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Product Catalogs on Google My Business Will Now Appear in Search Results

Local SEO | April 22, 2019 | Jason C.

If you’ve noticed, there have been quite a bit of small changes with Google My Business recently. We’ve been covering these and will continue to post about them. Now, there’s another improvement: Google is now displaying the product catalogs in search results. Product Catalogs Google’s Product Catalog exists to connect consumers with your product(s). To […]

Local Businesses Can Now See if They Are Getting Traffic from Google Discover

Local SEO | April 21, 2019 | Jason C.

Where is your website traffic coming from? Some of your traffic will come from social media. Other traffic will come from links on other web pages pointed to your own website. Now, you’ll be able to see if your traffic is coming from Google Discover. Google Webmaster Central Blog details this new way of learning […]

Google My Business is Now Automatically Creating and Suggesting New Posts

Local SEO | April 20, 2019 | Jason C.

In some countries, Google My Business now provides suggested posts to help you showcase positive reviews. These posts are automatically suggested based on 4 or 5-star reviews recently left for your business. Learn more here: https://t.co/ewyrsHnrSF — Google My Business (@GoogleMyBiz) April 17, 2019 Hey everyone! Thanks for reporting that the link included in this […]

Here’s How Many Websites You Need Linking To Your Website To Rank at the Top of Google in 2019

Local SEO | April 17, 2019 | Jason C.

How can you get your website to rank number one in Google search results? You can pay for ads, sure. But there’s another way: You can improve your rank by focusing on link building. This means you need other websites to link to yours. There’s one catch: These other websites should be authoritative and of quality […]

Car Accident Attorneys are Fighting a Major Battle With Spammers on Google Maps

Local SEO | April 9, 2019 | Jason C.

Google Maps listing are under attack by spammers! And right now, they’re winning. Their wins are likely only temporary and they’re focusing mainly on one specific niche: car accident attorneys. Both Search Engine Land and Joe Youngblood detail this flaw in Maps listings. Let’s read what they have to say! The Majority of Listings are […]

Someone Spammed Google’s UK Office on Google Maps With a Fake Event Asking Them to Stop Spammers From Spamming

Local SEO | April 8, 2019 | Jason C.

Check out this event going on at Google UK today 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pX9klYEG2W — Tim Capper (@GuideTwit) April 1, 2019 We recently detailed how Google added the ability to post events on Google Maps. Now, a prankster has decided to use this new feature for “evil”, or, least, a moment of comedy. As you can see […]

Google is Deindexing Websites Without Any Known Reason. Here’s How to Fix It

Local SEO, Technical SEO | April 5, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

Update: Google Employee John Mueller posted on Twitter a few minutes ago saying Google has discovered this was a technical error on their part and are working to fix it. Dozens of webmasters have been reporting something very disturbing, that Google is deindexing the homepage of their website or worse, multiple pages on their websites. […]

You Can Now Submit Public Events to Google Maps

Local Marketing, Local SEO | April 2, 2019 | Jason C.

Another week, another Google change! And this one is pretty awesome, especially if your business regularly holds events. I’ll explain why later. But for now, know that Google’s new feature allows you to add public events to Google Maps. Google’s related Maps Support web page—”Add an Event”—details how you can do this. Putting Events on […]

Google Maps Testing Display of Review Stars on the Map

Local SEO | March 21, 2019 | Jason C.

Star rating & number of review being shown directly on the map prior to clicking on any listing. I feel like this is an old feature be revamped? @JoyanneHawkins @mblumenthal @localseoguide #localsearch @Tallwave pic.twitter.com/Wi2Lcc2qRS — Michael Wallace (@LocalGladiator) March 21, 2019 We already knew that user reviews are important to Google. After all, Google, as […]

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