Last Updated on June 15, 2020
Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers critical industry trends, interesting local news, and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search.
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Please join us for the last week in Local Search for the week ending June 15, 2020.
Mike’s Links:
- Just Eat Takeaway to buy Grubhub in £5.75bn deal
- Permanent store closures could hit 25K in 2020, Coresight says
- Consumers spent $53B more in e-commerce sales amid coronavirus, survey reveals
- Benedict Evans on Twitter
- How to Interpret Google My Business (GMB) Insights – Sterling Sky Inc
- Reviews & Your Business: Developing Your Review Strategy
Mary’s Links
- 81% of Local Searches for Small Businesses are Unbranded – Small Business Trends
- The Impact of Covid-19 on Local Search for Healthcare
- Council Post: Now More Than Ever, Real Estate Agents Must Master Local SEO To Survive
- Google Starts Giving Millions to Struggling Local Newsrooms
- Bing offers a trio of new local search APIs
Carrie’s Links:
- Buy Access to LocalU Advanced – Recorded June 3, 2020 – LocalU.org
- Services, CEO & Owner info showing in LKP for some categories on mobile – Tom Waddington via Twitter
- Three pack, reviews, organic search decimated for SABs? LocalSearchForum.com
- How to Ask for Reviews for Your Business – BrightLocal.com – Brian Barwig
- Webinar: Local Search AMA – June 23rd – GatherUp.com
- Why You Still Need Local Links in 2020 (and How to Get Them) Gyi Tsakalakis – BrightLocal
Local SEO Analyst/Community Manager at Sterling Sky, Inc.
Carrie HIll is a Local Search Analyst with Sterling Sky, Inc., and community manager for LocalU.org.Her background in online marketing started 12 years ago in a small agency focused on the hospitality industry.
Since then Carrie has become an expert on technical SEO and website structure issues, as well as an industry speaker on Local Search, Google My Business, and the Semantic web.
Since then Carrie has become an expert on technical SEO and website structure issues, as well as an industry speaker on Local Search, Google My Business, and the Semantic web.
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