Fake reviews are nothing new. Back in 2017, the Local Consumer Review Survey first asked consumers how often they spotted fake reviews. Nearly a decade on, they’re still troubling businesses. ...
Reviews play a key role in how customers discover, research, and choose small and medium-sized businesses. This year’s Local Consumer Review Survey has just been released, and reveals the changing ...
Reviews are already a core part of most local SEO agency services, but the latest Local Consumer Review Survey reveals how they can act as a growth lever for your ...
Data is incredibly valuable. Especially your own. For local businesses, it’s the linchpin of your marketing strategies. The issue you’ve probably always had is accessing that data in a way ...
Welcome to our annual look ahead! This year, our experts agree on one big thing: Local SEO in 2026 isn’t about optimizing for Google; it’s about being a genuinely great ...
Are you one of the many marketers, agency professionals, or multi-location business owners managing Google Business Profiles (GBP) but feeling stuck in the basics? You’ve set up the profiles, but ...
When Google discusses the future of search, businesses should pay close attention. A recent session with Omar Riaz, from Strategic Partnerships at Google, at our annual Local SEO for Good ...
In the world of online business, your reputation is gold. Recently, however, many agencies, local businesses, and online services have been dealing with a tricky and unfair challenge specifically on ...
Whether you’ve been reading SEO news, seen sudden changes in your search console dashboard, or opened your favorite rank tracker to discover it’s not working or misreporting, you’ve probably noticed ...
Looking to wow prospects and win more clients? We’re thrilled to announce a new course in BrightLocal Academy that will teach you how to build powerful, custom Local SEO audits ...
Thanks to AI, the world of online search is changing fast. With large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity becoming more common, how businesses get found online is ...
If you’re optimizing local SEO for plumbers, electricians, mobile mechanics, or any business that serves customers at their location, then this course is for you. Service-area businesses (SABs) face unique ...
It’s the time of year when Google hosts their annual conference, Google I/O. Around this time there’s always a buzz as they make announcements, or trickle out new features, and ...
Your local rankings have dropped. Nightmare! Is it just you? What about your local competitors? What about your industry?! Welcome to hours of digging through forums and ranking tools to ...