Local SEO Insights

Every year, the Local Consumer Review Survey explores the ways in which local business customers use online reviews to choose, trust, and understand businesses offering services in their area. Since its inception in 2010, the report has aimed to help local businesses, consumers, and marketers understand the impact customer reviews can have on consumers, and… Read More

Rosie Murphy
December 9th, 2020

It’s time for the last Local Quizness of the year! Every month, we pay close attention to all of the new features, bugs, and trends affecting local marketers – so you don’t have to. Answer 10 quick questions to find out if you spotted some of the biggest stories in local SEO from November, and… Read More

Rosie Murphy
December 3rd, 2020

If you’re looking for information on how to add your business to Cylex or claim an existing listing on the Cylex business directory, you’ve come to the right place! This guide to adding or claiming your Cylex business listing focuses on Cylex US, but for the most part, the process is the same wherever you… Read More

Rada Daktina
December 1st, 2020

There’s no doubt content is key to both ranking high in local search and generating more leads, but there’s a lot of mixed messages about the best ways to approach this. And often what ranks and what converts can be very different beasts. Luckily, we’ve enlisted Sterling Sky’s content creating champion Carrie Hill to get… Read More

Kristian Bannister
November 24th, 2020

[Update 12/19/2019: Acxiom has officially retired its directory, meaning we no longer submit to it as one of our big four data aggregators. Foursquare has taken its place.] Post last updated: May 2020 We see a lot of questions in forums and blog comments asking ‘which citation service is best?’ so we thought we’d provide… Read More

Myles Anderson
November 22nd, 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