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Find out the latest dates and places for Local University events. Since launching in February 2010, Local University has helped thousands of local U.S. businesses take control of their online presence. We’re advocates for search engine optimization (SEO) best practices that will lead to sustained, long-term search engine rankings for local enterprises, both big and small.
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Video: Last Week in Local for the Week Ending June 14, 2021
Carrie, Mary, and Mike discuss Google’s Small Business Advisors, the FTC’s resolution with MoviePass, Rating Pins on Maps, Relations in GMB and much more! Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It covers critical industry trends, interesting local…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending June 7, 2021
Join Mary Bowling, Mike Blumenthal, and special guest Jason Barnard as they discuss the weeks’ news in local search & SEO Then hop over and watch their discussion about obtaining a Personal Brand Panel, with tactics and strategy. Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting…
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Video: Last Week in Local for the Week Ending June 1, 2021
Mary, Mike & Carrie discuss the last week’s local search & SEO news. Info & news from Google Marketing Live, Amazon’s Sidewalk “opt-out”, Scholarship linkbuilding & more. Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It covers critical industry trends,…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending May 24, 2021
Today Mike, Mary & Carrie discuss Google I/O, Tess Voecks’ Freelancer Management Dashboard, The Shopping Graph, Keywords that Clients Actually Use, and much more! It’s a holiday in Canada, Happy Victoria Day to my co-workers – so you’re treated to the not even novice video editing skills of Carrie this…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending May 17, 2021
Today Mike, Mary & Carrie discuss the return of the 10-pack, google’s technical SEO discovery chops, common service area business GMB mistakes, great service business optimization tactics, and more. Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It covers critical…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending May 10, 2021
Happy 151st Episode – Last Week in Local Viewers & Readers! Join Mike & Carrie as they discuss FTC’s findings on companies that limit who can work on their equipment, how keyword stuffing in GMB has real-world implications, and bugs from BrightLocal’s Rank Flux tool and Google’s LSA Bidding SFAFU….
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