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Local SEO’s Have Found Fake Local Businesses on Google Maps in the USA That Are Using Phone Numbers from Pakistan

Local SEO | January 28, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Google Map spam keeps getting worse and there doesn’t appear to be much help in sight for beleaguered small businesses fighting against spammers in their local market. Now, it appears that trend could start directly hurting consumers. Local SEO expert Joe Youngblood found a new supposed Local SEO agency in his home market of Dallas […]

Yelp is Combating Review Rings That Sell Fake Reviews

Local Marketing | January 14, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

There’s no doubt that when it comes to gaining online reviews for your business, Yelp can be the absolute worst. The platform has a long history of removing reviews from real customers, upsetting business owners, and leaving up reviews from angry people who were never customers. Yelp has always said they were doing it to […]

Google Appears to be Rolling Out LSA’s for Real Estate Agents

Local Marketing | December 11, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Google’s monetization of local search is continuing with what appears to be local service ads for real estate agents in Austin, TX. This was spotted by noted SEO Matt Mcgee who currently works for real estate agent listing website HomeLight. Hey @rustybrick, is this new? LSA for real estate — discovered by a colleague here […]

Google My Business Launched Standardized Job Types for Service Businesses

Local SEO | December 2, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

The day after Thanksgiving Google My Business (GMB) announced an update to the Services feature and they make it sound like this will impact how a listing is displayed or even the rankings of businesses. In the update GMB is now suggesting standardized services, or what they call “Job Types”, based on a businesses category. […]

You Can No Longer Call Google My Business For Support

Local SEO | November 13, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Up until this week Google Partners had been able to call and get phone support from Google My Business. This offered a HUGE relief to Local SEOs and consultants who found a client’s business profile (or their own in the case of Joe Youngblood’s agency and his now year-long odyssey) being frequently and erroneously suspended […]

Yelp Introduces Personalized Search Results

Local Marketing | August 27, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

For the first time Yelp is allowing signed in users to personalize their Yelp experience. Users on Yelp can now set up their profile to personalize results based on diet, lifestyle, and accessibility. To do this users on the app tap a heart icon and start selecting things they like. Yelp explains that this doesn’t […]

What Each Status in Your GatherUp Customer Activity Dashboard Means

Local Marketing, Local SEO | August 21, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

GatherUp is an online tool used by small and local businesses to gather feedback from their customers and request online reviews across a variety of platforms. The software is capable of sending emails to customers requesting feedback and then sending follow up emails based on the initial feedback a customer provides. Ultimately, many businesses hope […]

Advice Local Has Launched Lawyer and Healthcare Vertical Specific Citation Products

Local Marketing, Local SEO | August 21, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Local Data management provider Advice Local has launched new vertical specific products to help Laywers and businesses in the Healthcare space. Their announcement says the new products will help businesses get found on authoritative niche websites such as RateMD’s and FindLaw. This should be a useful service for small businesses trying to wrangle their own […]

You Can Sync Your Bing Places Listing With Your Google My Business Listing

Local SEO | August 16, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

According to a tweet by SEO Scott Hendison Bing Places has a new (or at least new to us) feature that allows a business to sync their Bing Places listing with their Google My Business listing. Make changes to Google? Those changes will get imported to Bing via the API. There is a limitation though, […]

Poll: Do Citations Still Matter for Local SEO?

Local SEO | July 24, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

A talk by Darren Shaw of White Spark at Mozcon this year is sparking off a bit of an argument in Local SEO. It led Mike Blumenthal and David Mihm to discuss it in their bi-weekly column on Street Fight Magazine. That question is, do citations or citation consistency still matter for Local SEO? We’ve […]

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