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Yelp Has Upgraded The Waitlist Tool for Restaurants

Local Marketing | March 6, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

In a blog post Yelp has announced new features to their Waitlist tool for users that could benefit restaurants that enable them. One upgrade allows users to enter their party size when they start their search on Yelp for Waitlist enabled restaurants that can accommodate large parties. This helps speed up the process and should […]

Personal Injury Attorneys Will Soon Gain Access to Local Service Ads

Google Ads, Local Marketing | March 6, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Let the games begin folks, Google is informing Personal Injury Attorneys in Los Angeles that they’ll be starting the process of setting up LSA’s for their branch of legal counsel by setting up interviews for information discovery about the space prior to launching the program. Part of an email sent out by a Google Local […]

Google is Telling People How to Buy Fake Reviews on Google Maps

Local SEO | February 25, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Local SEO Joe Youngblood posted a tweet showing a screenshot a featured snippet on a Google search result that appears to show Google highlighting exactly how a business can purchase fake reviews to promote their business on Google Maps. Great job tackling that review spam Google! pic.twitter.com/7rMNzVpB8r — Joe Youngblood (@YoungbloodJoe) February 24, 2020 Google […]

You Can Now Add Multiple Photos and Videos to Google My Business Posts

Local SEO | February 20, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Google My Business appears to have quietly began allowing Posts to use multiple photos and videos as reported by Barry over at Search Engine Roundtable. Previously to this change, which appears to have started rolling out on Tuesday the 18th, a post was only allowed to have one photo or video. Now it appears that […]

Yelp Has Launched an In-Store Visits Attribution Metric

Local Marketing | February 17, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

Yelp has been rolling out a lot of new tools, ad types, and features lately in a bid to become more than just a restaurant destination. The latest new feature is called Yelp Store Visits (YSV) and it is exclusively for Yelp advertisers. The idea is that Yelp will gather data on what real people […]

Google My Business is Now Recommending Placing Keywords in Your Business Description to Increase Local SEO Rankings

Local SEO | February 12, 2020 | Local SEO Pro

For about as long as Google My Business has existed Local SEO’s have tested placing keywords in the description to see if that improved rankings. The answer has always been an unfortunate no. Today however, it would appear that the search engineers in charge of Google Maps / Local rankings have had a change of […]

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. […]

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