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- Is Instagram the Next Big Local Business Discovery Engine?
- Expanding Our Local Data Aggregator Coverage with GPS Network and YP Network
- New Academy Course: How to Master Local Link Building
- Stay on Top of Customer Feedback with NPS Notification for Get Reviews
- Understand Ranking Performance at a Glance with Average Google Position
- New Academy Course: A Beginner’s Guide to Local SEO
- Fraudulent Business Profiles in the Spotlight as Google Updates Verification Requirements and Trust Signals
- How We Can Support Women in SEO: Advice for Women, from Women
- Supporting Our Ukrainian Brothers and Sisters
- Introducing Locations Overview: Your New Homepage for Monitoring Local SEO Performance
- Introducing New and Improved Citation Builder Reports
- New Academy Course: How to Create Relevant and Engaging Local SEO Reports
- The ‘Vicinity’ Update: Google’s Biggest Local Search Algorithm Update in Five Years
- Google Confirms Local Pack Redesign
- Building the BrightLocal Brand: The Color Scheme Update
- GMB Rebrands to Google Business Profile: What Does it Mean for Local Businesses?
- New Academy Course: How to Perform Local SEO Audits for Multi-location Businesses
- Apple Maps iOS 15 Update: What Should Local Marketers Be Paying Attention To?
- NEW in Local Search Grid: Primary and Additional Business Categories
- Key Learnings from LocalU Advanced, August 2021
- New Academy Course: How to Master Local Keyword Research
- Google My Business ‘Photo Updates’: A Great Way to Get Customer Pics
- Say Hello to a Bolder, Brighter BrightLocal
- Google Now Shows ‘Ranking Factors Box’ in SERPs to Explain Results
- What’s New in Local Search Grid? More Reasons to Put Your Rankings on the Map!
- New Academy Course: Google My Business Management 101
- BrightLocal Welcomes Claire Carlile as Local Search Expert
- How to Build Back Customer Loyalty After Covid-19
- Google My Business: New Features, Updates and Tests from March-May
- NEW: Manage Local Search Grid at Scale with New Support for Enterprise Plans
- Apple Maps Ratings: What’s New and What’s Next?
- How to Gain More Visibility Online During the Pandemic
- Local Quizness – What Happened in Local SEO in March?
- Local 2-Packs Spotted in Google Mobile SERPs
- New Local Search Grid Module Added to BrightLocal Academy
- How to Use On-site Features to Complement Physical Stores
- Local Quizness March 2021 – What’s The Story in Local SEO?
- New Academy Course: How to Land Your First Local SEO Client
- Core Web Vitals and the Page Experience Update: What They Mean for Local Businesses
- NEW: Claim Your Agency Directory Listing
- Put Your Rankings on the Map with Local Search Grid
- Local Quizness February 2021 – What’s New in Local SEO?
- Star Rating Now Showing in Google Review Summary
- 7 Ways Local Businesses Can Improve Website SEO
- Google Posts No Longer Expire After Seven Days
- Local Quizness – Quiz of the Year 2020!
- Expert Local SEO Predictions for 2021
- The Year in Local Search – 2020
- Google My Business: New Features, Updates and Tests Roundup
- Take Your Local SEO to the Next Level with New BrightLocal Academy
- Local Quizness December 2020 – Put Your News Knowledge to the Test!
- Local Quizness November 2020 – How Well Do You Know Last Month’s News?
- How Do You Keep Your Clients Engaged?
- NEW: Direct-to-Review Makes It Easier for Happy Customers to Leave Reviews
- Get 10% Off LocalU Advanced with BrightLocal
- Local Quizness October 2020 – Test Your News Knowledge!
- How Local Businesses Can Harness the Power of Referral Marketing
- NEW ‘Just Reviews’ Subscription Plan: A Priceless Reputation at a Fair Price
- Local Quizness September 2020 – Local SEO News Quiz
- How Do You Make a Google My Business Listing More ‘Clickable’?
- Long-tail Keywords: 3 Key Ways to Find Super-focused Keywords
- Local Quizness August 2020 – Test Your Local Marketing News Knowledge!
- Google Tests $50/mo Upgraded GMB – What Does it Mean for Local Businesses?
- Four Simple Ways to Inject Humor into Your Local Marketing
- Three Steps to Achieving Better Results in Voice Search
- How BrightLocal Supercharged Its Review Strategy
- Covid-19 SEO News & Resources Roundup – Updated July 23rd
- 9 Free Listing Sites to Get Found On (and How to Optimize for Them)
- The Five-Step Guide to Reopening Your Local Business During Covid-19
- Local Quizness July 2020 – Test Your Local SEO News Knowledge!
- How Do You Measure the Success of a Local SEO Campaign?
- Google Adds New Features to Bolster Local Businesses Covid-19 Recovery
- Local Quizness June 2020 – Test Your Local SEO News Knowledge!
- Why You Still Need Local Links (and How to Get Them)
- How to Determine a Benchmark for Local SEO Work
- NEW FREE TOOL: Scan Top Citations Sites with the Local Listings Health Scanner
- How to Use Google’s Spam Redressal Form to Level the Local Playing Field
- Tracking the Return of Google Reviews During Covid-19
- Local Quizness May 2020 – Test Your Local SEO News Knowledge!
- NEW: Let Your Happiest Customers Do the Selling With Showcase Reviews
- BrightLocal’s Citation Monitoring Goes from Strength to Strength
- How to Boost Engagement with Tactical Local Email Marketing
- NEW: Sidestep Noisy Inboxes and Grow Reviews Faster with SMS Mode
- The Best Tactics to Market and Thrive During a Crisis
- NEW: Access BrightLocal Data in AgencyAnalytics
- “When the Going Gets Tough…” – A Message from Myles Anderson
- GMB Features Suspended Due to Covid-19: What’s Changed and How It Affects BrightLocal Customers
- Is Building Citations Still Important to Local SEO?
- 10 Actionable Ways for Restaurants to Attract Local Business Through Instagram
- 5 Compelling Reasons to Adopt a Simple Brand Identity
- Marketing to Young Consumers? Make Sure You’re Doing These 3 Things
- 11 Women in Local SEO Doing Great Things Right Now
- New Local SERP Display Puts Directories Front and Center
- 7 Ways to Boost Your Hotel’s Local Rankings and Reap the Rewards
- Local Search FAQs Answered! #LocalSEOChat Recap
- Google Maps vs Apple Maps: Who Will Reign Supreme?
- See Ya(hoo) Later! How BrightLocal Is Streamlining Reports and Focusing on What Matters
- Beyond GMB: The Best Places to Source Customer Feedback
- Local Legends: Martha van Berkel on the Power of Schema for Local Businesses
- What Does the Featured Snippets Shakeup Mean for Local SEO?
- NEW: Track Rankings Your Way with Blended and Unblended Reporting
- 10 Years of BrightLocal: Founders’ Q&A
- The Future of Local Search: 20+ Predictions for 2020
- The 12 Yays of Christmas
- NEW: Foursquare Brings Faster, More Cost-effective Data Aggregator Submissions
- An Overview of Common Google SERP Features
- BrightLocal Is Ten!
- Google Confirms November 2019 Bedlam Update is Based on Neural Matching
- NEW FEATURE: Never Miss a Single Customer Review with Review Inbox
- Are We Experiencing a Local Algorithm Update? [Local RankFlux Data – November 2019 Bedlam Update]
- Tales of Horror from the Dark Side of Google My Business
- What is Google BERT and How Will It Affect Local Businesses?
- Introducing the New and Improved BrightLocal Help Center
- 40+ New Niche Review Sites for Reputation Manager
- Local Legends: Greg Gifford on Pay-to-Play, Real-world Signals and What’s Next for Local Search
- Local Legends: Claire Carlile on Setting Client Expectations and the Future of Google Maps
- Google Announces Big Change to Local Business Review Schema
- What the Flux?! Introducing Local RankFlux
- Organic + Local + Paid: A Holistic Approach for Fast-Changing Local SERPs
- [Video] Five Things We Discovered Analyzing 45,000 Google My Business Listings
- Introducing ‘Client Access’ for Reputation Manager
- Google Is Rolling Out Quote Request Buttons on GMB for Branded Searches
- How Car Dealerships Are Speeding Ahead with Google My Business
- The New Google My Business Features Giving Power Back to Local Businesses
- Google Is Testing GMB Posts ‘Related to Your Search’
- Acxiom to Retire Directory and Local Search Products at End of 2019
- 6 Local SEO Trends We’ll Experience This Year and Beyond
- Local SEO: What to Consider When Opening a New Location
- How Enterprise Businesses Can Use Facebook to Improve Customer Experience
- NEW: Introducing ‘Link Mode’ for Reputation Manager
- NEW FREE TOOL: Generate Google My Business Profile and Review Links with Ease
- 3 Key Strategies to Deliver Google Ads Success for Local Businesses
- The 5 Highest ROI Marketing Investments Local SEOs Can Make in 2019
- About a BLOB: The Story of the BrightLocal Rebrand
- How Google Is Making Spam-fighting Even Harder
- Short Names Come to Google My Business: Have You Reserved Yours?
- What Does Google Duplex Mean for the Future of Customer Service?
- The Link Building and Voice Search Power of ‘How To’ Content
- Is Yelp Monetizing Consumer Trust with Its New ‘Verified’ Badge?
- How to Use the New Google My Business Help Community
- How to Boost Local Business Visibility with Question Research and Optimization
- NEW: Enhanced Overview for Reputation Manager – Take Control of Reputation at Scale
- How Does Population Density Affect Local Rankings?
- What Does Moz’s Domain Authority 2.0 Mean for Local Businesses?
- How to Get Your Videos to Rank for Local Search Phrases
- 12 Content Marketing Tips to Improve Local SEO
- New Google My Business ‘Offers’ View Makes Promos More Prominent
- How to Report Google My Business Spam
- What Can Local Marketers Learn from Google’s Quality Raters’ Guidelines?
- 6 Tactics to Target a Hyper-local Audience
- Why Is Content from Google Posts Appearing in Local Pack Listings?
- How GMB’s ‘Opening Soon’ Feature Works in Practice: A Case Study
- NEW: Introducing ‘Kiosk Mode’ for Reputation Manager
- Google My Business and Legal Directory Tips for New Law Firms
- 10 BrightLocal Features You Might Have Missed
- Photos in Google Local Services Ads: What You Need to Know
- What Does the Latest Google My Business App Mean for Local Marketing Agencies?
- BrightLocal’s 2018 Year in Review… and a Taste of What’s Next
- Sometimes All You Need to E-A-T is a Sandwich
- How Relevant Are Citations in 2019?
- 6 Easy Ways to Track the ROI of Offline Ads
- How to Use New ‘Branded Searches’ in Google My Business Insights [UPDATED]
- Who Needs a Google Beacon? Google Location Accuracy Tested and Assessed
- How to Unlock the Power of Google My Business Search Queries
- VIDEO: How to Win More Customers With a 5-star Review Strategy
- Announcing New Improvements to Your Customer Experience
- Service Area Businesses: GMB ‘Service Area’ Update and SERP Clicks Analyzed
- Local and Micro-influencers: How to Find, Approach and Engage Them for More Human Marketing
- Google Maps’ New “Follow” Button Will Revolutionize GMB Posts
- What’s New in Google My Business: Product Collections and More
- A Guide to Creating Scalable Local Content for Enterprise Businesses
- What Does the End of Google+ Mean for Local Businesses?
- NEW TOOL: Revolutionize Your Reviews With Reputation Manager
- How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Local Businesses
- ‘How Do Algorithm Updates Affect Local Businesses?’ #LocalSEOChat Recap
- Important Update to Google Local Rank Tracking and Search Locations
- How to Use New Instagram Features to Promote Your Local Business
- Google My Business Post Insights: Just How Insightful Are They?
- Is Google’s “Near Me” Still Effective for Local SEO?
- Facebook Is Switching Review Ratings to Recommendations
- ‘How Do You Manage Online Reviews?’ #LocalSEOChat Recap
- 5,000 Leads Generated Using BrightLocal Tool for Agencies
- How Has Google’s August Broad Core Algorithm Update Affected Local Business Websites?
- Is GDPR Coming to the USA?
- Local SEO Begins with Community
- What Are Google My Business Insights’ Subjective Attributes and How Can You Use Them?
- Google Speed Update Set to Impact Slow Local Business Websites
- How Social Media Can Destroy Your Business
- Google’s Mobile-first Index Hits Local Business Websites
- How Can Local Businesses Fight Spam in Local Results?
- Anonymous Google Reviews Are Officially a Thing of the Past
- Citation Builder Manual Submissions Time Halved + More Updates
- How Reliable Are Google My Business Insights?
- 7 Great Tools to Generate Leads from Your Content
- Google My Business Agency Dashboard: Delight or Disaster for SEOs?
- How to Use Schema Markup at Scale for Multi-Location Businesses
- 7 Tactics Local SEOs Can Steal from SERP-hogging Giants
- Do Local Businesses Need Social Media?
- Easy Ways to Find Local SEO Clients
- How Email Personalization Helps to Grow Local Businesses
- Do Local Businesses Still Need a Website?
- See SEO Success Instantly with Location Dashboard Summary
- Updated ‘Directions’ Heatmap in Google Insights Brings New Local SEO Opportunities
- How to Tell If You’re a Toxic Client
- Introducing the LeadGen Widget for SEO Agencies and Freelancers
- How to Sell Local SEO Services
- How to Choose a Local SEO Agency or Consultant
- Google My Business Q&A: The New Knowledge Panel Feature That You Might Just Hate or Love
- How to Raise Your Personal Authority and Credibility with Google
- NEW: Own Your Results With Detailed White-label Report Emails
- BrightLocal Celebrates the Meaning of Christmas Through Gift-Giving
- Why Is Local Business Schema Markup Critical to Local SEO Success?
- How to Survey Clients and Customers to Understand Their Needs
- Why Every Business Needs to Build Citations
- Why Has Google Re-Branded ‘Home Services’ to ‘Local Services’?
- Introducing ‘Local Search Audit’ – Your Cleaner, Meaner Local Search Check Up Tool
- 13 Local SEOs Share Their Halloween Horror Stories
- Do Online Reviews Impact Some Industries More Than Others?
- 5 Tips for Better Collaboration with Your Team
- 5 Reasons Why Bing Is Still Important to Your SEO Strategy
- How To Run A Winning Digital Marketing Agency
- Troubleshooting Google My Business Issues Q&A
- 5 Keyword Research Tips to Help Your Rankings on Google
- Google’s Pop-Up Ad Backlash
- Expanded Citation Team Delivering Faster Results
- How to Show Clients SEO ROI
- View Google My Business Insights in your BrightLocal reports
- 5 Video Ideas for Local Business Marketing
- Facebook Live Best Practices
- How to Take Your Offline Business Online
- 5 Local SEO Tips to Help You Manage Your SEO Clients
- How to Use Facebook Messenger as a Customer Service Tool
- Cautious Clients: How To Sell To Clients That Have Been Burned
- How to Become an Expert in Local Search
- Landing Page Conversions Suck? Make These Changes to Get More Conversions Out of Your Existing Pages
- 7 LinkedIn Tips That Will Make You Look Like a Business Rockstar
- 10 Must-Try Social Media Tools
- The Power of Push Notifications: How to Use Push Notifications to Get Visitors Back to Your Site
- Top Google Analytics Blunders to Avoid
- 6 Steps to Creating an eBook Lead Magnet that ‘Wows’ Your Visitors
- Can Proposal Software Help Streamline Your Proposal Creation Process?
- New Citation Tracker Designs & Features
- How to Choose the Right Keywords That Drive High-Quality Leads to Your Business
- Easy Ways to Create Local Content That Boosts Your Local Search Rankings
- Why Employee Training is Essential to Your Company’s Success
- Tips for Handling Difficult Clients or Clients With Complaints
- Common SEO Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
- SEO and Social Media: A Mixture for Success
- How to Create an Email Newsletter Your Customers Actually Read
- New Features: Keyword Query Count & Keyword Groups
- The Rise of Digital Marketing Consultants
- The Impact of Online Reviews on Businesses
- Import Locations from Google My Business to BrightLocal
- How Do People Search for Local Businesses?
- 5 Reasons Why Content Marketing is a Must-Have Strategy
- How to Effectively Use Keywords to Rank Higher on Search Engines
- What is Influencer Marketing: How Having an Influencer Marketing Strategy Can Help Grow Your Audience and Authority
- How to Optimize Your On-Page Signals for Local Search
- How Creating Buyer Personas Can Help Your Business
- 4 Ways to Successfully Onboard a New Client
- Latest Rank Checker Updates – Q1 2017
- Agency Owners: How to Boost Your Team’s Morale
- Google adds GMB Insights Data to its latest API release
- 3 Reasons You Should Add HTTPS to Your Local Business Website
- Content Curation: How to Win in the Content Marketing War
- Updated Designs for Local Rank Tracker
- Bringing Christmas Joy to Those in Need: Philippines BrightLocal Team Gives Back to Their Community
- Find Duplicate Listings in Google My Business with BrightLocal
- 5 Ways Chatbots Can Improve Your Team’s Performance
- Last Minute Christmas Shoppers: 3 Ways to Get These Shoppers to Buy from You
- Losing Clients: How Digital Marketing Agencies Can Deal with Losing a Client
- Enough is Enough: When to Fire a Client
- How to Use Social Media for Location-Based Sales Prospecting
- 5 Ways to Win New Clients
- How to Write Proposals: Creating a Winning Digital Marketing Proposal
- Schema Demystified: Schema Markup and the SEO Benefits
- Design Overhaul & New Features For Google Local Wizard
- Google RankBrain 101: Essential RankBrain Strategies
- 5 Trends Shaping the Future of Local SEO: BrightonSEO 2016
- How to Manage Multi-Location Clients
- New Feature: Build Citations Directly from your Citation Tracker Report
- New Feature: Report Creation Wizard
- Local Content: Why Authenticity Matters in Local SEO
- New Feature: White Label Themes for External Dashboards
- Facebook integration comes to BrightLocal
- New Updates: Twitter Integration & White-Label Dashboards
- Google 3-Pack to become 2-pack, with new paid listings
- Major Update – Location Dashboards & Google Analytics Integration
- 5 Local SEO tactics you need to stop doing today
- Using Review Videos to Improve SERP Click-Throughs
- Receive email alerts for changes to your Google Local listing
- 5 Local SEO Lessons from Local Business Case Studies
- Update: Tracking Google Mobile Rankings + Enhanced Multi-location Reporting
- Why Your Clients Need Review Management
- Local SEO in 2015 – A year in review
- CitationBurst Now Live in 6 New Countries
- How to Build Local PPC Campaigns That Really Deliver New Customers
- New Feature: SERP Screenshots for Local Ranking Reports
- Citation Tracker Now Available in New Zealand
- The Demise of Yahoo Maps – An Expert Viewpoint
- Tool Update: Track Sub-Rankings Within Local Results
- Track Facebook & TripAdvisor Reviews with ReviewFlow
- Duplicate Citation Finder Added to Citation Tracker
- Google Mobile Friendly Update Released Today
- Feature Update – Citation NAP Audit Available for Canada
- Feature Update – NAP Audit Roll-out & Statuses Added to Citation Reports
- Improved White Label Email Reporting
- Which SMB Sectors Spend More Online & Get Best Returns
- How Does Company Size Affect Internet Marketing Activity?
- See NAP Data in Your Citation Reports
- Reviewing 2014 Local Search Predictions
- A Year In Local Search: A Look Back At 2014
- Pigeon Update Rolled Out Beyond USA?
- Tool Update – Change the Way We Track Google Maps Results in USA
- Google+ Local added to CitationBurst
- Local SEO industry Survey 2014 – Further Insights
- Mobile Marketing can Save your Local Business – or Kill it
- 5 Visual Stats to Show the Power of Online Reviews
- What Star Rating is Too Low for a Local Business?
- Local Search Tips for the Healthcare Industry
- How to Do Local Keyword Research Effectively
- How to Grow From a 1 Man Consultancy into a Successful SEO Agency
- Surviving A Google Manual Penalty
- New: Track Competitor Search Rankings
- New Reports: Citation Roll-up Reports
- Google My Business – Video Guide & Insider Insights
- 4 Local Search Tips for Effective Multi-Location Optimization
- New White-Label Emails & ‘External Reports’
- Top Tips for Successful Local Search Reporting
- 5-Star Reviews – Best Practices for Earning Quality Reviews
- Yahoo Updates Local Search Result Designs & Content
- 7 Best Practices on Communicating with Clients
- Local Citation Selection: 6 Important Signals to Consider
- 5 Essential Tactics for Long-term Local SEO Success
- Rank Tracker Roll Up Reports
- ReviewFlow – New Review Tracking Tool
- Add Custom Directories to ReviewBiz Badges
- Local Search Term Research – 10 Tactics for Pinpointing Best Local Terms
- Building a Close Working Relationship – Q&A with Brian Childers
- Facebook vs. Google Mobile: Local Search Smackdown – Who’s Winning?
- Building a Close Working Relationship – Q&A with Laura Betterley
- Alert: Google Places Update – New Designs, Star Ratings & Alignment to Maps
- Building a Close Working Relationship – Q&A with Gary Donson
- 10 Video Marketing Tips for Maximum Local SEO Impact
- Building a Close Working Relationship – Q&A with Daryl Quinlan
- Social Media – Why SEO Agencies Don’t Always Practice What They Preach
- New Citation Tracking Charts Added to Citation Tracker
- Efficient Local SEO Agencies Use Helpdesk Software to Manage Customer Interactions
- Starting a New Local SEO Engagement – Gary Donson
- ‘Location Emulation’ – Track Search Rankings at City or Zipcode Level
- Local SEOs Use Traditional Media to Hunt for New Local Clients
- Local SEOs Use Traditional Media to Hunt for New Local Clients
- Starting a New Local SEO Engagement – Brian Childers
- CitationBurst Submission Service Launches in Australia
- Starting a New Local SEO Engagement – Laura Betterly
- Starting a New Local SEO Engagement – Q&A with Darryl Quinlan
- Agency Q&A: Winning New Customers – Laura Betterly
- Agency Q&A: Winning New Customers – Gary Donson
- Agency Q&A: Winning New Customers – Brian Childers
- Google+ Local Wizard – New Features Explained
- What next? Predictions for Local in 2013
- Track Multiple Websites in Your Search Ranking Reports
- Manage Your Citation Campaigns the Easy Way!
- Interactive Ranking Charts – Visualise Your Search Rankings
- Google Local Search Update – Removes ‘Custom Location’ Option
- Rank Checker – Interactive Reports, Colorful Charts & White-Label Reports
- Local SEO Check-up – Live in Australia and Canada!
- Bing Tests New Local Search Layouts
- Track Rankings for Clients Who Don’t Have a Website
- Local Rank Tracker – Live in Australia!
- Local Rank Tracker Live in Canada!
- 5 Quick Steps to Harness the Power of Online Business Directories
- Win New Local Customers with a Perfect Business Directory Listing
- 10 Easy Tips to Perfect Your Google Places Business Listing
Introduction to Online Reviews
Introduction to Local Citations
Introduction to Local SEO
Getting Started with Google Business Profile
Key Review Sites for Local Businesses
Google Business Profile Learning Hub
Google Business Profile Optimization
Generating Reviews for Local Businesses
Review Management Learning Hub
Local Search Optimization
Google Business Profile Reporting
Review Profile Management
Local Citations Learning Hub
Google Business Profile Support and Common Issues
Online Reviews Dos and Don'ts
