News from the Leading Edge of Local Search
Several individuals on Twitter are sharing screenshots and information showing large landmark icons showing cities most important locations. Not everyone is seeing the landmark icons yet, so this could be a test or a slow rollout. I'm starting to see more and more of these large icons for places on…
Brian BarwigDecember 9, 2020
Welcome back to Last Week in Local for the week ending December 7, 2020 – This year has gone in a combination of extremely slow and incredibly fast - all at the same time! This week we’re joined by David Mihm of Tidings.com! David talks Local Search News and we…
Carrie HillDecember 7, 2020
As first noticed yesterday, Google is launching several new messaging options for businesses in Local Search. GMB Messaging There are several new ways for customers to contact businesses with GMB messaging now, and different options for business owners to respond to those messages. (As with all things GMB, these new…
Brian BarwigDecember 4, 2020
Welcome back to Last Week in Local for the week ending November 30, 2020 - we're almost done with the year! This week we're joined by Cindy Krum, Founder & CEO of MobileMoxie.com. We discuss her LocalU Advanced presentation, and the news of the week! Also, bookmark the time to…
Carrie HillNovember 30, 2020
Back on November 19th I spotted that my Google My Business dashboard had had an overhaul in terms of design, and tweeted to see if anyone else was seeing it: So, a tour of this new GMB dash 1) red dot next to ✏️ means there are external edits 2)…
Claire CarlileNovember 24, 2020
Welcome back to Last Week in Local. For the next several weeks we're going to try a different format! We'll be featuring a speaker from our most recent LocalU Advanced event as a guest to talk about their presentation and the news of the week! This week Craig Mount of…
Carrie HillNovember 24, 2020