Complete Local SEO and Google My Business SEO Course (5 hours+ Full Course)

[@VascoSEOtips]

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[@fayssaldjoudi]

"Thank you so much Vasco for sharing over 5 hours worth of high-quality SEO content for free. It's an incredible resource!" - Note: Of course, this review is optimized.

[@danielndege]

I’ve spent about four days watching amd rewarching this. Super super helpful!

[@VascoSEOtips]

That's amazing, great to hear you found value in it

[@alantate25]

@@VascoSEOtips Hey Vasco, being it’s 2024, would you say this info in this video is still accurate being that things change all the time? And the seo course in the description on gum road, does that cover even more then what you cover in this 6 hour course?? Or is it not necessary

[@calebbourquin8434]

We need more people like Vasco in this world making real, broken down content like this, so badass to see you rocking it with your softwares brotha! Hope you've been well :)

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you Caleb, really appreciate that! We need to have a catch up call soon :)

[@justind9858]

Vasco I think I love you bro. What compels a guy like you to create content purely to help other people for free I might never understand. What I do know is that I am really grateful to you man. You are a legend and a really good man! Thanks from Cape Town, South Africa.

[@VascoSEOtips]

I really appreciate that Justin, you made my day

[@justind9858]

@@VascoSEOtips sure man!

[@nokibulhasannobin]

Best Course I have never seen in KZbin and also, More details and explanations. Carry On

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it. Make sure to checkout Vettted if you ever need SEO services

[@sorooshhashemi1143]

Is it better to write a 1500 character GMB post, or write a blog published on my site with just a keyword header and link in a GMB post?

[@grantwylie4302]

very good question I have wanted to know this lately

[@SteveRusso]

Keep it up Vasco, you're smashing it.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Will do, thank you!

[@katemackay7639]

Loved the info on google map pins. Will definitely be trying this.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Great! Let me know how it goes :)

[@zlcopenhagen]

Hi would help me with a zoom meeting how to add gmb

[@melsmotivationalvideos7229]

Thank you so much for this. Really love the more show than tell style, and for free to boot. The most useful for learners. I'm taking this as my SEO bible. Even watching all the ads (and learning from them as well) as I'm actually trying to soak up all that I'm able about digital marketing.

[@solarwithashfaq]

Top-notch Local SEO course on youtube. More power to you. The least i can do is to share on my linkedin network. It would be great if you mention your linkedin profile so that i can tag you.

[@henrythomas7112]

Thank you so much for this video. Super helpful and well-presented. Your time and effort is most appreciated!

[@VascoSEOtips]

That's great to hear, happy to help!

[@irfankhan-hz1qw]

your a GEM man , please keep going

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thanks man. I really appreciate that

[@ytnimal]

Good information as usual. You can't create a business site anymore, atleast if you have already added a website to the profile.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Yea this course is a bit old so some things no longer apply

[@How-I-Made-Six-Figures]

@@VascoSEOtips but I was able to create one on google. I'm confused

[@mohammadsulaiman2469]

Great video am following to learn local SEO in detail but I checked the description, and you didn't add the citation list mentioned multiple times in the video?

[@RonroaOfficiel]

Hello Vasco, thank you for this massive drop of knowledge. Where can we please find the list of websites where to do citations ?

[@Mishinwari21203]

Best ever local seo course Brother if possible kindly provide me some citations for belgium plz

[@bexie6791]

Appreciate the content buddy! All the best from Peru :)

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you!

[@nqtradingstrategies3107]

Thanks , amazing content, some techniques are out of date but overall still pretty solid advices!

[@VascoSEOtips]

Happy to help! Some things don't really work anymore yes. Do check out my AI SEO Course I posted about 2 weeks ago. It has more up to date strategies!

[@alantate25]

Hey Vasco, being it’s 2024, would you say this info in this video is still accurate being that things change all the time? And the seo course in the description on gum road, does that cover even more then what you cover in this 6 hour course?? Or is it not necessary

[@AaqibAli-r3i]

Very very informative. Please make a specific video on healthcare local seo. Thanks in advance.

[@FiqhiMasail]

Method will remained the same, just follow the steps

[@yusefsillah6491]

Your video is amazing and I learned so much about SEO in a short amount of time. You do an amazing job breaking down all the details. I was wondering how should you approach a company you plan on doing SEO for but they already have a website and you want to work with them. Do you try to convince them to change their website for better optimization? And what would you do if they are not willing to change the website would you still recommend just trying your best to work around it?

[@aaajimmyb7472]

Wow another fantastic video from absolutely the best channel on KZbin. If your a service company covering a service area of citys and dont have a location that customer visit how do you list yourself on the citations for the nap if you don't want a address list because your a service company. Thank you and keep up the great videos coming.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it :) Som sites where you build citations (not all) allow you to specify a service area. On the ones that don't you can just put the city. Also, have you tested the Campaigns feature on Vettted? It's a free tool that gives you access to a lot of valuable SEO data, such as competitor's backlinks, top pages, keyword rankings and a lot more :)

[@juliamarsh2077]

Fantastic course I learned a lot, but have a ton of questions..... the most important of which is / Is your money site a domain you own and host independently.... I think the answer is yes. In that case, do you have a step-by-step video re building one in something like Wordpress.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you, I’m glad you liked the videos. The money site is the site you’re trying to rank yes. I should have a video on website rebuilds somewhere on the channel yes

[@sannimustapha5188]

Or you can get a professional to build one for you

[@zou3178]

Thabks for this amazing course. I have a question though. What do you mean with pbn links? You mention that at 1:27:27

[@VascoSEOtips]

PBN links are links from Private Blog Networks

[@Mishinwari21203]

Which citation website are best for belgium local business website ? Anyone answer it

[@emmanuelivwighre5399]

The info is top notch.

[@VascoSEOtips]

Appreciate it 🤝

[@offersrealestate]

Another powerful video 😁📸

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad you think so!

[@SelmaDelgado]

Thanks for this course! At 13:36 - what is the difference between the money site and the business site? What is a money site?

[@zoyahaque3885]

Hi,In 2024 is it working to add social link, number and website link on GPB "Update" section?

[@Testeverything521]

Does it make sense to get local citations for a business located in a coworking space? Or does sharing an address with the coworking space cause problems?

[@samarshjagankar174]

I want to start freelancing in local SEO is it good and is this video will help me to learn full local SEO techniques

[@sammdc923]

Thanks for the great video again!

[@VascoSEOtips]

Cheers, thank you for watching. Is there any topic you'd like me to cover in depth?

[@sammdc923]

Please do a video to demonstrate recent change for the google update - that is Useful Content Update, I mean even a short video.

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@sammdc923 Great idea, thank you

[@rohanramgude7874]

Love from India. This is awesome + a real gold mine. Hoep you keep uploading more courses!

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you Rohan, I really appreciate that. I'm glad it was helpful :) I'm going to release a new updated (paid) course in the second part of the year!

[@rohanramgude7874]

@@VascoSEOtips Let me know once it goes live please :)

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@rohanramgude7874 I'll post a youtube video on it then :)

[@rohanramgude7874]

@@VascoSEOtips Please do, your explanation is superb and it's up to date

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@rohanramgude7874 Thank you! I will 🤝

[@dapofinance3321]

Thanks Vasco!

[@VascoSEOtips]

No worries, thank YOU :)

[@Imtiyaj_sami]

is google driive stacking work Now?

[@localseomastermind]

his is so helpful… thankyou

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hamzas5221]

hey, Great course! Had a question hoping you can help :)
 I wanted to start offering GMB optimisation for businesses, and this is the course I took so I can gain the required skills. The Course was amazing but I am not sure if all the topics covered would be necessary for my service. Would you advise me to use all the skills taught in this course, or only specific ones ( if so which one ) to offer GMB optimisation for businesses I wanted to focus on GMB and help business rank higher on the google map ranking and my plan was to optimise their profiles and a lot of stuff taught in this course, but other topics like citations, maps, stuff linked with making changes within the biz website, SSL, links, social media was not something I had taught of, and I am not sure if It is even required if I want to do GMB optimisation only.

[@VascoSEOtips]

SEO is meant to be a holistic practice, that said, you can still get great results with doing only part of the things I teach in the course :)

[@hamzas5221]

@@VascoSEOtips thanks for your response, let's say if I only offer GMB optimisation to businesses so only focusing on their business profile. should I just focus on these topics taught in course or all? topics for gmb: 34:50 Google My Business Listings 58:23 Reviews (overview) 1:06:18 Writing Reviews + Negative Reviews 2:11:55 Setting up a GMB Profile 2:31:20 Google Business Site 2:42:50 Optimizing GMB/GBP Posts 2:59:38 Powering up GMB/GBP Posts 3:04:04 Keyword Research 3:58:44 Listing Q&A Section Optimization thanks :)

[@DanyilTuchyn-n5y]

awesome video , where can i find the list of lisitngs for canada that you mentioned in the video?

[@memos408]

Thank You, fantastic job

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank YOU! I’m glad it was helpful 🤝

[@aerocat2230]

Awesome tutorial !! I got so much out of this presentation. I can't thank you enough 😁

[@Malik-oe1bf]

Wow this was incredible I learned so much. Thank you Vasco!

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vfcustodio]

u r brilliant. thank u so much bro.

[@VascoSEOtips]

No worries man, I'm glad this was helpful

[@jennbaldino]

This is incredible. Thank you! Not sure if you know the video is on super speed around 1 hour :39

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you Jennifer! Not sure why that is sorry about that :)

[@rrdigital42]

How much google stacking works? As I think it will take a lot of time And it will be great if you make video explaining full process for making google stack links

[@VascoSEOtips]

Nothing works by itself. Meaning if you just do a Google stack and wait for rankings , that won’t happen. SEO needs to have an holistic approach. You can’t single out stuff unfortunately. I think I have a video solely on that on my channeln

[@How-I-Made-Six-Figures]

hey vasco still watching your video loving the information. Just wondering when you list out that citations build trust from google what does that mean exactly. Does it mean my GMB or website can rank higher?

[@VascoSEOtips]

Both! There's a correlation between both properties (site and gmb listing). Citations link to your site giving it more local relevancy. Your site is associated with your GMB. It's all interconnected :)

[@How-I-Made-Six-Figures]

@@VascoSEOtips thanks that makes sense now. Also regarding guest posts, what kind of prices have you seen these websites charge on average?

[@joannejensen4369]

I cannot find the citation link for🇨🇦. You mentioned in your video

[@VascoSEOtips]

Here you go vettted.com/services/search?q=citations

[@sky-seb]

Wow, nice. And have you tried Surfer Local for Google business profile optimization and positioning?

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you! I haven’t yet, I honestly think that those softwares are a bit overkill and one can just manually optimize a GMB without them. But that’s just me :) If it helps people than that’s great!

[@Rainfrieren]

This is so helpful… thankyou

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Chris-eo1bp]

are you using the google maps api for the embeds?

[@VascoSEOtips]

I just get them from a seller on Vettted

[@carlbt1422]

Thank you Vasco!

[@VascoSEOtips]

No worries, thank YOU for watching :)

[@mariomaro7]

Whitespark tested if map embeds work and found it is useless. What is your experience with map embeds? Has only doing map embeds made a difference?

[@VascoSEOtips]

This was posted a while back tbh, some of the strategies here are a bit outdated. Honestly back in the day I used to see improvements by having a mix of citations (I listed the business literally everywhere I could like yelp, foursquare etc..as for map embeds I always saw better results to rank videos

[@pnnebah]

cannot see Citations list that you mentioned, where can get that?

[@sonalichakraborty1588]

It's a very nice video

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you Sonali, I appreciate the nice comment. I'm glad you liked it :)

[@jas0n111]

Thank you so much! There was so much value in this course.

[@VascoSEOtips]

I’m glad it’s helpful! If you ever need 1 on 1 help you can message me on Vettted :)

[@boriskatsarov132]

Great content. Thanks a lot 🔝

[@VascoSEOtips]

Cheers thank you for watching. It's a long one, feel free to message me if you have any questions :)

[@FiqhiMasail]

Amazing

[@usmantariq6975]

Amazing guide

[@HuelabzDesigns]

Hey Vacso what if we have 4 different GMB listings in 4 different cities? Should I use different phone numbers for each? And what if we are a website design agency that doesnt have an address?

[@adeyinkacharles6795]

Hi. You seemed to mention money sites a lot. What does money site mean?

[@VascoSEOtips]

"Money site" is your asset. Your site that makes money (i.e. the one you're trying to rank) ;)

[@samiulhaq318]

What are the structure and UN structure citations?

[@VascoSEOtips]

Can you send me the timestamp where I mention that in the video? Will be easier for me to clarify if I have the context. Thank you! :)

[@vidhyadharsansare7278]

I am making travel agency website according google my business principles tell me what is the Guidelines I will follow it's help my travel business up in 2023???

[@VascoSEOtips]

First things first, it's essential to ensure that your business information is accurate and consistent across your website and all other online listings. This means making sure that your business name, address, and phone number are all up-to-date. One great way to increase your visibility on Google is by encouraging your customers to leave reviews on your Google My Business page. This helps to build trust and credibility with potential customers who are searching for travel services online. Another tip is to include high-quality photos of your travel agency and the destinations you offer. This makes your website more visually appealing and engaging to potential customers. When creating content for your website, make sure it is informative and relevant to your audience and the destinations you offer. This will help to establish your expertise in the travel industry and attract potential customers to your website. To make it easy for customers to locate your business, be sure to embed Google Maps on your website. And last but not least, make sure your website is mobile-friendly as more and more people are using their mobile devices to search for travel services.

[@aliseocorner]

I cannot see Citations list that you mentioned, where can I get that?

[@mdkhademul3302]

Best titurial

[@edwinbowles2]

What if you have a traveling business? Like a food truck that goes from place to place?

[@MusaTakezo]

Hey Vasco great video and thanks for the in depth content, I don't see any of the attachments you mentioned, do you happen to have any links for them?

[@VascoSEOtips]

Which ones?

[@arshadsarkarhanif]

Is it enough for learning local seo?

[@VascoSEOtips]

It’s a good start yea. But make sure you test things and don’t just learn the theory

[@muazzamibrahim5869]

Hi guys pls I'm applying for a GMB expert position can anyone give me tips and advice on what to write on my resume. Thank u

[@jordanbelfort-ss1oj]

is this course is enough to offer seo services to my clients ?

[@nasim_mohammad]

ofcourse no. You Need some hands-on experience before offering services

[@alexbelikov7376]

I like when you say in the video - ”well this is in Portuguese but you understand what's happening here” 😂😂😂

[@VascoSEOtips]

Hahah yeah I was being lazy and didn’t bother translating it 😅

[@BusinessTrackerCanada]

Hi, I tried and I cant make the links on yelp's individual images. I also checked your sample account and the link is gone. Are there any other websites where we can do multiple links like how yelp photos before? Please advise. Thank you

[@VascoSEOtips]

This video is a bit old so Yelp might have changed it. That said, if the individual images have unique URLs you should be able to build links to them still :)

[@timothywenk1717]

Can it be done without the Google POSTCARD thingie?

[@nasim_mohammad]

No, You can't verify your business's physical location without that thing. If you own a virtual or online business you can set-up your home as your business by putting some banner on your doorstep.

[@bushranavedshaikh7031]

I changed address and now I am not ranking on local search what should I do, since 6 months after changing the address I am trying

[@VascoSEOtips]

You changed the address on the Google Business listing?

[@bushranavedshaikh7031]

@@VascoSEOtips yes

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@bushranavedshaikh7031 It can take a couple weeks or even months for things to be back to normal unfortunately. Is the business name very different?

[@bushranavedshaikh7031]

@@VascoSEOtips Thank you

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@bushranavedshaikh7031 No worries!

[@jashedul_alam]

Thanks a lot

[@VascoSEOtips]

No worries!

[@jkbotero78]

de lo mejor en la web

[@VascoSEOtips]

Gracias!

[@magicmassage4124]

What is the PBN link? 1:22 in the video:)

[@VascoSEOtips]

PBN stands for Private Blog Network. Here's a video explaining what these are in detail kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2WldIN5ZZ6YfdEsi=52CFeMLkJFa62UQr

[@gosleepman]

life is so short just say I have a video for it later and move on.... #JK this Course is the best I found on youtube 10/10 Job brother.... you are great..

[@nihalarya9791]

You had the opportunity to share a lot of affiliate marketing links why didn't you? It is an amazing course! Thank you so much

[@VascoSEOtips]

The only product I want to promote is Vettted.com 🙃 I'm glad you like it!

[@sauravagarwal8928]

Vasco. Really great work. I have a few questions: -Make use of everything in GMB. You have emphasized on this a lot of times. Should I use a Google website feature despite having a personal site? -You use a chrome extension for coloring at 54:31. The color marking tool. What’s that extension? -Why doesn’t GMB crush work as the way you explained? I can’t find out the secondary categories. -You mentioned rank and rent services through Konec. My question is: you’ll have to rank your website for any particular services and then overlay it for the client for the same niche. Right? Let’s say you rank for the keyword “dentist dallas.” It would only make sense to rent and overlay another dentist site. Right? Or am I missing something?

[@sauravagarwal8928]

@vascoSEOtips can you please respond?

[@VascoSEOtips]

No. If you have a custom site, use it. The site google gives you is meant to be used by people that are less tech savvy / have no time to create one :;)

[@hassanjamal4]

Can you make some more videos on rank and rent

[@VascoSEOtips]

Sure! What would you like me to cover in specific? :)

[@hassanjamal4]

@@VascoSEOtips Thanks a lot for your reply. I want to know about Niche research and mainly how to find clients that will buy leads from us. How we will such clients?

[@VascoSEOtips]

​@@hassanjamal4 Got it. I'm posting a video next week on that. I already have it here lined up and it should be up next Tuesday :)

[@hassanjamal4]

@@VascoSEOtips Grateful to you. Anxiously waiting for it. Thanks

[@ThriveWithLouise]

great content. 1:21:29

[@ptbasedev]

This video is 🔥🔥

[@Affan_Alam]

Is local SEO services charged monthly by experts or only once.

[@VascoSEOtips]

I’m not sure what you mean, can you please clarify?

[@juliamarsh2077]

@@VascoSEOtips I think he is asking how quickly the way you do SEO for a local website changes. e.g. do many of Google's algorithm updates impact local business websites?

[@alno1]

@juliamarsh2077 Nah, what he is asking is: When you offer local SEO services to a client, how to you charge them? Monthly, one time payment, etc?

[@lucasvinycius1]

Is it possible to make a business rank all over the country?

[@lucasvinycius1]

Like a law firm, for example

[@VascoSEOtips]

It is yes. Not an easy task though!

[@tandischarm8142]

bookmark: 1:06:55

[@HalalIT-wr3mu]

great

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thanks 🙏

[@jebarsonanto]

Where is the citation list brother?

[@joannejensen4369]

Amazing video 👍🇨🇦

[@faraz-local-seo-expert]

Thank you very much, Brother. I only have one question. If we create multiple pages based on the location of a local business and use the same content on all pages, is this a good SEO practise? Google may penalise us if we use duplicate content but the service is the same, so what is the safe way? Please clarify.

[@VascoSEOtips]

It's not considered duplicate content but It's not a particularly good SEO practice as well. Duplicate content is only a thing when different websites have the same content (i.e. if you're stealing content from someone else). So having the same content on the same site and just changing a couple keywords isn't considered duplicate content - so you won't be penalised by that. I hope this helps!

[@honey9582]

URL duplication can be issue

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@honey9582 That's true

[@danbuffington75]

Is this course the same as your paid course? Or is the paid course more in detail?

[@umermirza27]

Where we get the citation list ??

[@VascoSEOtips]

Can you mention the time stamp on the video where I mention that list please?

[@romanialive4071]

@@VascoSEOtips minute 30-32

[@romanialive4071]

@@VascoSEOtips i need the list too 😊

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@romanialive4071 Unfortunately I don't think I have it anymore. I do have this link building ebook: konec.co/link-building-ebook/

[@rbs123]

good content

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you!

[@mbuiih5474]

amazing

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@m.g.8897]

The third timestamp is wrong. Google my Business listing starts at 31:00, not 35:00

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you for noticing. Will edit it

[@sammdc923]

Can you please let me know when did you record this video. When we go to 45 minutes on video, you are talking about doing the posts in backend of GMB. However, the backend editing nor posts are not allowed as at today (21/01/2023)? Isn't it?

[@VascoSEOtips]

I recorded this last year so some of the info can be outdated yes

[@daudkhan7817]

Dear sir I am trying to verify GMB for my clients but I am unable can U help me sir?

[@VascoSEOtips]

Sure. What issue are you facing exactly? Did it got declined?

[@daudkhan7817]

@@VascoSEOtips Dear sir I received code from Google and when I entered then GMB is in processing after 5 mints it got suspended. Please Sir help me. Dear sir please give me your whatsaap number.

[@VascoSEOtips]

@@daudkhan7817 Is the business location in the same location you were in when putting the code? It might be that you're trying to verify a business but have a different country IP

[@daudkhan7817]

@@VascoSEOtips Dear sir I am verifying for my clients they are from other countries and I am from other country.

[@daudkhan7817]

@@VascoSEOtips Dear sir please give me your whatsaap number I want to be close U.

[@rt4476]

Can I hire you for my website and GMB ?

[@VascoSEOtips]

At the moment I'm not taking on ay new SEO clients. I do take small gigs (you can find them on my profile on Vettted). That said, if you're looking for someone to build and implement a tailored SEO strategy for your site and GMB I recommend you try out the "Managed SEO" solution on Vettted. If you're approved you can just directly interview pre-vetted experts and see which one fits your needs best. Unlimited interviews :)

[@VascoSEOtips]

here's the link vettted.com/ibp I hope it helps

[@panimovienaba62]

Is there any partnership collaboration opportunities at your side I believe you are getting good clients we as an small agency here in India with SEO experts will love to 🤝 with you.

[@panimovienaba62]

you can share your work details will surely help you grow more

[@MichaelWilliams-lo3ix]

Awesome

[@VascoSEOtips]

Glad you liked it!

[@vikrantsingh824]

Nice video

[@VascoSEOtips]

Thank you, glad you liked it

[@Timberbeartrail]

What is GMB

[@VascoSEOtips]

Google My Business. It's what you call the individual listings when you search for local businesses. These appear with a map associated with them. They're also called Google Business Listings.