Google’s Local 3-Pack might soon be a Local 2-Pack (on mobile at least). This week, Joy Hawkins at Local U (via Mariano Rodriguez from LawRank) shared findings of 2-Packs being spotted in local search results on mobile. Since the news was first shared, more and more people have reported seeing a set of just two results… Read More
Stephanie NewtonBy Stephanie Newton on March 31st, 2021Stephanie Newton
This week, Google released a new tool that allows Google My Business account holders to handle the removal of Google reviews, one by one, and see the status of these review removal requests. This is big news in the fight against fake reviews on Google, and comes hot off the heels of a report that… Read More
Jamie PitmanBy Jamie Pitman on March 19th, 2021Jamie Pitman
We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of our second free course for BrightLocal Academy, called ‘How to Land Your First Local SEO Client‘. We’ve created this course in collaboration with local SEO specialist Claire Carlile because we realized that while there’s plenty of content out there that helps people learn how to do local… Read More
Kate Herbert-SmithBy Kate Herbert-Smith on March 10th, 2021Kate Herbert-Smith
On March 8th every year, we come together to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women globally for International Women’s Day. But today is not just a day to celebrate how far we’ve come. It’s a time to look at the journey still ahead and to reflect on what we are doing… Read More
Stephanie NewtonBy Stephanie Newton on March 8th, 2021Stephanie NewtonOn February 24-25, our local algorithm monitoring tool, Local RankFlux, showed some turbulence – suggesting that there may be changes being made to the local algorithm. For those of you not so familiar with Local RankFlux, every day, we track around 14,000 keywords from a set of locations in the US, and compare these to… Read More
Rosie MurphyBy Rosie Murphy on March 3rd, 2021Rosie MurphyWe’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 PitmanBy Jamie Pitman on February 10th, 2021Jamie PitmanIn the world of local SEO, there’s always something new to keep your eye out for that could be a game-changer. This week, that news is that star ratings are now appearing in review snippet on Google My Business listings. First time I’ve seen the star rating appear with the review snippet here pic.twitter.com/gXoP0mG7hn —… Read More
Stephanie NewtonBy Stephanie Newton on February 5th, 2021Stephanie NewtonOn 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 NewtonBy Stephanie Newton on January 21st, 2021Stephanie NewtonNow 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
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