Last week in local 8/14/2017
Join Local U for the latest public episode of Last Week in Local, a weekly conversation about the articles that attracted our attention during the past week ending August 14th, 2017. This week featuring Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal.
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Mary’s Links
What are the risks for businesses that are getting fake reviews on Google?
Are Local Guides complicit? (answer: yes)
Note Joy’s creative use of her customers as “experts” in the article as a “brand” building tactic.
WXYZ Detroit covers fake online reviews of local businesses at Google
Mike is on a crusade to get Google to fix fake reviews. He was asked to be on the news report about fake reviews and their impact on businesses and consumers
How to Use Organic SEO to Rank in Google’s “Local 3-Pack” (Rio SEO Webinar)
Links clearly have a role to play. but that doesn’t change the fact that entity ranking is different than traditional seo.
You need to be sure to choose the right agency. The wrong marketing team could actually tank your business in a number of ways. Here are the telltale signs of a bad digital marketing agency, and how each type affects your business.
Aldi is adding a huge perk to take on Whole Foods and Lidl
Delivery, organic food? Is Aldi gearing up for a Whole Foods battle?
Entertain the idea, for a moment, that Google assigned a quality score to organic search results. Say it was based off of click data and engagement metrics, and that it would function in a similar way to the Google AdWords quality score. How exactly might such a score work, what would it be based off of, and how could you optimize for it?
Should SEOs Guarantee Their Work? – BrightLocal
Mike’s Links
Last week in Local 8/14
https://twitter.com/asymco/status/896778973744640000
Car dealers are in for a lot of pain. A crisis is brewing. Global automotive aftermarket should shrink by 60% but because of install base only 10% by 2030 due to electric cars needing many fewer parts and repairs. After that it gets catastrophic.
Can Yelp Extend Its Moment in the Sun?
Yelp is caught between a rock and hard place and has done nothing to improve its relationships with their primary customer. They have been slow to innovate and seem to be caught in an untenable position.
New York Today: A Dial-a-Rep Phone Booth – The New York Times
Employees at the Standard Hotel wanted to “do something” to encourage political engagement. Installed a phone booth that allows you to call the representative of choice and voice your opinion. A well done example of a local marketing idea
ADA Compliance for Websites – A Beginner’s Guide
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List
How to Add Your “Under Construction” Business to Google Maps
Google My Business Expands Optional URLS for Appointments, Reservations & Ordering Ahead
12 Facts to Know about Google My Business Appointment URLs | LocalVisibilitySystem.com
Can’t Add a Google My Business Appointment URL? Try This Hack | LocalVisibilitySystem.com
Google Rolling Out Questions & Answers
11 Tips to Optimize the New Google Q & A
Map Anything From the Chrome Address Bar
Useful shortcut to explore map addresses quickly straight from the URL bar.
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Sound levels among two hosts are so bad that Makes almost impossible to Listen. Mike almost whispers when he talks you need to set the volume high to hear what he says and when Mary talks it looks like she is shouting. Very uncomfortable.
Hosts listen to your own podcast and you will understand what I am talking. You need to fix this if you like people to listen your podcast comfortably.
Other than that material is Good 🙂
@lewis
Thought I had caught that problem but apparently not. Thanks for pointing.