Update – In late May, Google’s Danny Sullivan responded to Joy Hawkins confirming that the early May local flux was based on a bug, rather than a local algorithm update. ...
Update: In May, 2022, Google added the option ‘Business Doesn’t Exist’ to the form, making it easier than ever before to submit reports of spammy listings for non-existent businesses. For ...
Ranking in local search is becoming more difficult every day. Why? Competition. The Google local algorithm is constantly updating to ensure that search results best match the intent behind a user’s query. ...
Today, we’re launching an important and eagerly-awaited feature for Reputation Manager. It’s called Showcase Reviews and, as the name suggests, it allows you to showcase your customers’ reviews beautifully on ...
On Wednesday, April 22, Sterling Sky’s resident spam fighter and GMB expert, Jason Brown, joined BrightLocal CEO Myles Anderson for another action-packed hour of Local Search Clinic. This week our ...
In spite of — or perhaps because of — its age, email marketing remains one of the most powerful ways to accomplish outreach, retain customers, and boost engagement. Assuming you ...
In 2020, Google My Business optimization is one of the key skills a local marketer needs. But, while we know how important an optimized Google business listing is, we were ...
Text messaging is one of the most effective ways to reach consumers in marketing. On average, SMS messages are opened and responded to in less than two minutes, while it ...
If you’ve just hit ‘submit’ on your first Citation Builder campaign in BrightLocal, congratulations! We bet you’re excited to see how this will improve your online visibility and rankings, right? ...
We get it, you get it, we get that you get it — online reviews are important to local businesses. That drum has been well and truly beaten into submission. ...
Today we’re excited to announce a brand new integration with marketing dashboard powerhouse, AgencyAnalytics. AgencyAnalytics’ tool integrations allow you to monitor all of your marketing channels in one place, and ...
Covid-19 has undoubtedly disrupted the local landscape – shuttering many businesses worldwide, and changing ways of working for those staying open. We wanted to find out the challenges our users ...