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Best Content for Local Businesses Customers

Moz Local's Miriam Ellis discussed the best content areas for local businesses that are most likely to promote online traffic, In-store traffic, reviews/testimonials, social sharing,...
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Google updates their “Improve your local ranking” page

Local businesses that rank higher on Google attract more new and repeat customers than those that struggle to be found. Recently, Google updated their...
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What Happens if You Cancel Yext?

Local business listings are very important to improving your SEO so that your website will rank higher in search engines such as Google and...
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From Google: Advice for Working with SEO Companies

Google released official recommendations for working with SEO companies who try to boost your website's ranking on Google's search engine results page. Some SEO...
Google Verified Customer Reviews

Google Announces Verified Customer Reviews Feature

Local Businesses should enable customer reviews because 92% of customers read online reviews when debating whether to purchase a product and 80% of customers...
Boost Google Maps Ranking

5 Tactics for Improving Your Google Maps Ranking That You Can Implement Today

SearchEngineLand's Wesley Young wrote a great article about 5 ways companies (including local businesses) can attract more customers by improving their Google Maps listings. ...
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Tips to Fix Your Local Business NAP and Improve Your Search Ranking

One of the biggest problems local business owners face is inaccurate and inconsistent NAP / NAP+W information in the various places their business is...
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An Inexpensive Digital Marketing Strategy for Local Businesses

Is there really an inexpensive digital marketing strategy for local businesses? Yes, there is! With a little effort and about $150 per month, you...

Only 44% of Local Retailers Have Claimed A Google My Business Listing?

We were pretty amazed to read a recent study that shows over 56% of local retailers still need to claim their Google My Business listing. In addition, nearly...
Google Mobile First Indexing

What You Need to Know about Google Mobile First Indexing

Mobile first indexing is a big step in Google giving mobile responsive websites higher priority in search results. But how does this really affect...
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