP issue. We can get new phone numbers, but not sure of the best way to handle the duplicate address issue.

Thoughs?

Thank you Oleg! Each page is essentially the same. It's obviously easier to manage one page, rather than multiple - especially since they plan on acquiring more locations.

I'm working with a business that has multiple locations (13) in several different states. Is it best practice to have one central FB page for the company and/or separate location pages?

It's for a self storage company that does not have one central phone number, so each location would have separate information listed on the page. They do have a central website with different pages for each location.

I'd love to hear the communities thoughts on the best way to handle this.

Wow - these are great suggestions Sha!

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Great thread!

Doug

One of the best responses I've read on MOZ - great job!

This is a good question and I think we'd need more info, but I'd first put a canonical tag on your page showing you as the original author and I'd format your flier as a PDF or image, making it slightly more work to copy. Of course, all of these have get-arounds, but they do make it more difficult for someone looking to simply copy the material.

I'm looking for recommendations for mastermind groups online (paid is fine) that focus on doing business online. There are many out there that look interesting, but most seem to be selling something other than a solid community. I like the idea of a private group with an application process to help weed through individuals looking to spam or who aren't willing to add value to the group.

I appreciate any suggestions or sharing of experience with any groups you may be associated with, or have been associated with in the past.

This is a good question and I think we'd need more info, but I'd first put a canonical tag on your page showing you as the original author and I'd format your flier as a PDF or image, making it slightly more work to copy. Of course, all of these have get-arounds, but they do make it more difficult for someone looking to simply copy the material.

Bummer. This was a benefit of being a member and something I wish I had known was being taken down.

Thank you Miriam. It's good to know I'm not alone!

Wow - these are great suggestions Sha!

I'll be attending and would love to personally meet each of you. Please reach out and say hi.

For those of you that use Google+ more than Facebook, I created a group for attendees (there wasn't one when I created it) and would love for you to join in the discussion: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100561346939918954614

Great thread!

Doug

In David Mihm's article on Local Search Ranking Factors, he lists "HTML NAP Matching Place Page NAP". What is this exactly?

One of the best responses I've read on MOZ - great job!