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Google Clarifies That Phone Numbers Aren’t Allowed in Google My Business Posts and is Now Known as “Phone Stuffing”

Local Marketing | April 7, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

0 For a while, Google has discouraged businesses from adding phone numbers to Google My Business posts but today Google officially added this to their help guidelines with a new name – phone stuffing. This new content policy is meant to “avoid the risk of abuse” and instead encourages businesses to add a “Call now” […]

Wix Has Added Google My Business Integration

Local SEO | March 25, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

3+ Wix has been making strides in improving their SEO offering to small business over the past few years. Now the platform takes a big leap forward with direct Google My Business integration. According to their official press release this integration allows Wix users to update their Google My Business data directly from their Wix […]

Scam Alert: Emails and Contact Form Fills Claiming to be an Upset Photographer are a Phishing Attempt

Local Marketing | March 19, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

2+ Contact forms are a great way to gather feedback from your customers and to answer questions from your prospective new customers. They are unfortunately also a great way for scammers to try and steal from your business. Even the most secure online forms will get fake submissions claiming all kinds of things. Most of […]

Local SEOs Are Trying to Get Google to Change the Local Algorithms

Local SEO | March 3, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

1+ Local SEO practioners took to Twitter to ask a new Google VP for help in solving a decade-old problem. New Google VP of Privacy Product Management at Google, Rob Leathern, made a public post on his Twitter saying he was open to having complaints publicly tweeted to him so they could easily be shared […]

Google My Business is Automatically Adding Services to Your Local Business Profile

Local SEO | March 1, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

0 Google’s local platform, Google My Business has been seen automatically adding “services” to your profile. The services are mostly only visible on the back-end of your profile and are rarely shown to users. There is also little evidence that these directly impact your map or finder rankings in Google. However, if one thing about […]

Yelp Now Allows Customers To Leave Feedback About Pandemic Related Health Precautions

Local Marketing | January 15, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

1+ Your customers may soon be leaving feedback on Yelp about how your business is handling the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes as we are nearing the end of the first year of the pandemic and as vaccines have begun getting administered. According to a new release, Yelp users can now tell Yelp if they observed […]

Marcus Lemonis Offering Assistance to Nashville Businesses After Explosion

Local Marketing | December 28, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

1+ Update: Mr. Lemonis claims to have already donated $500,000 into a recovery fund I have put the first $500,000 in! Nashville 30 Day Fund is live and I need your help to spread the word … the most important RT today .. #nashvillerebuild #musiccitywillsingloud https://t.co/TvdzIwsqiy — Marcus Lemonis (@marcuslemonis) December 28, 2020 After a […]

Google My Business Phone Support Has Returned

Local SEO | December 9, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

0 As the pandemic rolled across the globe forcing lockdowns and shuttering overseas call centers, Google My Business’ phone support was closed down as well as chat support and social media support. While this support isn’t always the most helpful or useful and is rarely used by small businesses there were situations where a phone […]

Yelp Will Allow Users to Report Businesses For Racist Behavior and Will Add a Notification To Those Business Pages

Local Marketing | October 9, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

3+ Editor’s Note: This article may contain opinions by our staff. For only Yelp’s facts about this new feature please read their release instead. Yesterday Yelp announced a new feature for users, the ability to rate a business listed on the site as racist. The announcement came in the form of a short Twitter thread […]

Google My Business Lowered The Video Size Requirement Earlier This Year, But Just Now Updated Guidelines

Local Marketing | October 5, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

2+ As the global pandemic was starting to take hold on the other side of the world, Google My Business made a small but crucial change to their video file size requirement, but failed to update their documentation. In a Google Product Forum post dated February 11th, 2020 by Katie Barnes the question was asked […]

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