Local SEO Insights

Local marketing can be simply described as any marketing activity which puts your business in front of consumers within a certain radius of your location. While that’s straightforward enough, there are lots of different types of activity that fall under this neat umbrella. Local marketing is especially important for small and medium businesses which rely… Read More

Jamie Pitman
June 2nd, 2020

When looking for online directories to add your business data to in the USA, you’ll no doubt come across Citysearch, an “online city guide that provides information about businesses in the categories of dining, entertainment, retail, travel, and professional services”. As you’ve probably gathered, though, the focus here is on businesses in cities in the… Read More

Rada Daktina
May 29th, 2020

If you want to set up a Bing Places for Business listing, you can have your work cut out for you, especially if you’ve hundreds of locations to upload that aren’t on Google My Business. Even if you’re just adding or claiming one Bing Places business listing, the process can get complex. That’s why I’ve… Read More

Rada Daktina
May 22nd, 2020

Whether they have “DoFollow” links or NoFollow links, citation sites with links through to local business websites are invaluable to local SEO. Backlinks remain one of most important factors that influence both organic search ranking and local-search/maps ranking. If you’d like to see what the experts say about local link building, check out our Expert… Read More

Rosie Murphy
May 20th, 2020

Checking whether a business is listed on the top citation sites can be a time-intensive task. But with 80% of consumers losing trust in local businesses if they spot inconsistent business names, addresses, and phone numbers online, accurate business listings can be make or break for many customers. At BrightLocal, our mission is to make… Read More

Rosie Murphy
May 14th, 2020

Have you found yourself wondering how the Google local algorithm works? Or just need to find out how to rank in local search and boost your placement in the local pack? Here, Kyle Goodchild (Associate Manager of SEO at Walmart, Canada) breaks down what goes into the local algorithm and takes you through the three… Read More

Kyle Goodchild
May 5th, 2020

If you’re wondering who your competitors are, what their local SEO strategies are, and if there’s a gap in the market for you to exploit, then you’ve come to the right place.  In this overview, we’re to show you how to use BrightLocal’s tools to map your competitive landscape and pinpoint opportunities for growth. The… Read More

Kate Herbert-Smith
May 5th, 2020

As anyone who has filled out a survey for BrightLocal knows (thank you, by the way!), we take customer feedback very seriously. When we’re prioritizing what products to improve or new features to build, we not only monitor broad market trends, but we listen to you, our hard-working customers, doing your job day after day… Read More

Myles Anderson
April 22nd, 2020

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? You’re probably also wondering how long will it take to see the results and how you can check which listings have gone live.  In short,… Read More

Kate Herbert-Smith
April 14th, 2020