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Which Is The Most “Generous” Search Engine To Local Businesses?
Earlier this month, one of our customers asked an interesting question in a training workshop. They wanted to know which search engine displayed...
10 Local Marketing Myths Hamstringing Your Business
As an internet marketer, I frequently encounter local business owners (and large chain store companies with many local outlets) that...
Google Requiring Some Business To Reverify Their Listings Or Be Removed From Google Maps
Some business owners are receiving emails from Google requiring them to reverify their listings within three-weeks or their listings will be...
Google Preps “Hotel View” Interior 360 Imagery
Call it Google “Hotel View.” According to the Associated Press (via Fox), Google is photographing hotel interiors as part of an...
Report: Basic Local Optimization Steps Boosted Google Visibility By 179 Percent
Digital agency and technology provider SIM Partners released a report (registration required) discussing how use of several basic Local SEO...
Did Hummingbird Just Kill Your Local SEO?
Let’s cut to the chase: no, it didn’t (see Betteridge’s Law of Headlines). But Search Engine Land tells me the Hummingbird...
Local Search Marketers Guesstimate 2013 Google Ranking Factors
Despite the annual changes in the local search ecosystem, the ranking factors that Google uses to determine its local search results...
7 Things I’ve Figured Out About The New Google Maps
Google has been busy changing a lot of the user interfaces for its local search services. Between the new Google Maps, the Google Local Carousel...
Google Business Photos Expands To Europe & Asia
Google announced they have expanded their business photos program into Europe and Asia. Google Business Photos is a way for you to share the...
5 Ways To Rank Outside Of Your Physical Location In Google Places
One of the more desperate requests I get from clients interested in Local Search is wanting to rank well in Google for local queries when they...
Google Local Results Drops “More Results Near…” To “Improve” Local Search Experience
Google has quietly dropped yet another search feature; this one is related to local search results within a search on Google. Google has removed...
Google Places For Business Gets Its Own iPhone App For Managing Listings [Update: Google Removed App]
Local business owners have a new tool for managing their Google Places For Business listing: a dedicated app that works on the iPhone and iPod...
Google Upgrades Its Google Places Dashboard With Google+ Local Integration
Google has begun a staged upgrade of its Google Places Dashboard — the backend tool that allows local businesses to manage their business...
Google Adds Publisher Opt-Out Tool For Shopping, Flights, Hotels & Local Search
Don’t want your content to be included in many of Google’s vertical search services, such as Google Shopping or Google+ Local?...
Phone Support For Verification Issues With Google Local For Business
Mike Blumenthal first spotted that Google is now offering phone support for businesses having issues with verifying their Google Maps listing....
9 Common Ways To Bork Your Local Rankings In Google
It’s not surprising that small businesses make mistakes in Google Places when setting up and claiming their profiles. It can be confusing...
Google Local Search Experiment Will Give IYPs & SMBs Heartburn
Google is experimenting with new local search results formats, a move that appears to be good for consumers but devastating for the SEO of...