Local SEO Insights

We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of Local Search Grid, a brand-new local rankings tool from BrightLocal that allows you to see the bigger picture of search. Without further ado, here’s how awesome it looks. Snazzy, right? There’s a lot I could say about Local Search Grid and what this new tool means for… Read More

Jamie Pitman
February 10th, 2021

It may have only been the first month of the year, but the local SEO news didn’t ease us in gently!  Test your knowledge of last month’s biggest stories in our monthly local marketing news quiz – Local Quizness!  In just 10 questions, you can challenge your knowledge of the biggest tests, new features, and… Read More

Rosie Murphy
February 9th, 2021

Anyone who runs an online business needs to get to grips with search engine optimization (SEO). SEO is the process of working to make your website rank more highly in results pages on search engines such as Google. There are a few strategies you can use to help your site rank better in local search… Read More

Ian Loew
February 2nd, 2021

‘Adventures in Local Marketing’ is back with a bang for 2021! In our first episode of the year, we’re joined by yet another expert guest to take stock of SEO in 2020, and to look ahead to 2021. Our guest on this episode is seasoned SEO pro and keynote speaker, Lily Ray. Lily draws from… Read More

Kristian Bannister
January 28th, 2021

On Tuesday, January 19th, eagle-eyed SEO Brodie Clark spotted that Google Posts older than seven days were appearing in the local business Knowledge Panel.  Nice one for Local SEOs to be aware of. Now seeing standard Posts appears from months back by default. Would show for 7 days previously, then “expire” and become hidden behind… Read More

Stephanie Newton
January 21st, 2021

500+ Citation Sites for 100 US Cities [Updated 2021] Building and cleaning up local business citations is an essential, ‘table stakes’ task for any business that wants to rank well in local search. It’s easy to find out which citations have the highest authority, but authority isn’t everything. Local and industry relevance is also very… Read More

Jamie Pitman
January 18th, 2021

BrightLocal webinars are back, and we sure did kick off 2021 with a bang!  In our first webinar of the year, BrightLocal CEO Myles Anderson was joined by three expert panelists to reflect on the ups and downs of 2020, and to talk tactics and trends for the year ahead. Thanks to all those who… Read More

Stephanie Newton
January 14th, 2021

Since May last year, we’ve been releasing Local Quizness every month to help test your knowledge of the previous month’s news. This month, instead of looking back at December’s stories, we’ve created The Quiz of the Year 2020. Twice the size of the monthly quizzes, the jumbo quiz explores the biggest local marketing stories to… Read More

Rosie Murphy
January 13th, 2021

Now that 2020 is well and truly behind us, we can begin looking forward to bigger, better things. That’s right folks, the time is once again upon us to bring out our BrightLocal crystal ball and enlist some of the local search community’s most well-loved experts to help us with some local SEO predictions for… Read More

Stephanie Newton
January 11th, 2021