![]() A few destinations are subject to spring and summer detours in the wake of landslides and floods, including Nepenthe in Big Sur (No. And I’ve tried to add budget options when possible. Still, if they’re here, I think they’re worth it. So is the fee at my favorite drive-through tree (No. The cost of an Integratron sound bath near Joshua Tree (No. You may also notice that inflation is at work here. 17) or at the mission cemetery in Sonoma (No. Of course, some of our history is painful, but it’s vital to face up to that too, whether it’s in the barracks at Manzanar (No. 70) its best-loved Diego Rivera painting? Or that the Hollywood sign is a year younger than the Hollywood Bowl (No. 30) was named after Karl Marx by a doomed group of communist lumberjacks? Or that Cary Grant gave the Norton Simon Museum (No. Who knew that California’s biggest sequoia (No. Some seem thuddingly obvious yet hold secrets you never suspected. Though the big list is in alphabetical order, you’ll see that I’ve earmarked a top 10 among the 101 - couldn’t resist. They’re also places that left me wanting more - another visit at a different hour, a little more backstory, a longer conversation with the people involved. Instead, these are all places that speak loudly and deeply to me about what California is, has been and can be. In this list, which is in alphabetical order, you won’t find pop-up selfie spots, the Hollywood Walk of Fame or any theme parks (though we have plenty of fresh Disneyland tips over here). 63), you’ll be cruising through Highway 46 hillscapes (No. ![]() 23) and Cambria’s cool Moonstone Beach (No. And if you can manage a spring road trip between ever-livelier downtown Paso Robles (No. It’s a truck, so you never know when it might show up in your hood.Order your copy of The 101 Best California Experiences special section here.įor instance, downtown San Diego has a sleek waterfront music venue (No. Don’t worry that it’s actually located in Albuquerque, NM. Suggests no company should rely solely on GMB, especially for leads.Īmong the points to his story: "If you are looking for a great restaurant in Fawn Creek Township, KS, Google recommends It worked, in terms of getting the company off the suspended list - but it was still located in Kansas.Īs of today, the company’s safely back in Pleasanton, California, but Shotland Saldana’s request basically said the same thing although a bit more forcefully, but he also added: "This is our corporate listing and it must be reinstated ASAP!" I deleted the category so please un-suspend us. Shotland’s request went something like this: “Hey GMB, I added a new service category and got suspended. When Shotland didn’t get quick results, he turned to Steven Saldana, LSG’s GMB problem-solver, to ‘SEO Agency’ must be on the double-secretĭo-not-use list because as soon as I added it, our listing got suspended.” “While in there, for some reason, I decided to add “SEO agency” as a Business Category. Then he forgot about it, until February.įebruary, while in a 20-person Zoom meeting on how much we should freak out about Core Web Vitals, I logged into LSG’s GMB dashboard to see if maybe we had been moved to Colorado (hopefully nearĪspen),” Shotland wrote in a post. He said Local SEO Guide doesn’t really rely on the company’s GMB page for leads, but sent a note to GMB support for help. According to GMB, he moved and opened a hotel, all in the midst of COVID-19. Not only did GMB somehowĬhange the location of this business, but said the company apparently opened a hotel, as Shotland wrote in a post. ![]() MediaPost about search, I’ve learned that Blumenthal and Local SEO Guide Founder Andrew Shotland are two funny and smart SEO guys. Thank you, Mike Blumenthal, Near Media co-founder and authority on local search, for calling this to our attention in a tweet. Well, not so funnyīecause Local SEO Guide, an SEO agency, was never located in Kansas, but Google My Business believes the Pleasanton, California, company has been located in Fawn Creek Township, KS, since November A funny thing happened on the way to Kansas.
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