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Google’s Reporting Tool for Indexing Bugs is Now Available to Google Search Console Users

Technical SEO | August 20, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

1+ Back in April 2021, Google piloted a reporting tool for indexing bugs and has now opened availability to this tool to all Google Search Console users who use the English help form. On Monday, Google announced the availability of its new indexing bugs reporting tool to all Search Console users in English. There is […]

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

Local Marketing | April 10, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

2+ 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” […]

Yelp Reports Significant Growth in Searches For Diverse Businesses

Local SEO | April 7, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

1+ Yelp’s recent local economic report reveals a significant increase over the past year for diverse businesses in the United States. Diverse businesses are defined by Yelp as women-owned, Black-owned, Latinx-owned, or Asian-owned establishments. Yelp allows businesses to add these attributes to their establishment. Yelp’s latest report aims to explain and measure the impact the […]

Local 2-Packs Spotted in Google Mobile SERPs

Local SEO | March 31, 2021 | Local SEO Pro

1+ https://www.brightlocal.com/blog/google-local-2-pack-news This week, Joy Hawkins of Local U shared findings of local 2-packs spotted in Google’s mobile search engine results pages (SERPS). She shared that while the dates these 2-packs were first spotted varied, once seen, in many cases, the 2-packs did not switch back to the original 3-pack. Since Hawkins’ discovery, more individuals […]

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

1+ 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 […]

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