2011 Local Search Ranking Factors Survey Released
The long-awaited update of the Local Search Ranking Factors Survey was released a few weeks ago and things have changed pretty drastically since the last survey 12 months ago! Unless you've had your head buried in the sand, you're well aware of the algorithm shifts that occurred in October of 2010 and the survey will confirm many of your gut feelings and observations, while giving you some new factors to consider when doing Local SEO.
In this year's survey 34 expert Local Search practitioners weighed in with their opinions on 79 possible ranking factors. That's a bellyful of information to try to digest. My advice is not to worry about anything that isn't in the to...