What is Schema Markup? Through natural language processing, search engines can figure out up to 80% of what your website is about. To help the search engines figure out the ...
Welcome to the Research Findings of the Annual BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2016 This survey explores how consumers read and use online reviews. The information contained in this survey ...
New Feature: Report Creation Wizard A number of our customers told us that they found it time consuming & frustrating to have to set up different reports (ranking, citation, reviews) individually. And ...
[Update 19/12/19: This study mentions Acxiom. Since retiring its directory and local search offerings in 2019, Foursquare has stepped in as one of the main four data aggregators.] Welcome to ...
Local search engine optimization is the key to attracting new customers and improving brand visibility within your local area. However, optimizing a local business website isn’t just a matter of ...
Last week we learned that the 3-pack on Google’s local results will soon contain a paid listing, meaning that we’ll essentially have a 2-pack which will limit space for organic ...
Joy Hawkins yesterday reported that Google’s local 3-pack (aka ‘snak-pack’) will soon include an Advert in it. Thus the 3-pack becomes the 2-pack… Hat-tip to Colan Nielsen for using ...
Links are hugely important in search engine marketing, both in terms of local SEO, and Organic. Authoritative links therefore, are in high demand for SEOs, local businesses and big businesses ...
As local business owners and local SEOs, we can sometimes be guilty of using boilerplate search practices. However, it’s increasingly important to remember that local search is an ever-evolving landscape. ...
In March (2016) we ran a poll to find out which Local SEO tasks are the most commonly outsourced. This is a poll we originally ran in 2015 & have ...
[Update: In July 2018, Adwords Express was renamed ‘Smart Campaigns’. For more up-to-date information on Google’s ad options, visit our paid search tag.] There are an abundance of posts about ...
We recently published the results of an annual survey which explores what consumers want from local business websites. The results were taken from a panel of 800 consumers, all based in the ...