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Are You Making These Big Mistakes with Your Google My Business Listing?
Make sure you’re avoiding these common yet critical Google My Business pitfalls – whether you manage a single listing or thousands of them.
4 Lesser-Known Local SEO Tips Even the Experts Miss
Learn lesser-known SEO tips to help you take advantage of the Google Map Pack and rank higher in local search.
4 Known GMB Issues & What To Do About Them – June 2021
Learn more about GMB issues and bugs known to the Google My Business team as of June 2021 — and when to expect a fix.
How to Get Better Results for Your GMB Listing with Fewer Tools
Learn how centralizing your local SEO efforts can help you do more in less time and get better results for your Google My Business listings.
Google My Business: Your Guide to Better Local SEO Rankings
Need to refresh your local SEO campaigns? Learn everything you need to know about ranking and visibility for Google My Business.
How to Use Google Maps: Features For Businesses
Find tips and tricks to help you get the most out of using Google Maps features for business and in your digital marketing campaigns.
How Glocal Content Marketing Helps International Brands Stay Local
Localization technology is the modern secret to building a global brand’s local staying power. Learn about what it means to be “glocal” here.
How to Fix Common Service Area Business Issues in Google My Business
Learn about some of the common issues and problems Service Area Businesses experience in GMB and how to solve them.
Top GMB Insights Trends Enterprise Brands Need to Know
Research of pandemic influenced shopping trends reveal importance of using trends unique to your business to support data-driven changes
Google Adds 3 New Features For People Ready to Travel Again
As search trends show a renewed interest in travel, Google is adding new features to help people find the safest ways to travel.
How to Get and Use a Google Maps API Key for Your Business
In this post, learn best practices for getting and using your Google Maps API Key as well as the benefits for multi-location brands.
Google Merchant Center: A Local SEO Goldmine for Retailers
Learn how multi-location retailers can use Google Merchant Center to uncover a treasure trove of data to power local SEO campaigns.
10 Quick SEO Tips to Boost Your Restaurant Website in Search
Get a taste of SEO success with these 10 tips designed to improve your restaurant’s visibility in organic and local Google Search.
Yelp Reports Major Growth in Searches For Diverse Businesses
Yelp’s latest local economic impact report reveals that searches for diverse businesses grew significantly over the past year.
Google: How to Increase Offline Sales for Local Businesses
Latest trends and research by Google show how to gain more earnings for local based businesses
Google Enhances Business Profiles For Stores With Delivery & Pickup
Google is adding more information to Search and Maps about businesses that offer options for grocery delivery and pickup.
Wix and Google Announce GMB Integration
Expanded partnership with Google integrates Google My Business. Makes Wix a stronger presence in local search
New SEO Tool Gathers Google Search Insights From 60M Queries
A new, free tool for SEOs tracks what percentage of Google search results pages in the US contain local packs.
Google Maps Lets Users Add Photos Updates Without Leaving a Review
Google Maps is introducing three new ways for users to add helpful content for others, including the ability to share photos without leaving a review.
How to Delete or Merge Duplicate Google My Business Listings
Google My Business is critical for local search visibility. Read on to learn how to delete or merge duplicate GMB listings.
8 New & Updated Google My Business Features for Local SEO
Make sure you’re taking advantage of these recently released Google My Business features and attributes to improve your local search presence.
7 Local Marketing Measurement Best Practices for Times of Crisis
Local search changes significantly in times of crisis. Learn best practices to measure the success of local marketing during unpredictable events.
Wix vs WordPress? Mueller Says Solve Content Issues
Google’s John Mueller suggested content issues are important for small businesses to solve in a discussion of Wix versus WordPress for local SEO
How to Write Meta Descriptions for Local Stores
Looking to write meta descriptions that convert local traffic into customers and leads? Learn how in this edition of Ask an SEO.
Google Maps Search Trends For January 2021
Google is sharing insights about trending searches on Google Maps, a rare set of search data which may assist local marketers.
How to Create Google My Business Posts That Get Results
Learn best practices for publishing Google My Business Posts that get results, clicks, and calls, plus what to do if your posts get rejected.
Local SEO Workflows to Better Manage Your Google My Business Listing
Discover how to optimize your Google My Business listing and grow your business with smart and simple local SEO strategies.
How to Create a Dynamic Travel Sector Reviews Strategy
Travel review strategies these days should focus on dynamism and agility. Here’s how to design and develop one for SEO and business success.
10 Local SEO Tips to Improve Your Real Estate Websites
Competition is fierce in the real estate niche. Use these 10 tips to help build a strong SEO foundation – and dominate local search.
Google Expands Live Busyness Information to More Places
Google’s live busyness information is expanding to cover more types of places, and becoming a prominent feature of Google Maps.