Posts Tagged ‘google’
Video Deep Dive: Upcoming Mobile Ranking Change
This is the 10th installment this year of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending Friday, March 18th, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video, including links and commentary on critical happenings of the previous week is posted in the Local U…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: Views of the Future of Google Search – Full Immersion
This is the 9th installment this year of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending Friday, March 11th, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video, including links and commentary on critical happenings of the previous week is posted in the Local U…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: How the Big 4 Performed in Local in 2015
This is the final installment of our Deep Dive Into Local series for 2015. For the week ending Monday, December 18th, Mary Bowling, Aaron Weiche and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video, including a discussion of additional important developments in Local during the previous week, is posted…
Read MoreGoogle Trusted Verifier Program: It was there and now it’s not
Early today at Linda’s forum and in the Local U forum it was reported that Google had rolled out a new Google Trusted Verifier Program that allowed folks in the field to verify a business instantly. However it now appears that the help files were released prematurely and they were all removed from Google. Or…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: Google Knowledge Panel, Local Marries Search & Divorces Plus & Owning Your Web Equity
This is the 14th installment of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending Friday, December 4th, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. David Mihm is on sabbatical through April. The complete video is posted in the Local U forums (paywall). In the second half…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: Google Local Gets a Promotion
This is the thirteenth installment of our Deep Dive into Local series. For the week ending Friday, November 20th, Mary Bowling, David Mihm and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video is posted in the Local U forums (paywall). In the second half of that video, they take…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: Google’s New RankBrain Algo & Local Search
This is the tenth installment of our Deep Dive into Local series. For the week ending 10/30/15, David Mihm, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video is posted in the Local U forums (paywall). In the second half of that video, they take a deeper…
Read MoreVideo Deep Dive: Google Local Past and Present – The Implications of the New Dashboard and API
This is the eighth installment of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending 10/19/15, David Mihm, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video is posted in the Local U forums (paywall). In the second half of that video, they take a deeper…
Read MoreUse This Link to Ask For Google Reviews on Mobile (& the Desktop)
Now that Google has finally updated their mobile browser display and is, after a very long hiatus, allowing users to leave reviews on Android and iOS mobile browsers, the question arises of how to best direct your customers to leave a review. What is the best link to share with them so that they can…
Read MoreGoogle Cautions Against Local SEO Scams
Update 4/23/15: Google has updated their help file with additional information about these scams: Local SEO telephone scams claiming to be Google and targeting local businesses continue unabated. The pitch, promising to help fix your listing or rank you number one, ring into small business phone lines with the regularity of Big Ben, hour after hour, year after…
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