Jamie Pitman

In the months since we launched Local Search Grid, we’ve been hard at work adding new functionality and updates to make it the de facto geo grid of choice. Alongside the usual, subtle quality-of-life updates you’re not supposed to notice, we’ve launched some big new features that take understanding and improving your local search performance… Read More

Jamie Pitman
July 1st, 2021

Great news for agencies and brands managing 100+ locations: you can now set up custom plans for Local Search Grid credits! This means no more repetitive, manual purchasing of additional credits for businesses using this powerful tool at considerable scale. What’s New? Since launching Local Search Grid in February of this year, we’ve spoken to… Read More

Jamie Pitman
April 28th, 2021

Working with multiple local business clients and locations can leave even the best SEOs scratching their heads, but managing everything under one roof with BrightLocal can help take away the headache. There’s also a wealth of BrightLocal guides, resources, features and functions specifically designed to help agencies grow and to make their lives far easier.… Read More

Jamie Pitman
April 16th, 2021

This week, Google released a new tool that allows Google My Business account holders to handle the removal of Google reviews, one by one, and see the status of these review removal requests. This is big news in the fight against fake reviews on Google, and comes hot off the heels of a report that… Read More

Jamie Pitman
March 19th, 2021

You’ve got your optimization checklist to complete, either for your own local business or on behalf of your client, and you’re now wondering; “What are the best free Local SEO tools and browser extensions that will help do the manual work for me?” We all love a freebie, but when it comes to the complex… Read More

Jamie Pitman
February 23rd, 2021

We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of Local Search Grid, a brand-new local rankings tool from BrightLocal that allows you to see the bigger picture of search. Without further ado, here’s how awesome it looks. Snazzy, right? There’s a lot I could say about Local Search Grid and what this new tool means for… Read More

Jamie Pitman
February 10th, 2021

500+ Citation Sites for 100 US Cities [Updated 2021] Building and cleaning up local business citations is an essential, ‘table stakes’ task for any business that wants to rank well in local search. It’s easy to find out which citations have the highest authority, but authority isn’t everything. Local and industry relevance is also very… Read More

Jamie Pitman
January 18th, 2021

UPDATED December 18th, 2020: Added news of Preview Call History rolling out to Google My Business As we approach Christmas, there seems to be no let-up in the fast pace of updates and tests in Google My Business. At BrightLocal, we may have been busy releasing a detailed piece of research, a complete local SEO… Read More

Jamie Pitman
December 15th, 2020

Advance Your Agency is a BrightLocal series designed to equip you with the skills, knowledge, and advice necessary to take your agency operations to the next level.  As in any industry where trust has to be placed in an expert or authority, there are sharks in SEO. While we in local search like to think of… Read More

Jamie Pitman
November 18th, 2020

You asked, we listened! Our users wanted a faster, friction-free way to get reviews from their happiest customers, and that’s why today we’re launching the highly anticipated ‘Direct-to-Review’ setting for Get Reviews. It’s a simple change, but one that could make a world of difference to your review generation. With Direct-to-Review switched on, positive reviewers… Read More

Jamie Pitman
October 29th, 2020