Part 3 - Retention & Growth
Top Digital Marketing Tools
The Agency Growth Handbook
Part 1 - Pitching & Onboarding
Part 2 - Processes & Workflows
Introduction to Google Business Profile
- 5 Review Management Tactics for Agency Success in 2026
- 5 Ways for Small Businesses to Strengthen Reviews in 2026
- Introducing the BrightLocal MCP Server: Talk to your Data and Take Action in your Favorite AI Tools
- Experts’ Predictions for Local Marketing in 2026
- Google’s Omar Riaz on AI and the Future of Local Search
- Under Attack? Navigating the recent 1-star Google review scams
- New Academy Course – Google Business Profile: Eligibility, Verification, Support, and Suspensions
- Google updates data collection and pagination, impacting most third-party rank trackers
- New Academy Course: How to Create Custom Local SEO Audits That Win Clients
- AI Search Makes Local Listings More Important Than Ever
- New Academy Course – Get Found Online: Local SEO for Service-area Businesses
- Google I/O 2025, the Future of AI Search and New Google Business Profile Features
- Introducing: Fully-managed Local SEO Services from BrightLocal
- Local RankFlux V2: Your Personal Local Algorithm Update Early-warning System
- New Academy Course: How to Create a Winning Local SEO Strategy for Any Business
- Facebook’s Gen Z Comeback? Why Local Businesses Should Care About the New Redesign
- New Policies & Shady Review Schemes: Is Google Helping or Hurting?
- Popular Times as a Local Ranking Factor?
- New Academy Course: Mastering Franchise and Multi-location SEO
- AI Overviews and the Gemini Era: Google I/O 2024 Roundup
- New Academy Course: Essential Google Business Profile Tasks for Agencies
- New: Citation Builder Launching in 10 New Countries
- Be a Business Review Superhero: Power Your Replies with Templates and AI!
- How Can We Make the SEO Industry More Neurodivergent-friendly?
- New Academy Course: Google Analytics 4: Essentials for Local SEO
- New ‘Nearby Events and Deals’ Feature Seen on Google
- Local SEO Wrapped: 2023
- Google to Delete Dormant Gmail Accounts… and the Reviews They Left?
- Opening Hours as a Local Ranking Factor: What We Know So Far
- Introducing BrightLocal Horizon: A New Dawn for Multi-location SEO
- Diversify Your Brand Publication: Why and How to Get Started
- What to Do With Local Search Grid Data
- New LSA Categories, GBP Attributes, and More Updates from Google
- Upcoming Changes in Reinstating Suspended or Disabled Google Business Profiles
- Google Business Profile Adds Social Media Link Management, and More Recent Updates
- Greenwashing: The Truth Behind the Hype
- Google Business Profile: New Guidelines and Policies
- Good Things Come in Threes: Updates to Google Business Profile July 2023
- Regaining the Power From Imposter Syndrome
- New Academy Course: How to Build and Grow Your Digital Marketing Agency
- New Academy Course: How to Do Insightful Competitor Analysis for Local SEO
- New Academy Course: How to Master Service Page Optimization
- New: Pinpoint Precise Ranking Insights with Flexible Grid Points
- Introducing GBP Post Scheduler: Streamline, Automate, and Scale Up Google Posts
- What Google’s Search Generative Experience Means for Local Search
- I Don’t Know $#!& About AI and You Don’t Have to Either!
- Local Search Roundup – June 2023
- Google Generative AI and the Impact on Local: Google I/O May 2023 Roundup
- Local Search Roundup – May 2023
- Don’t Put All Your Eggs In Google’s Basket – Beyond the Google Monopoly
- BrightLocal Makes Waves at BrightonSEO April 2023
- Welcome to the Future of Listings Management with Active Sync
- New Academy Course: How to Clean Up and Manage Local Business Listings
- 6 Green Flags To Look For in a Local SEO Client
- Local Rank Tracker 2.0 Is Here!
- People Are More Important Than Money, by Greg Gifford
- Top Tips for SEO From the Experts at Women in Tech Fest [VIDEO]
- New in Get Reviews: SMS Credit Allocation
- Local Search Roundup – April 2023
- Local Search Roundup – March 2023
- Leading Through Crisis, by Myles Anderson
- Our Brothers and Sisters in Ukraine, a Year On
- New ‘Profile Strength’ Label Rolls Out to Google Business Profiles
- Introducing Active Sync: The Smarter Way to Manage Listings
- Google Announces Bard and More Updates Relevant to Local Search
- Local Search Roundup – February 2023
- Local Search Roundup – January 2023
- What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean for Local SEO?
- Apple Launches ‘Business Connect’ As Google Business Profile Competitor
- Rising Stars of Local SEO 2023
- Expert Predictions for Local Marketing in 2023
- Expert Predictions for Local Marketing in 2025
- Expert Predictions for Local Marketing in 2024
- The Year in Local Search 2022
- New and Improved ‘Get Reviews’: Greater Flexibility, Better Engagement, More Reviews
- Local Search Roundup – December 2022
- Disappearing Google Reviews Bug: What You Need to Know
- In-SERP Business Profile Management Fully Rolls Out, Removes Insights, Causes Frustration
- New Metrics in Local Rank Tracker: Powerful Ranking Insights at a Glance
- New Academy Course: How to Create Website Content For Local SEO
- Google Business Profile Suspensions Bug Fix Confirmed, but Reinstatement Chaos Continues
- 4 Key Local Search Updates Rolling Out In 2022
- The Helpful Content Update: What Happened and What Comes Next?
- New Academy Course: A Beginner’s Guide to Generating and Managing Reviews
- What’s Going On with Service-area Business Rankings?
- Unlock 6x More Ranking Insights in Local Search Grid
- The Rise of Social Search: Transforming the Way Local Businesses Are Found
- New Academy Course: How to Optimize Location Pages
- 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
- Fraudulent Business Profiles in the Spotlight as Google Updates Verification Requirements and Trust Signals
- New Academy Course: A Beginner’s Guide to Local SEO
- 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
- 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
- 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!
- BrightLocal Welcomes Claire Carlile as Local Search Expert
- 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 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
- 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
- Star Rating Now Showing in Google Review Summary
- Put Your Rankings on the Map with Local Search Grid
- Google Posts No Longer Expire After Seven Days
- Expert Local SEO Predictions for 2021
- Google My Business: New Features, Updates and Tests Roundup
- The Year in Local Search – 2020
- Take Your Local SEO to the Next Level with New BrightLocal Academy
- How Do You Keep Your Clients Engaged?
- NEW: Direct-to-Review Makes It Easier for Happy Customers to Leave Reviews
- How Local Businesses Can Harness the Power of Referral Marketing
- How Do You Make a Google Business Profile (Google My Business) Listing More ‘Clickable’?
- Google Tests $50/mo Upgraded GMB – What Does it Mean for Local Businesses?
- Three Steps to Achieving Better Results in Voice Search
- Four Simple Ways to Inject Humor into Your Local Marketing
- 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)
- How Do You Measure the Success of a Local SEO Campaign?
- Google Adds New Features to Bolster Local Businesses Covid-19 Recovery
- Why You Still Need Local Links (and How to Get Them)
- How to Determine a Benchmark for Local SEO Work
- How to Use Google’s Spam Redressal Form to Level the Local Playing Field
- NEW: Let Your Happiest Customers Do the Selling With Showcase Reviews
- How to Boost Engagement with Tactical Local Email Marketing
- Sidestep Noisy Inboxes and Grow Reviews Faster with SMS Mode
- NEW: Access BrightLocal Data in AgencyAnalytics
- “When the Going Gets Tough…” – A Message from Myles Anderson
- 10 Actionable Ways for Restaurants to Attract Local Business Through Instagram
- Marketing to Young Consumers? Make Sure You’re Doing These 3 Things
- 11 Women in Local SEO Doing Great Things Right Now
- Local SEO for Hotels: 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?
- 10 Years of BrightLocal: Founders’ Q&A
- The Future of Local Search: 20+ Predictions for 2020
- The 12 Yays of Christmas
- BrightLocal Is Ten!
- An Overview of Common Google SERP Features
- 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?
- 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
- [Video] Five Things We Discovered Analyzing 45,000 Google My Business Listings
- 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
- 6 Local SEO Trends We’ll Experience This Year and Beyond
- Acxiom to Retire Directory and Local Search Products at End of 2019
- Local SEO: What to Consider When Opening a New Location
- NEW FREE TOOL: Generate Google My Business Profile and Review Links with Ease
- 3 Key Strategies to Deliver Google Ads Success for Local Businesses
- About a BLOB: The Story of the BrightLocal Rebrand
- How Google Is Making Spam-fighting Even Harder
- 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 Boost Local Business Visibility with Question Research and Optimization
- How Does Population Density Affect Local Rankings?
- 12 Content Marketing Tips to Improve Local SEO
- How to Report Google My Business Spam
- What Can Local Marketers Learn from Google’s Quality Raters’ Guidelines?
- Why Is Content from Google Posts Appearing in Local Pack Listings?
- 6 Tactics to Target a Hyperlocal Audience
- How GMB’s ‘Opening Soon’ Feature Works in Practice: A Case Study
- Google My Business and Legal Directory Tips for New Law Firms
- 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 to Unlock the Power of Google My Business Search Queries
- 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
- A Guide to Creating Scalable Local Content for Enterprise Businesses
- Is Google’s “Near Me” Still Effective for Local SEO?
- Facebook Is Switching Review Ratings to Recommendations
- 5,000 Leads Generated Using BrightLocal Tool for Agencies
- What Are Google My Business Insights’ Subjective Attributes and How Can You Use Them?
- Local SEO Begins with Community
- Google’s Mobile-first Index Hits Local Business Websites
- How Can Local Businesses Fight Spam in Local Results?
- 7 Great Tools to Generate Leads from Your Content
- How to Use Schema Markup at Scale for Multi-Location Businesses
- 7 Tactics Local SEOs Can Steal from SERP-hogging Giants
- Easy Ways to Find Local SEO Clients
- Do Local Businesses Still Need a Website?
- How to Tell If You’re a Toxic Client
- How to Sell Local SEO Services
- How to Raise Your Personal Authority and Credibility with Google
- BrightLocal Celebrates the Meaning of Christmas Through Gift-Giving
- Why Every Business Needs to Build Citations
- Do Online Reviews Impact Some Industries More Than Others?
- 5 Reasons Why Bing Is Still Important to Your SEO Strategy
- Troubleshooting Google My Business Issues
- 5 Video Ideas for Local Business Marketing
- How to Use Facebook Messenger as a Customer Service Tool
- Cautious Clients: How To Sell To Clients That Have Been Burned
- 6 Steps to Creating an eBook Lead Magnet that ‘Wows’ Your Visitors
- 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
- The Impact of Online Reviews on Businesses
- Import Locations from Google My Business to BrightLocal
- Updated Designs for Local Rank Tracker
- Bringing Christmas Joy to Those in Need: Philippines BrightLocal Team Gives Back to Their Community
- New Feature: Report Creation Wizard
- Local Content: Why Authenticity Matters in Local SEO
- Google 3-Pack to become 2-pack, with new paid listings
- 5 Local SEO tactics you need to stop doing today
- Local SEO in 2015 – A year in review
- How to Build Local PPC Campaigns That Really Deliver New Customers
- The Demise of Yahoo Maps – An Expert Viewpoint
- Track Facebook & TripAdvisor Reviews with ReviewFlow
- Which SMB Sectors Spend More Online & Get Best Returns
- How Does Company Size Affect Internet Marketing Activity?
- Reviewing 2014 Local Search Predictions
- A Year In Local Search: A Look Back At 2014
- Local SEO industry Survey 2014 – Further Insights
- What Star Rating is Too Low for a Local Business?
- Local Search Tips for the Healthcare Industry
- How to Do Local Keyword Research Effectively
- Local Citation Selection: 6 Important Signals to Consider
- ‘Location Emulation’ – Track Search Rankings at City or Zipcode Level
- Local SEOs Use Traditional Media to Hunt for New Local Clients
- What next? Predictions for Local in 2013
Introduction to Local Citations
Introduction to Online Reviews
Introduction to Local SEO
Getting Started with Google Business Profile
The Google Business Profile Handbook
Key Review Sites for Local Businesses
Citation Sites by Location
- Keeping Authenticity in the Time of AI
- How to Repurpose Reviews Across Marketing Channels
- Why You Need to Consider TikTok in Your Local Marketing
- Mining for Gold: Turning Customer Feedback into Local SEO Success
- AI Has Made Google Business Profile and The Knowledge Panel Your New Homepage
- Expert Tips for GBP Suspensions, Verification, and Local Ranking
- Local SEO for Small Businesses that Works: Practical Tactics for SMBs in the Age of AI
- Reviews and the law: what US businesses need to know
- Understanding the Different Types of Reviewer
- 16 Key Takeaways from Local SEO for Good
- What is Local Citation Building?
- Biggest local SEO mistakes (and how to fix them)
- How to Manage Business Listings Properly
- How to Transfer Google Business Profile Ownership
- Cognitive Insights for Local SEO: The “Pardon My French” Problem
- Key Local SEO Reporting Tools and Platforms to Help You Grow
- How to Merge Google Business Profiles
- Top Local SEO Experts and Newsletters to Follow
- Tips for Better Brand Visibility and Local SEO Results
- Local SEO for HVAC: Tips to Grow Your Business in Local Search and Social
- Local SEO For Contractors
- Monitoring Online Reviews
- Local SEO for Pest Control Companies
- Local Marketing and SEO for Moving Companies
- How to Add or Claim Your Yell.com Listing
- How to Access Google Business Profile Support and Get Help
- How to Add or Claim Your A Greater Town Listing
- Local SEO for Real Estate
- How to Add or Claim Your Best of the Web Listing
- How to Add or Claim Your Just Landed Listing
- Multi-location Review Management: How to Manage Business Reviews at Scale
- Local Search at Scale: Trials & Triumphs with Georgia Rei, Mr Duct Cleaner
- Local Search at Scale: Trials & Triumphs with David Raymond, Premium Service Brands
- Local Search at Scale: Trials & Triumphs with Jill Villejoin, SystemForward
- Local SEO for Dentists and Dental Practices
- Supercharging Your Google Business Profile with BrightLocal
- What Are Google Local Services Ads? A Beginner’s Guide to LSAs
- An Advanced Guide to Google Search Console for Local Search
- Optimizing Your Yelp Listing: 7 Yelp SEO Tips
- How to Use BrightLocal for Multi-location Businesses
- Local SEO for Lawyers: How to Improve Local Rankings for Attorneys
- Google’s New ‘Things to do’: Managing Activities and Tickets in GBP
- How to Rank Beyond Your Physical Location
- A Guide to Rank Tracking for Local Keywords
- Local SEO for Gyms and Fitness Centers: Get Your Rankings into Shape
- Expert Focus: SEO House of Horrors
- An Introduction to Google Search Console for Local Businesses
- How to Create Effective Client Reports with BrightLocal
- How to Effectively Manage Practitioner Listings with BrightLocal
- How to Add Your Business Listing to GoLocal247
- Tips to Get the Help You Need from the Google Business Profile Help Community
- How to Optimize Your Apple Maps Listing Using Apple Business Connect
- Local Listings Management Explained: Google Maps, Apple Maps, Facebook, and Bing
- A Guide to Competitor Analysis for Local SEO
- How to Add or Claim an Opendi Business Listing
- How to Choose the Next Location for Your Business Using Local SEO
- How to Execute Your Local SEO Plan Across Hundreds of Locations
- How to Add or Claim Your Brownbook.net Business Listing
- Expert Focus: AI and Local Search
- How to Sell and Provide Local Citations and Listings Management Services
- How to Add or Claim Your Hotfrog Business Listing
- How to Do Kickass Competitor Analysis with BrightLocal
- Guide to Google Maps Ads and Promoted Pins
- How to Add or Claim Your Tripadvisor Listing
- How to Optimize your Bing Listing
- How to Manage Multiple Businesses at One Location
- Why Local SEO Isn’t a One-Size-Fits-All
- How to Add or Claim Your Better Business Bureau Listing
- How to Build a Local Business Website from Scratch (Without Screwing It Up)
- 7 Ways Text Messaging Can Grow Your Local Business
- How to Effectively Assign the Work in Enterprise Local SEO
- Why Managers Are Key to Employee Engagement
- How to Add or Claim Your Facebook Business Page
- Customer Surveys: Everything Local Businesses Need to Know
- Why Your Listing Info Changes and What to do About it
- What is Digital PR and Why Is It Important for Local Businesses?
- How to Do Local Link Building the Right Way
- Metrics that Matter: How to Measure Your Local SEO Success
- Overlooked and Underrated Tactics for Local SEO Success
- Top Tips to Ensure Employee Wellbeing in Your Marketing Agency
- The Complete Guide to Google Reviews for Business
- How to Build Content Silos for Local SEO
- How to Get Your Google Business Profile Holiday-ready
- How to Solve the Problem of Communication When Working with Enterprise Brands
- How to Deal With Having Too Many Decision Makers in an Enterprise or Franchise Business
- The Local Marketing Holiday Guide 2023
- How to Spot Fake Reviews, and What to Do About Them
- Content Silos for Local SEO: Why They Work, and How to Overcome Challenges
- How to Prepare Your Google Business Profile and Local Business Website for Black Friday
- How to Understand Where Enterprise Marketing Budgets Are Most Impactful in Local SEO
- Google Business Profile Conversion Factors
- How to Optimize the Local Customer Buying Journey
- How to Best Tackle Local SEO as a Large Enterprise or Franchise Business
- Why E-A-T Inspires Local Content Creation
- Getting Started with Google Analytics 4 for Local SEO
- How Local Businesses Can Improve Their Online User Experience
- How to Verify Google Business Profiles for Multiple Locations
- How to Do Local Keyword Research: Step-by-step
- Improving On-page SEO for Local
- Local Business Schema: How to Use Schema Markup for Local SEO Success [+ Schema Templates]
- A Guide to Using SEO for Better Customer Experience
- What is NAP and why is NAP consistency important?
- How to Write a Google Business Description
- How to Choose the Right Google Business Profile Categories
- How to Manage Your Business Opening Hours on Google Business Profile
- A Guide to Mobile Optimization for Local Business Websites
- Content is Still King: Improving Local SEO With a Focus on Quality
- How to Identify Content Gaps for Local Businesses
- Getting and Managing Reviews for Restaurants, Bars, and Cafes
- How to Monitor Your Local Competitors on Social Media
- 5 Google Business Profile Elements You Might Not Know About But Really Should
- Duplicate Listings and Data Inaccuracy
- Building Local Citations Manually
- Using Data Aggregators to Build and Manage Local Citations
- Yelp Business Reviews: Actionable Yelp Tips for Businesses
- Facebook Reviews and Recommendations
- How to Harness Reviews on Social Media for Local Businesses
- Apple Reviews, Bing Reviews, Nextdoor, and More
- What Matters in Online Reviews?
- How to Craft Unique and Helpful Location Pages
- How to Ask for Reviews: Best Practices and Templates
- How to Do Service Area Page SEO for Local Search Visibility
- How to Increase the Speed of Your Website
- Local SEO for Events: What You Need to Know
- 5 Data-Driven Ways to Find Blog Topic Ideas for Local Marketers
- What is Visual Search? A Primer for Local Businesses
- SMS Marketing Laws – Getting Contact Details and Consent
- Responding to Online Reviews
- How to Respond to Negative Reviews Online on Google and Beyond
- How to Use Keywords in Google Business Profile
- Deleting Google Reviews: How to Report, Appeal, or Dispute a Google review (Step-by-step Guide for 2025)
- Google’s Core Web Vitals: A Local Marketer’s Guide
- Using Tools and Services to Build Local Citations
- Local Citation APIs
- How to Upload and Manage Google Business Profile Videos
- How to Upload and Manage Google Business Profile Photos
- Google Posts: How to Create Better Google Business Profile Updates
- Local SEO for Restaurants: Attract More Customers with Better Search Visibility
- How to Create a Houzz Listing
- Google Q&A: How to Use the Q&A Feature on Google Business Profile
- How to Add or Claim a Yelp Business Listing
- Building Local Citations for Multi-location Businesses
- Advanced Tips for Local Landing Pages
- Call Tracking for Local Businesses: How to Set It Up and Why You Should
- How to Do Multi-location SEO
- Add and Manage Google Business Profile Products and Services
- How to Use Instagram for Local Businesses
- Avoid Google Business Profile Suspension When Using a Co-working Space
- Local Citation Bad Practice and What to Avoid
- Building a Local SEO Strategy for Multi-location Businesses: What You Need to Audit and Why
- Why Web Accessibility is Important for Local Businesses, and How to Get Started
- Can local businesses use review schema? Google’s rules explained
- How to Add or Claim an Angi Listing
- Multilingual SEO: An Untapped Resource for Local Businesses
- AI Local SEO: How to Prepare Your Business for Localized AI Search
- How to Add or Claim an Apple Maps Business Listing using Apple Business Connect
- Why Are Fake Reviews a Problem?
- Citation Tracker: How to Use It to Find New Business Listings
- How to Add a Zillow Listing
- Hyperlocal Marketing: What You Need to Succeed
- How to Combine SEO and PPC to Grow Your Local Business
- How to Set up Google Business Profile Bookings and Appointments
- How to Perform a Local SEO Audit
- What are Google Business Profile Attributes?
- Harness the Power of Context Clues for Local Business SEO
- Pointy from Google: What Is It and How Can It Drive Sales?
- How to Sell Your Local SEO Strategy to Small Business Investors
- Fake Google Reviews
- How to Do Effective Local SEO Reporting
- How to Craft a Positioning Statement for Your Agency
- How to Do PR Outreach for Local Businesses
- Stand Out with Google Local Justifications
- The Complete Local SEO Checklist 2025 + Downloadable Template
- How to Use Facebook for Local Business Clients: Optimization, Management, and Beyond
- How to Use UTM Tagging with Google Business Profile
- Google Business Profile for Hotels: How to Set Up and Optimize Google Hotel Listings
- Google Business Profile Audit: 4 Ways it Can Help You Optimize Your Listing and Outrank the Competition
- Monitoring Google Business Profile
- How I Improved My Local SEO Strategy with Local Search Grid
- Local Rank Tracker: 8 Ways It Can Hone Your Local SEO Strategy
- How to Lean on SEO ROI to Pitch Value to Clients
- No Office? No Problem: How Service-area Businesses Can Use BrightLocal
- How to Manage Your Google Review Takedown Requests: A Guide, Review, and Case Study
- 9 Ways Local Search Grid Can Level Up Your Local SEO Analysis and Reporting
- How to Track Your Competitors Using BrightLocal
- How to Add or Claim Your Cylex Business Listing
- Creating a Local SEO Strategy for Small Businesses
- How to Boost Your Google Maps Ranking
- Fake Yelp Reviews
- What Should I Do in My First 6 Months With a Local SEO Client?
- How to Optimize Your Content and Business Listing for Voice Search
- How Local Businesses Can Get Started on Twitter
- How to Add or Claim Your MerchantCircle Business Listing
- How to Mine for Competitor Insights Using BrightLocal’s Review API
- What is the Google Local Guide Program? How to Get Perks and Badges
- How Can I Use Local SEO to Generate Recurring Revenue from My Web Design Clients?
- How to Manage Google My Business Listings for Unstaffed Kiosks
- Bing Places for Business – Bing Local Listings Explained
- How to Add or Claim Your Citysearch Business Listing
- The Beginner’s Guide to Local Marketing
- How to Add or Claim Your Bing Places for Business Listing
- How Can I Educate My Clients on the Benefits of Review Management?
- Local SEO Glossary
- Embedding Reviews on Your Website
- What to Expect Once You’ve Submitted a Citation Campaign in BrightLocal
- How to Use Video Through Every Step of the Local Marketing Funnel
- Featured Snippets: What Are They and How Can Local Businesses Use Them?
- How to Make Video Marketing Work for Local Businesses
- Google Business Profile Insights and Performance
- Managing Local Citations When a Business Moves Location
- Review Platform Guidelines
- How to Plan Your Content Marketing Strategy Around Seasonality
- How to Tackle Google Business Profile Spam
- How to Build a Marketing Agency Landing Page That Converts
- 10 SEO Tips to Improve Local Rankings
- How to Generate Leads for Your Marketing Agency
- How to Help Service Area Businesses Succeed in Search
- Review Gating
- Frequently-asked Questions About Local Citations
- How to Localize Content for More Conversions
- Causes and Fixes for Google Business Profile Suspensions
- How to Create a Killer Landing Page That’s Perfect for Mobile
- Risky Review Schemes to Avoid
- How to Win and Work With Multi-location SEO Clients
- How to Get Featured Snippets for Local Businesses
- Google Maps Pin Moving Scam: What It Is and How to Fix It
Citation Sites by Industry
Generating Reviews for Local Businesses
How to Optimize Google Business Profile
Local Search Optimization: How to Improve Local SEO Rankings
The Review Management Handbook
Review Profile Management
Google Business Profile Reporting
The Local Citations Handbook
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2026: Star Ratings Keep Rising, Old Reviews Don’t Cut It
- SMB Marketing in 2025: Only 35% of SMBs have a Google Business Profile
- Should You Optimize for ‘Near Me’?
- Consumer Search Behavior: Where Are Your Customers?
- Historical Trends in Consumer Review Behavior: Shifts in Social Awareness
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2025
- Uncovering ChatGPT Search Sources
- Local Marketing Industry Survey: Agency Edition
- Business Listings Visibility Study
- Why Is This Dentist Outranking Mine? A Local Rankings Investigation
- Is Reddit Taking Over Local SERPs? An Analysis of 800 Search Terms
- Faces of Feedback: Profiling Positive and Negative Reviewers
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2024: Trends, Behaviors, and Platforms Explored
- Brand Beacon Report 2024: The Secrets to Multi-location Marketing Success
- Study: Business Opening Hours and Local Rankings
- [Poll] 49% of Local Marketers Use Twitter/X Less or Not At All Since Takeover
- Local Business Discovery & Trust Report 2023
- Local Search Industry Survey 2023
- [POLL] Are Local Marketers Ready for SGE?
- Study: Do Additional GBP Categories Boost Local Rankings?
- [Poll] Are Businesses Using Apple Business Connect?
- Generative AI in Local Search: A Case Study About Pizza
- Big Brand Review Showdown: Burger King vs. McDonald’s
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2022
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2023
- Local Marketing Confidence Survey 2023
- Consumers & Online Reviews: A Demographic Deep Dive
- Local Search Industry Survey 2022
- Vicinity Update & GBP Name Spam: What Was the Real Impact?
- Poll Suggests Multi-location Businesses Hardest Hit by Vicinity Update
- Nearly a Third of Google My Business Users Unaware of Major Rebrand
- Business Listings Trust Report 2021: How Do Consumers Use Business Directories?
- Local Search Industry Survey 2021
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2020
- [POLL] Why Aren’t More Local SEOs Investing in Spam Removal?
- Are We Experiencing a Local Algorithm Update? [Local RankFlux Data – May 2020]
- Expert Google My Business Survey
- [POLL] How Local Marketers Are Dealing with the Business Impact of Covid-19
- Local Search Industry Survey 2020
- Why Nearly 20% of Young Consumers Didn’t Read Local Business Reviews in 2019
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2019
- Google Analytics for Local Businesses Study
- How Hotels, Restaurants and Bars Use Google My Business to Dominate Local Search
- Google My Business Insights Study – Benchmark Your Business’s GMB Insights
- Poll Results: Google My Business – Would You Pay to Play?
- Local Business Websites and Google My Business Comparison Report
- Expert Local Business Link Building Survey
- [POLL] Is Google My Business Spam a Threat for Local Businesses?
- Local Search Industry Survey 2019
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2018
- Poll Results: Did the Mobile-first Index Affect Local Businesses?
- Google Reviews Study: How Many Reviews Do Local Businesses Need?
- Local Services Ads Click Study
- Online Reputation Management Survey
- Expert Local Citation Survey
- Businesses Ranking Top 3 in Google Local Have 85 Citations
- SEO Citations Study: How Many Citations Do Local Businesses Need?
- Poll Results: The 22 Google My Business Issues SEOs Want Fixed
- Poll Results: The 5 Fixes Google Must Prioritize for Local SEO Success
- Voice Search for Local Business Study
- Poll Results: Do Local Businesses Need Blogs?
- Local Citations Trust Report
- Expert Local Business Link Building Survey 2018
- Local vs National SEO Agencies: Comparison of Revenue, Client Bases, and More
- Comparison of Local Review Sites: Which Platform is Growing the Fastest?
- Local Search Industry Survey 2017
- SEO Agencies vs Freelancers: Comparison of Income, Hours Worked, and More
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2017
- Study Shows Big Drop in Consumers Visiting Websites after Reading Reviews
- The Human Impact of Google Algorithm Updates
- New Research Shows 79% of US Consumers Believe They’ve Read a Fake Review In the Last Year
- Yahoo! Does Anyone Care?
- Client Reports: Do You Tell Clients the Whole Truth?
- How Online Reviews Impact Trust and Landing Page Conversion
- Impact of Reviews and Ratings on Search Click-Through Rates
- Local SEO Industry Survey 2016
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2016
- Expert Local Citation Survey 2016
- 58% of Local Consumers Dislike Local Ads in Google’s Local Pack
- Citation building rated the most popular link building tactic for Local SEOs
- Local SEOs outsourcing more tasks year on year
- How Effective is Google AdWords Express for Local Businesses?
- Gender vs Age – What Different Consumer Groups REALLY Want from Local Business Websites
- 34% of consumers think a Smart Website gives a local business more credibility
- Social Share Count Voted as Most Important KPI for Content Marketing
- 43% of SEOs Plan to Start Their Own Search Agency
- 25% of SEOs spend less than 1 hour in planning & pitching to SMB clients
- 97% of Consumers Aged 18-34 Read Online Reviews to Judge a Local Business
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2015
- Links & User Behavior See Jump in Importance for Local Search
- Local Search Drives More Clicks & Calls Than Any Other Marketing Channel
- Phone Calls & Search Ranking are Most Important Local Search KPIs
- SEOs Believe ‘High’ Local Rankings Deliver Greater Response than Organic
- Google More Generous to Local Businesses than Other Engines
- 61% of Mobile Users More Likely to Contact a Local Business with a Mobile Site
- How Do Local SEOs Build Their Links?
- What Actions do SEOs Take to Boost Online Reviews?
- Expert Local Citation Survey 2015
- How Focused are SEOs on Getting Clients to be Mobile-Friendly?
- Which SEO Tasks are Most Commonly Outsourced?
- Local SEO Industry Survey 2015
- 37% of SMBs Plan to Spend More on Internet Marketing in 2015
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2014
- How Long does it Take to Rank in Local Search?
- Online Sources of Clicks & Calls for Local Businesses
- Consumers will Travel 17 Minutes to Reach a Local Business
- How an Image of YOU Makes Your Small Business More Trusted
- 55% of Local Search Experts Believe a Review Strategy is Critical to Local Optimization
- Google vs Bing vs Yahoo – Local Search Result Comparison
- Top New Features Which SEOs & SMBs Want on Google Places
- What Local Consumers Want Most from Local Business Websites
- Visitors to Online Directories & IYPs Drops 22% in 2013
- Local SEO Industry Survey 2014
- Healthcare Marketing Insights – SMB Internet Marketing Survey 2013
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2013
- SMB Internet Marketing Survey 2013 – Survey Results
- Building & Construction Insights – SMB Internet Marketing Survey 2013
- Expert Local Citation Survey 2013
- Local SEO Industry Survey 2013
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2010, Part 3
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2010 – Part 1
- Local Consumer Review Survey 2010, Part 2
- Local SEO Industry Survey 2011
- UK Results: Local Consumer Review Survey
- US Results: Local Consumer Review Survey
- Top UK Online Business Directories – Audience Comparison Figures 2009/10
Google Business Profile Support and Common Issues
Online Reviews Dos and Don'ts
