Google my business map packs

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Jimbo Jones: Hi Ralph, what are you doing in regard to "local" linkbuilding?
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  Ralph Watson: Jimbo Jones hi jimbo, I’m currently having a new website being built, I don’t know much about local linkbuilding I been told I need to sign up to about 50 citations though is that what you’re getting at ?
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  Jimbo Jones: What do you mean by citations? Link building generally means getting other sites to link to you.
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  Ralph Watson: Jimbo Jones signing our business and domain name up to free index’s etc.
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  Jimbo Jones: Generally, that is the way to go yes. Full disclosure: I run a small SEO agency. Are you interested in talking about this in private? I could give you a tip and show you how you might benefit from hiring me.
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  Jimbo Jones: In any event: congratulations that you made it to the three-pack all by yourself. It is actually not that easy.
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  Ralph Watson: Jimbo Jones the local competition is terrible England is way behind it didn’t take that much effort mate 99% of the business have 1/2 google reviews.
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  Jimbo Jones: Hehe good for you. Competition is a full-on brawl in Canada and the US, in particular with high-converting business like plumbing, locksmiths etc.
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  Ralph Watson: Jimbo Jones always the case the uk is way behind mate but I want to get way ahead before the rest of them catch on which they will in the next year or so
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  Jimbo Jones: Right on. I just sent you a private message.
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  Mick King: Try get another address in these places that you can service inn if not add these areas to your service areas on GMB also you can geo tag images in these areas and when customers in other areas give reviews get them to put the keyword inn the review the area / service
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  Ralph Watson: Mick King Mick I considered this all ready mate I can get real physical address in the surrounding towns, but that means making new GMB accounts for each town and that in turn means making fake/ghost business to link to the new GMB accounts. There must be a way to do this legitimately the competition is very weak locally in the neighbouring towns
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  Mick King: You can do this legit link each service location page on website to the new GMB Arnold Clark for example have my service areas
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  Jimbo Jones: I would be very cautious with creating multiple GMB accounts. They are taking authenticity very seriously because they are being bombarded with fake business entries from all over the world. If you get busted as flak then your entire name is burned for good. They check what ip addresses register the businesses, too.
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  Ashley Cashfield: Hi Ralph, I’ve sent you a private message!