JD Rucker's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Taking Advantage of Google Changes: Part II - Diversify Reviews

If you thought reviews were important before, be ready. The importance just become exponentially higher.

Google's recent changes of integrating and highlighting reviews into their organic listings is making many of the most high-volume local searches a draw for people to click through to see what others are saying about dealers. Most dealers are starting to focus on DealerRater and other review sites, but some are taking it down the wrong path.

This video shows why diversity… Continue

Added by JD Rucker on November 9, 2010 at 11:51pm — No Comments

Taking Advantage of Google Places and Organic SEO: Part I - Clean Your "House"

The recent changes at Google have everyone hustling to understand what it means and what they need to do to take advantage of it. This video, the 1st in a 7-part series, focuses on the easiest and highest-impact action that dealers can take today: editing and maximizing their Google Places Profile.

We will be post on dE daily until all of the tips and tricks are out there. Watch it and then take action… Continue

Added by JD Rucker on November 8, 2010 at 8:01pm — No Comments

dealerELITE to Reach 4,000 Members Any Time Now

Congratulations to dealerELITE for hitting the 4,000 (assuming that a handful of more people join soon).

I must admit, I'm absolutely shocked at the speed that dE has grown. I've been watching from a distance for a while and decided to look at the number of members in all of the major automotive social networks today to gather information on a story when I saw the astounding… Continue

Added by JD Rucker on November 7, 2010 at 7:35pm — 1 Comment

The Big Google Change: How It Makes Strong Car Dealer SEO Even More Important

SEO for Car Dealers has been hugely important for years now, but the recent changes at Google have made strong SEO that much more powerful in driving traffic to your websites.

The changes really come down to three things:

Places (the maps listings) have moved to the right sidebar and stay persistent with the page as you scroll down.
The organic ranking algorithm now controls the rankings on Places.
Reviews are now visible on your standard Google…

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Added by JD Rucker on November 1, 2010 at 1:45am — No Comments