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 22, 2020.
Mike’s Links:
- AHLA State Local Tax Revenue Loss 6-12-20
- 3 strategies to lead through the “New Next”
- Apple closing 11 retail locations amid new COVID-19 spike in U.S.
- AMC Theatres Plans to Reopen in July But Won’t Require Masks, Cowardly Fearing Rightwing Nuts More Than the Spread of COVID-19
- The State of Local SEO: Industry Report 2020
- Helping businesses and nonprofits recover
- Google adding local store details to Shopping, free Promoted Pins for Smart campaigns, more
- Google leveraging Duplex to check and update store inventory
- Google’s latest experiment is Keen, an automated, machine-learning based version of Pinterest
- Changing HTTP to HTTPS in citations
- Does Merging Google My Business Listings Help Ranking?
- Google Testing New 3-Pack Carousel
Mary’s Links
- Shopify Advances After Deal With Walmart Expands Its Reach
- Carrefour and Google launch voice grocery shopping service in France
- How to Defend Your #1 SEO Rankings When You Outrank Your Competitors
- 5 SEO Realities SEO Professionals Struggle with Most
Mike Blumenthal is a co-founder of GatherUp and helps oversee their research, industry insight and agency offering. Mike has long been regarded as the foremost expert on local search and Google Maps, earning the nickname “Professor Maps”. Mike also co-founded LocalU!His motto: All Local All the Time.
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