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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Bug in Google Has Taken Down the Google My Business Suspension Reinstatement Request Form

Local SEO | July 18, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

UPDATE: Sometime this past weekend the Resintatement Request form came back online. According to Local SEOs it was likely down for around 48 hours. We verified at 10:00 AM Central time that the form was indeed functioning. Screenshot below shows the form as we saw it on Monday the 22nd of July 2019 at 10am. […]

Google My Business Might Suspend Your Listing if You Create a Short Name

Local SEO | July 10, 2019 | Local SEO Pro

In what appears to be a bug, Google My Business might be suspending accounts. The issue was first reported in a private SEO group on Facebook by local SEO Mike Friedman. A screenshot of Mike’s post was taken by Joe Youngblood and posted to Twitter where it went about as viral as a post about […]

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