http://seogadget.com/links-data-excel-seomoz-api/ would using something like this help directly?

Also others have used Netpeak with Parallels for Mac

Hope this helps

Dr. Pete,

"at least one major search engine used META keywords as a spam signal in the past" - I heard that some where as well, that is partly why the question was asked

...Safe to assume some search engines still use it as a spam signal?

Hi Carlo Del Fabbro,

You mentioned that you prefer not to use sub-directories but prefer sub-domains. To my understanding and according to Matt Cutts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MswMYk05tk subdomains and subfolders work the same way.  There are some downsides with subdomains, but I do not believe they are with SEO, so it should not steer you away from using a subdomain.  I am not sure why Rubix mentioned that in the post maybe ask him to clarify or get others to chime in

Hope this Helps!

Thanks for your input Tom, that sounds right.  Now just curious, has anyone experienced a benefit?

They don't call you clever for no reason

@Ron and others,

I am just looking for some evidence from those that use keywords to see if they help. Example maybe someone has found that some search new search engine, like duckduckgo, topsy, etc that uses meta keywords for example and they see keywords helping them get traffic from those places.  Otherwise why not is not a good enough reason for me, as its extra work to add keywords without benefit, plus it looks SEO 1.0 (think html tables, static pages) vs SEO 2.0 to me.

Thanks for adding bit of FUN to this thread BTW

one of the first things I look at to judge an SEO on is whether or not they have 50 keywords per page with meta tags.

--Yup that's one of the things I look at as well

http://www.wpkube.com/wordpress-seo-plugin/ this article just came out as a one of the many guides to Yoast's Wordpress SEO.  I am surprised it mentioned:

• Use meta keywords tag: Google reportedly doesn’t use the keywords that your enter for your posts but as Google isn’t the only show in town, you might want to check this box.Recommendation: check

1. I stopped using meta keywords tag because Google doesn't use it any more, plus if you are in a competitive field by using keywords you are giving free keyword research to your competitors? Does any one still use meta keywords here? If so why?

2. Google doesn't use keyword tags, has anyone experienced a dis-benefit to meta-keywords tag from Google ie. dropped rankings etc.?

Kurt,

I felt that was your main concern, even though you had sub questions there as well.  I guess it comes down to is it worth going the length to get a perfect citation profile across the board or are majority + main citations correct enough for search engines to properly index and add authority to your local presence? Its a tough call, as its not like the citations do not exist, but they exist and with incorrect info are sending wrong info.

Maybe other can chime in, as from my experience there is some grace given when you have significant amount of necessary citations, even though there are few incorrect listings but with this YMMV.

Hope this helps

Fully Agree, Miriam!

Thanks Miriam for mentioning the what happens when cancelling Yext article that  Nyagoslav Zhekov has done really good research for us here, even though Yext states that they do not remove listings after cancellation.

Like Miriam said there are ways of going around Yext, but some have switched over to Yext empire including Local.com, and American Towns. Not sure of your specific industry but these directories are generally not in the top 10 most important listings so some of us choose to go for the main listings manually and add others as needed per industry.

As for enterprise account I was able find info in a $149 a year re-seller account that gives you 5% off for your clients: http://www.yext.com/pl/reseller-scanning/resellers-faq.html

In this case you want to do your research first.  Use Google search and see how it reacts to your two keyword phrases as Google is becoming smarter and smarter with things like synonyms.  It might be that both keyword phrases produce same results, if so go with the most correct understanding of the keyword phrase and choose one page. In that case choosing two pages can also split authority of one page if Google interprets those two keywords identically.

For more info: http://searchengineland.com/is-googles-synonym-matching-increasing-how-searchers-and-brands-can-be-both-helped-and-hurt-131504

Hope this helps

Yes stick to one website as you want to grow its authority and if you have two websites you have to cut that authority in half and website authority helps with Local rankings.

On the page you can create separate location pages, Yoast's Local SEO (paid) plugin can help with this.   These will have specific Name, Address, Contact, Info, Hours of Operation devoted to that location.

Now having said that. This is not an ideal situation as customers might not "get-it" two different business names yet one company, they might have questions. Ideal situation would be to have one name for both locations.

Hope this helps.