Video: Last Week in Local from LocalU April 17

Mike Blumenthal

April 17, 2018 | Local Search, SEO

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Google’s astounding new search tool will answer any question by reading thousands of books – Quartz

Source: qz.com

Kurzweil noted that Talk to Books is not meant to replace keyword search. It uses “semantic search,” drawing on the ability of the tool’s AI to understand natural human language. Results range from goofy to profound, but semantic search’s goal is to call up a sentence that sounds like a plausible retort a person might say in a conversation.

With New Solution, Foursquare Targets SMB and Startup Markets | Street Fight

Source: streetfightmag.com

Foursquare says its Places API for Startups offers more place attributes than any other available location API.

Situated in between Foursquare’s Enterprise tier for large-scale partners and its free tiers, which are available for non-commercial developers, pricing for Places API for Startups will start at $599 per month for developers from mid-sized companies.

States, online sellers bring sales tax fight to Supreme Court in case that could affect millions

Source: www.usatoday.com

Millions of merchants could be affected by the Supreme Court’s decision in a case that could force online retailers to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence. The case pits South Dakota against three companies, Wayfair, Overstock and Newegg. Amazon already pays sales tax.

Enterprise Local SEO is Different: A Checklist, a Mindset – Moz

Source: moz.com

Not all local SEO advice is applicable to enterprise local SEO. If you’re marketing big brands with many locations, you need to learn what advice to ignore and what to implement. Get started with this enterprise local SEO checklist!

How to Prove the ROI of Online Review Management

Source: blog.grade.us

What’s the toughest part of online review management? It isn’t getting the review. It isn’t even dealing with a flood of negative reviews from a horde of angry customers. No, the hardest part of online review management is something unexpected. It’s demonstrating the ROI of online review management.

The New Face of Reputation Management: Photos, UGC Rise in Prominence | Street Fight

Source: streetfightmag.com

Photos and other non-review UGC may soon become as important as reviews for reputation management. Certainly photos have that potential, providing as they do a visceral impact with which no text paragraph can compete.

LocalU Austin TX 2018 – Uncut

Source: t.co

From Andy Simpson: Some highlights of my time at this years LocalU Advanced held in Austin Texas. For more search for #localu on Twitter More: https://localu.org/ https://twitt…

Here’s how to use Twitter to dominate the Google search results – Search Engine Land

Source: searchengineland.com

10 tips to help you to get your Twitter feed to show up in the SERPs from the newly married Chris Silver Smith. Congratulations, Silvery!

Exclusive: Google unveils vetting process for drug rehab ads | Reuters

Source: www.reuters.com

Google told Reuters Monday it would resume accepting ads from U.S. addiction treatment centers in July, nearly a year after the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit suspended the lucrative category of advertisers for numerous deceptive and misleading ads. “Treatment centers now will be able to run ads after being vetted by Portland, Ore. firm LegitScript, Google said.” However, The new rules do not affect free business listings on Google Maps, which also have been susceptible to fraud. Google said it is continuously developing ways to combat Maps spammers.”