Local SEO Blog

Last month we released our biggest research piece of the year to date, The Google My Business Insights Study. The study was based on analysis of 45,000 Google My Business listings and revealed a host of insights about how businesses and consumers use Google My Business. The full study is well worth a read. But […]

Kristian Bannister
August 5th, 2019

Our recently-released Google My Business Insights Study took 45,000 GMB profiles across 36 industries and analyzed their Insights to see which industries were outperforming others. Following on from our deep dive into car dealerships’ exceptional performance in Google My Business, it’s time to take a good look at the other big winners in the field, […]

Jamie Pitman
August 1st, 2019

Today we’re launching a highly-requested feature for Reputation Manager: Client Access. Client Access is designed to help agencies streamline review generation for their clients. It lets your clients log in into their own Reputation Management dashboard, allowing them to: See their latest reviews Figure out their overall reputation through easy-to-understand charts Easily reply to Facebook […]

Kristian Bannister
July 29th, 2019

In a move that will excite service-level businesses wanting more traction from their Google My Business efforts, Google is rolling out frankly massive ‘Get a Quote’ buttons for relevant businesses which have messaging turned on in the Google My Business app. These buttons appear on Knowledge Panel results for branded searches, so your customers will […]

Jamie Pitman
July 25th, 2019

Our recently released Google My Business Insights Study uncovered a wealth of data (from no less than 45,000 businesses) on how consumers find and interact with businesses via their GMB listings. While it was interesting to see trends appearing over the 16-month period analyzed, some of the biggest surprises came from seeing which industries were […]

Jamie Pitman
July 25th, 2019

In a blog on June 20th, Google My Business announced a number of exciting initiatives that we believe will help local businesses maximize the impact of their listings. The blog, ‘Helping businesses capture their identity with Google My Business‘, identifies a number of new features to Google My Business. While GMB is busy releasing updates […]

Rosie Murphy
June 21st, 2019