Tag: Geotagging

9Feb

By Darren ShawNo Comments

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Geotagging Photos is a Local SEO Myth

Geotagging Photos is a Local SEO Myth - Whitespark It’s infuriating that many local SEOs are still telling people to geotag their Google Business Profile photos, when research has shown time and time again that IT DOES NOT WORK. In this video, I explain why it doesn’t work, bust some myths and present a couple studies that have concluded that geotagging is a waste of time. Video Transcript I’ve been getting into TikTok a little bit lately, and I am ANNOYED. So, I keep seeing all these local SEO people on TikTok shilling this advice, li...

Does Geotagging Photos Influence Ranking?

9Sep

By Joy HawkinsNo Comments

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Does Geotagging Photos Influence Ranking?

Posted Sep 8, 2021 by Joy Hawkins When people talk about what strategies they utilize in Local SEO to get their client’s ranking, I often hear references to geotagging images. TLDR Adding geotags to images in Google My Business (GMB) listings had no measurable impact on rankings in the local pack. Similarly, adding geotags to the photos on the business website had no measurable impact on organic or local pack rankings. What is geotagging? Geotagging photos is the process of adding latitude/longditude tags to an image so that where the photo was taken can be identified.The Exif format has standard tags for location information. As of 2014, many cameras and mobile phones have a built-in GPS receiver...