News from the Leading Edge of Local Search
Good Morning, LocalU Friends! Last week we were lucky enough to have a wide variety of GMB experts weigh in for our first #gmbchat co-held by LocalU and Sterling Sky, our parent company. We had time in the hour to address 10 great questions crowdsourced from Twitter and some question…
Carrie HillFebruary 18, 2021
Join Mike, Mary and Carrie for another discussion about the last week in local news for the week ending February 16th. We also take a bit of a deeper dive into the discussion around paying speakers at SEO conferences, and why LocalU has been a leader on that front from…
Carrie HillFebruary 16, 2021
Google has been rolling out a series of tests of late. I stumbled across this thread on the Local Search Community Forum today. As it turns out, the GMB listing for Mike Morse Injury Law Firm has sections for Attorney and Staff. Both of these sections can be clicked and…

Jason BrownFebruary 11, 2021
Bing used to pull in a lot of the information from Yelp. Bing used to display Yelp reviews as their primary review source. Bing is now defaulting to Facebook as their review source. The rub is that Facebook no longer has a review system. Facebook switched to a recommendation system…

Jason BrownFebruary 11, 2021
Join Mike, Mary & Carrie as they discuss the latest in local SEO news. Be sure to stick with us until the end as we take a deeper look into the numerous benefits of sponsorship marketing with junior sports teams in your local communities! Last Week in Local is a…
Carrie HillFebruary 8, 2021
We’ve received a question for the LocalU Correspondence corner from an anonymous submitter looking for help to get their GMB verified. Their business does not receive mail, it’s a parking lot. While they did not indicate what category they are in, they might be a used car lot, a…
Carrie HillFebruary 4, 2021