Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending May 3, 2021

Join Mike, Mary, and Carrie with insights on Amazon & corporate expectations, conversion points on website content, link to google in featured snippets, why you should still be building some citations & much more!

On a side note – this is our official 150th Episode!  Mike was only off on his guess by a smidge!
Thanks for hanging out with us for 150 weeks of local search & SEO updates!

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 news, and tactical insights for anyone interested in Local Search.

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Mike’s Links:

• Amazon’s Ruthless Efficiencies – Mike Blumenthal – NearMedia.co
  • [Carrie] California appeals court finds Amazon responsible for third party sellers’ products – The Verge.com
• Andrew Shotland on LinkedIn: #andrewshotland #SEO #localseoguide
• Case study: More content is not always better for ranking in Google – Joy Hawkins – SearchEngineLand.com
• WordPress Saves Creative Commons Search Engine From Shutting Down – SearchEngineLand.com
  • Beautiful Free Images & Pictures – Unsplash.com
• Do Google My Business Identity Attributes Impact Ranking? SterlingSky.ca – Colan Nielsen – SterlingSky.ca

Mary’s Links

• Pet Retailer [Case Study] – RioSEO 
• Title Tags Are The On Page Ranking Signal – Are Yours Optimized? – Darren Shaw – Whitespark.ca
• Do Citations Still Matter for Local SEO? – Darren Shaw – Whitespark.ca
• Supply Chain Disruption Can Become Opportunity for Small Businesses –  TheBalanceSMB.com

Carrie’s Links

• Google Adding Links To Featured Snippets That Lead Back To Google – Barry Schwartz, SERoundtable.com

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Carrie Hill

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.

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