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Thank you for the great answer Miriam!

They're positive for both. I don't think he's well known.

There may be a few more searches for the partner's name because there are other attorneys, in other states, with the same name but according to ahrefs it's not a huge number.

If a person searched for the partner, it would be nice if they saw his one box, but our main goal is to get the firm on the map.

A Senior, named partner of the firm.

I've been working on local for a client, and it looks like the partner's name and one review is outranking the firm name and it's 20 reviews. The firm's GMB profile is better, but they're still buried.

Any advice?

In my Google Search Console today, I saw a link from Creative Market. In Moz last week I saw a link from Instructables. In Moz, they have high numbers. DO you think these type of profiles have a big impact?

https://artists.spotify.com/c/artist/3N1BM4dOORzK8BF6DrkEDU/profile#about (Moz-50, ahrefs-14)

https://creativemarket.com/julie.gallaher (Moz-36, Ahrefs-12)

https://www.instructables.com/member/jazzmansac (Moz-42, Ahrefs-13)

https://moz.com/community/users/907261 (Moz-50, Ahrefs-25)

https://www.are.na/julie-gallaher (Moz-25, Ahrefs-11)

They all look to be do follow links

They don't look junkie to me. On Ahrefs, Inman has a UR 80, DR 82.

Thank you so much!  I suspected this, but wanted to make sure by asking the Big Brains at Moz. You always come thru!

I am using a directory plug-in that doesn't have separate urls for each profile. Is there any way to set up a link to go directly to a particular business?

https://www.sacramentotop10.com/business/chamber-of-commerce/

Thank you both!  You saved me a ton of work!

I have remodeled an old html site using wordpress.

I see some instructions in wordpress that says I can add an .html extension to some of the pages, but it looks pretty complicated. Is there any benefit in going through that hassle? or should I just ask my web guy to rewrite via htaccess

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https://sacramentotop10.com/Weddings/Dresses.html

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https://sacramentotop10.com/Weddings/Dresses.html

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https://sacramentotop10.com/weddings/dresses

Wouldn't you hate to be the SEO consultant who had all his clients penalized at the same time? Sheesh!

I think it's like the Highway Patrol.

Everyone speeds, but everyone doesn't get caught.  You point to a similar web page that hasn't been penalized, but there are many who have.

I use an app created by some of the super smart local SEO guys, called Get Five Stars. It lets you direct your client to whatever review sites are the most beneficial for you.

Thanks Miriam,

I got one of these recently, but I think a 4.8 looks more realistic than a 5.0 so I don't mind. Do you think they're doing it just to get Google points? The person who wrote mine is clearly not a client or prospect. She wrote a review about Starbucks being too expensive, so she certainly isn't going to be hiring a marketing consultant.

I feel bad for you. I don't have any answers, but I'm a singer, and your website is excellent. This is not an example of Google rewards quality.

I have seen zero results from Google+ - I don't even see people's own Google+ profiles ranking (when Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. easily rank).

How much does he plan to spend on marketing to reinforce his brand?  I believe .io will rank on Google just as easily as .net .info .us etc. but how much will it take to rank in their customer's brain?  I have a .us and 7.5 years later I still have to reinforce the domain when I am talking to a client.  It's like trying to get a client to say chartreuse instead of lime green.

What is the reason they want to avoid those techniques? It would make it easier to suggest something that fits in with their strengths.

Are the products on those pages important to you? Do you have another method of getting those products sold if you don't add the alt tags? Are you getting as much out of those pages now as you need to?

There's a million things you can do with SEO, but adding alt tags is one of the easiest ways to improve a page's performance.

Only you know if that page matters.

I love doing charity & event sponsorships. Often I can get a link for a client in exchange for helping promote their event. Match the events up with the client's actual interest and they get good publicity, referrals and personal satisfaction in addition to an SEO benefit.