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Since November 3, when our local algorithm monitoring tool Local RankFlux alerted subscribers of high volatility in the local pack, the local search community has been abuzz with theories circulating as to what could be causing the major drops and increases in rankings. On Monday, December 2, Google confirmed it had rolled out an update… Read More

Stephanie Newton
December 4th, 2019

Today, we’re proud to announce a major update to Reputation Manager with the release of Review Inbox. What is Review Inbox? Review Inbox makes multi-location reputation management simpler. Now you can see every customer review, for every location you manage in BrightLocal, from the comfort of a single feed.  With Review Inbox you can: See… Read More

Kristian Bannister
November 27th, 2019

How much time do you spend setting up marketing reports for a client or for your business? A couple of hours? A whole day? Well, in BrightLocal you can now do it in under five minutes! That’s because we’ve just made a major upgrade to our Report Creation Wizard. At BrightLocal, we’ve always been dedicated… Read More

Kristian Bannister
November 22nd, 2019

[Update: November 28th, 2019] After Local RankFlux initially tracked higher than usual ranking fluctuations at the beginning of November, new theories have emerged as the local search community tries to make sense of the changes; the local algorithm update has been coined ‘The Bedlam Update’, by Joy Hawkins, while theories are circulating that flux in the… Read More

Rosie Murphy
November 8th, 2019

It’s time to gather around the campfire and tell some spooky Google My Business (GMB) horror stories. Since he shares the name of Friday the 13th killer Jason Voorhees, it’s only fitting that Jason Brown acts as the narrator. Please do not read this post in the dark. Google allows and encourages users to create… Read More

Jason Brown
October 31st, 2019

Google very recently announced the rollout of a significant update to how it handles search queries, called BERT, but how will this affect local search and local businesses? Do you suddenly need to switch up your local search strategy? While it’s still very early days, here’s a primer for BERT and some guidance on what… Read More

Jamie Pitman
October 28th, 2019