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// THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONS //
– How search is becoming more visual instead of textual.
– Thousands of different search results pages depending on the type of search.
– What are passages and how do they work in a Google search?
– Why search visibility share is more important than search ranking position.
– Why search actions (website links, calls, etc.) are more important than rank or visibility.
– How a local business can capture more search visibility.
– How to use “People also ask” and “Related searches” to figure out what your customers are looking for.
– How a local business can get a featured snippet (search position 0) in a Google search.
– How Google Trends can be used to figure out what your customers are looking for.
– Problem with Google Maps app on Android showing street view of service area businesses.
– Problem with Google My Business Posts getting rejected when they shouldn’t be.
– Problem with people finding and replying to reviews on Google My Business.
– Are links to my website from small blog websites bad links? Should I deny them?
– How do you find who’s linking to your site and if it’s a good or bad link?
Is Google Page Rank dead?

When it comes to brand searches and direct traffic, they can really help your business and your rankings in Google. Direct traffic is already seen as a ranking factor on some level and a strong brand also helps, but Google has not specifically said brand searches help. They have said direct traffic helps.
https://www.semrush.com/ranking-factors/
https://ignitevisibility.com/services/seo/

But what is the main difference between branded traffic and direct traffic? Not much… If someone searches for your brand in Chrome, im most cases the website auto populates and they end up going directly to the website! Thus, direct traffic. Also, if you have a strong brand, that means you get more links and higher click through rates in Google, because people want to link to you and click on your results. A strong brand helps SEO. A correlation between your brand and search terms also helps SEO, especially with instant answers and Rank Brain now in the mix.

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In episode 402 of our weekly Hump Day Hangouts, one viewer asked about the most important factors when ranking GMB from an off page point of view.

The exact question was:

@BradleyHMFIC from a off page point of view what would you say are the most important factors when it comes to ranking gmbs?

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Can CTR Manipulation Speed Up Website Rankings?

This video will answer the question can CTR manipulation help me rank my website faster?

This #short answers the questions of my viewers you. If you have other search engine optimization questions please feel free to ask them below. I will choose your questions if they are very helpful to other people and pertain to search engine optimization , SEO , local SEO or Google My Business. I want to thank you for taking the time to watch todays short video answering your SEO questions about How Can CTR Manipulation Speed Up Website Rankings.

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