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Beating Yelp, YP and others to take top spot

by SpartanENF
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Is it possible to outrank yelp and place above the google places? I am finding it very difficult and alot of my geo targeted keywords are coming up below the fold under the places.
#beating #spot #top #yelp
  • Profile picture of the author SpartanENF
    For the record I hate yelp. They are straight up extortionist
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  • Profile picture of the author SpartanENF
    bumping the thread in effort to try and receive a response from a more experienced SEO with knowledge on this matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author KenL
    Sure it can be done and I've seen numerous instances. Have seen 301 redirects do it besides high PR links.
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  • Profile picture of the author SpartanENF
    I'm not finding it to be easy at all. The yelp listings especially seem to be strong ranking even with little to no reviews.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenL
      Originally Posted by SpartanENF View Post

      The yelp listings especially seem to be strong ranking even with little to no reviews.
      Have gotten the feeling that Yelp and Big G are in bed together. I mean, why would a search engine serve up the search function yelp page ahead of a local biz's website?
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  • Profile picture of the author SpartanENF
    I would figure a key word focused page would outrank a yelp page even with little to no backlinks
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  • Profile picture of the author thomas24
    I am also hate yelp. They are straight up extortionist
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  • Profile picture of the author SpartanENF
    ya **** yelp. Im not sure why big g hasn't bought yelp off to begin with. I get even more furious when I put tons of work of perfecting a pages on page optimization and I see some whack ass yelp listing of a phony company ranking above me. Furious. I even dump some niche related back links on it and I still see them ranking ahead of me months later. Google needs to straighten out there algo and push less influence on those stupid yelp rankings especially the fakers.
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