@mikestrives: WHY IS THIS GUY DRIVING AROUND WITH 100s OF PHONES IN HIS CAR? Well, apparently, this is a shady but effective local SE…
Mike Strives
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WHY IS THIS GUY DRIVING AROUND WITH 100s OF PHONES IN HIS CAR?
Well, apparently, this is a shady but effective local SEO hack lol
“Google has a patent describing directions-based ranking of places. It explicitly describes using direction requests and mobile location/search logs as signals of a place's popularity.”
So now, there are literal services like this where they drive around with 100s of phones to your local business...
Indicating your business is in demand, and this will apparently boost your local ranking
can’t wait to see what Google will do about this
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Replies (30)
Daniel @itsdevdaniel
I bet maps is showing a pure traffic jam too 😂
Mike Strives @mikestrives author
Lolll yeah
Alex @Saasterix
If they put in this sophisticated effort, they deserve it. 😄
Mike Strives @mikestrives author
True
Sami | SEO AI @samigrows
what?? why people can't take the real path?
Mike Strives @mikestrives author
Lol yeah they keep getting creative
0x20 @CryptoSpaces1
Frying your brain 1 star at a time 😹
Mike Strives @mikestrives author
Ooh mannnn yeah lol
Genius💡💹🧲 🤖 @GeniusPothead
gaming googles direction ranking patent with a car full of phones is wild
Mike Strives @mikestrives author
Crazy huh! Can't wait to see how google will fight this lol
warptrail @quantumazoth
I wonder if that’s why sometimes when I’m driving with navigation on I’ll see a tiny strip of red on the map and there’s nobody else on the road?
Jordan @jstamby
You can do this by spoofing the location using proxies from anywhere in the world. This is just silly
Michael Flux @michaelflux
Dang how will they possibly detect a thousand devices moving everywhere together day after day.
Emiliano @asdhas9082
My gawd. There is a whole economy spawning around how to manipulate platforms.
Loganix @loganix
now THIS right here is localseo 👏
Engineering Randomness @EERandomness
This is probably fake, this would be extraordinarily easy for google to recognize and ignore
nosimus @nosimus1
Or you just made this up
John Andrews @johnandrews
lol.
Good SEO peeps have known how to drive their website viewers to do this naturally, for as long as I've been flush.
James Hatfield @_jameshatfield_
SEO or SSID spoofing to avoid being triangulated by law enforcement.
Stove Jebs @JebsSteve0x1
I find it funny the extra phone on the dashboard also navigating.
Is it a freebie or accounted in the amount of phones?
Kinlovend - Google Ads & Local SEO @realkinlovend
No fuckin way… shit’s about to hit the fan
Benj @Founder_Benji
u can totally flag this type of behavior, detect it, and protect against it. If 100 people move together all the time and show up, u can tag that behavior and monitor it at scale
SEO Mastery @SEOMastery2026
That is so shady
LEO - e/acc @LeoAIgnite
Gaming the system like this only hurts one's business in the long run.
Paris Vega @parisvega
I’ve heard of this as an effective local SEO tactic, but avoid such things in spite of its short term potential.
Gotta focus on long term legit growth for SEO clients.
Petar Georgiev @peturgeorgievv
Lol @grok is this true?!
Jerimiah Lee Lancaster @JerimiahLee
Should I try this @irentdumpsters?
bill smith @billsmith181172
theres gotta be much cooler things that can be done w an array of phones like this thats not lame gay shit like seo. seo is so 2000s (imo)
Joshua Abrams @unlimitedingenu
I could do this with 2 Morty and a jump cable
Jon @JonSnyderHQ
Super easy to fix.
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