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Marcus Lemonis Offering Assistance to Nashville Businesses After Explosion

Local Marketing | December 28, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

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 bomb […]

Google My Business Phone Support Has Returned

Local SEO | December 9, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

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 support […]

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

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 (embedded […]

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

Local Marketing | October 5, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

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 why […]

Local Business Will Soon Be Able to Offer Video Conference and Online Classes Through Google My Business

Local Marketing | October 4, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

According to an article on Search Engine Land, local businesses will soon be able to offer video conferencing and virtual classes through their Google My Business profile. The article is based on something spotted on a local SEO agency’s profile and was confirmed by Google as a test. If this test rolls out wider then […]

Websites Are Showing Errors in Chrome, FireFox, Safari, and Edge Browser Due to TLS 1.0 and 1.1 Deprecation

Technology | July 30, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Update: The deprecation of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 may have been happening the past few days as sparse and unconfirmed reports in various comment threads are pointing out. If your site went down for an error between July 26th and July 30th, 2020 this could be the reason. Your small business website may stop loading […]

Google My Business Offering Upgraded Profiles With a Google Guaranteed Badge for a $50 / Month Subscription

Local SEO | July 22, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

In a shocking announcement Google has stated they will start selling the “Google Guarantee” badge to non-advertisers for a flat-rate of $50 per month. The Google Guarantee program offers unhappy customers up to $2,000 in refunds if they are unhappy with a local service provider’s work. For now this appears to be a test first […]

Edits on Google Maps Can Take a Long Time to Make an Impact

Local SEO | June 27, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Google My Business allows anyone to edit a listing, and for quality purposes those edits are typically reviewed by human staffers. The process of editing a listing has always gone slowly in most cases, but since the onset of the global pandemic, things have gotten much slower. Recently Local SEOs took to Twitter to share […]

Google My Business has Banned Politics, Social Commentary, and Personal Rants from GMB Posts

Local SEO | June 25, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Google has updated the Google My Business Content Policy which governs Posts to a profile on the platform by adding a new line which reads: “Google My Business is not meant to be a forum for general political, social commentary, or personal rants. Content that does not meet this standard will be removed.” This comes […]

Google My Business Has Added a New Feature to Specify Hours for Different Services

Local SEO | June 4, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Google My Business has just rolled out a useful new feature that was likely inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, but which will probably come in handy for many local businesses even after. The new feature is called “More Hours”. It essentially allows a business to expand upon the standard “hours of operation” by stating what […]

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