Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Dave DiGregorio SEO Consultant ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://davedigregorio.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/) - [Another Google Update: Reviews Gone From Google+](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/google-reviews-gone-from-google/) - Google has changed everything, yet again. It’s like that old saying: The only thing constant is change. That seems to be their motto, since they just made a major update a few months ago to their search engine results, and now they’ve rolled out another update, without any warning. That first update dealt with removing all - [5 Mistakes Lawyers Make In Digital Marketing](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/five-mistake-lawyers-make-in-their-digital-marketing-efforts/) - Attorneys, just like all small businesses owners, are pressed for time. Between the endless amount of meetings, piles of paperwork, and dealing with customer complaints, you barely have time to breathe. But this shouldn't be an excuse to neglect your website or a digital marketing plan. These days, websites are generally inexpensive to design and - [Local Search Results Biased Towards User's Location](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/local-search-results-are-biased-towards-users-location/) - Here's the dilemma: You have a beautiful new website. You’ve claimed your Google My Business listing. You’ve been blogging and posting to Google+ regularly. You’ve even kept up with Google's best practices, but for whatever reason, you’re still not ranking in local searches. What's the reason? It comes down to your “location”. We had a - [Free Tools To Do A Competitive Analysis](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/free-tools-to-do-a-competitive-analysis/) - Finding out what your competition is doing is a great way to start planning your marketing strategy. Are they on Facebook? Do they tweet? How many online reviews do they have? Do they blog on a regular basis? These are just some of the basic questions you absolutely need to find the answers to. Here - [9 Mistakes To Avoid On Your 'Google My Business' Listing](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/9-mistakes-to-avoid-when-creating-a-google-my-business-listing/) - By claiming and optimizing your Google Business listing correctly, you have the opportunity to show up in the local pack (map) results when someone in your area searches for your type of business. Your information will also appear on the right side of the page in the knowledge panel when someone does a branded search. - [The Best Tweets From SMX West - Day 1](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/the-best-tweets-from-smx-west-day-1/) - General @methode - some people don't give a crap about SEO@dannysullivan - we call those people "developers"#smx #11a — Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) June 13, 2017 My notes from the @methode AMA keynote at #SMX pic.twitter.com/DkJdW6RFD1 — Rhoadey (@Rhoadey) June 13, 2017 BREAKING: Periodic Table of #SEO Success Factors: 2017 edition released! More at #SMX Advanced! - [The Best Tweets From SMX West – Day 2](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/the-best-tweets-from-smx-west-day-2/) - Rankings Technical stuff will always be important, but the key to ranking well is making your site the best of its kind@marie_haynes #smx #21a — Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) June 14, 2017 Disney unpublished pages that got no organic traffic and got a huge boost in traffic as a result of better rankings@jeffreypreston #smx — Greg - [SMX East 2017: Best Tweets From Day 1](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/smx-east-2017-best-tweets-from-day-1/) - Content @marktraphagen passionately talking about the importance of not just good content but 10x Content! #SMX #smxeast @smx @stonetemple pic.twitter.com/mzr2n5iLqQ — Andy Simpson ? (@ndyjsimpson) October 24, 2017 Highly effective content is: 1️⃣ Useful 2️⃣ Aligned 3️⃣ Unique#smx @smx @stonetemple#contentmarketing #seo pic.twitter.com/TddWL79Yhu — Dave DiGregorio (@deegs20) October 24, 2017 Adding meaningless content on an ecommerce - [SMX East 2017: Best Tweets From Day 2](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/smx-east-2017-best-tweets-from-day-2/) - Mobile The do’s and don’t of mobile site navigability via @itsleslieto #smx @smx pic.twitter.com/oJa6Z2x0tB — Dave DiGregorio (@deegs20) October 25, 2017 “People don’t convert on mobile” is not an absolute. They will if you make it easy - @itsleslieto at #smx pic.twitter.com/xnkswSMlEK — Stone Temple (@stc_corp) October 25, 2017 If you have a mobile responsive - [The Best Tweets From Pubcon 2017](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/the-best-tweets-from-pubcon-2017/) - Voice Search #pubcon some time the future Google will have a filter in Google console to isolate voice search queries — Alan K'necht (@aknecht) November 8, 2017 Optimize for voice search will also help you optimize for Google featured snippets. @katykatztx #PubCon #seo pic.twitter.com/QfM4CzmJWA — Shelly Fagin (@shellyfagin) November 8, 2017 to compete in voice - [Claim & Optimize Your GMB Listing](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/claim-optimize-your-gmb-listing/) - Getting your Google My Business listing claimed and optimized is the first step you should take when starting your online marketing. Your business won't be able to show up in local searches if you haven't done this. Follow these quick and east steps to Claim & Optimize Your Google My Business Listing. - [Get The Most Exposure out of Your GMB Listing](https://davedigregorio.com/blog/get-the-most-exposure-out-of-your-google-my-business-listing/) - In order to get your Google My Business listing to rank in local searches, you need to keep it active. You can do this through a variety of ways, with each one having a different impact on potential customers. Here are 5 ways to do so: Get The Most Exposure out of Your Google My ## Pages - [Home](https://davedigregorio.com/) - Dave DiGregorio is a local SEO expert helping small businesses throughout NJ reach their potential. 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Can I Add Links to FAQ Schema? Yes, you can add links - [In The News](https://davedigregorio.com/in-the-news/) - Articles that I'm featured in: Google Allows Emojis, Links & Unicode In FAQ Rich Results, Search Engine Roundtable, June 21, 2019 Math Sans Bold Unicode Make Your Google Snippets Stand Out, Search Engine Roundtable, April 26, 2019 Finding Google Local Spam at Scale, Blumenthals.com, April 7, 2019 Google My Business Lead Gen (Spam), Integrate Digital - [SEO FAQs](https://davedigregorio.com/seo-faqs/) - Frequently Asked Questions About SEO What’s the biggest ranking factor in SEO? The new domain authority, cause Google uses it as a ranking factor. Russ can confirm. Will people actually read these FAQs? ???, ??? ?????? ????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ??? ?????'? ?? ???? Is SEO Dead? Pretty much. 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