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Claim your listing on the new BrightLocal Agency Directory to begin generating leads from businesses that are searching for help with digital marketing right now.Every week, BrightLocal’s Customer Success team receives requests for recommendations of top-rated agencies that can help our local business customers with their digital marketing. And, just as often, we receive requestsContinueContinue reading “NEW: Claim Your Agency Directory Listing”

30-second summary: Reviews are absolutely crucial to a business’s success and need to be acknowledged.Engagement with consumers will positively benefit your business and bring in more reviews in the future.Staying honest with your reviews will pay off in the long run.Take most reviews as honest opinions about your business and work to build on themContinueContinue reading “Turning reviews into opportunities for reputation and SEO impact”

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 your search strategyContinueContinue reading “Put Your Rankings on the Map with Local Search Grid”

In 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— Tom WaddingtonContinueContinue reading “Star Rating Now Showing in Google Review Summary”

30-second summary: Optimizing a small business for local search is a powerful way to boost local traffic and increase sales.With the large majority of web users actively seeking products/services in their vicinity, building local leads is essential.Joseph Dyson offers a step-by-step guide to improving local visibility for small businesses.He focuses on the importance of GoogleContinueContinue reading “A small business’s step-by-step guide to dominating local search in 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 changes affectingContinueContinue reading “Local Quizness February 2021 – What’s New in Local SEO?”

In 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— Tom WaddingtonContinueContinue reading “Star Rating Now Showing in Google Review Summary”

30-second summary: Something that all of us in the search industry are guilty of is our over-reliance on Google telling us what is coming next.Understanding Google’s considerations as a business, provide context to many of its recent decisions and provides a sense of what is coming down the road.Global digital agency Croud’s Organic Strategy DirectorContinueContinue reading “The future of Google and what it means for search”

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 searchContinueContinue reading “7 Ways Local Businesses Can Improve Website SEO”

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 theContinueContinue reading “Google Posts No Longer Expire After Seven Days [NEWS]”