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Bing Ads Enhances Geo-Targeting for Increased Relevancy

Bing Ads' updates to its location targeting tools will help advertisers refine and define their geo-targeting for PPC.

By Lisa Raehsler · 10 Sep 2014

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YP Taps Goodzer for Enhanced Local Data

YP says it will add hyper-local data about products and services to "a select portion of [its] 20 million business listings" as…

By Lisa Lacy · 04 Sep 2014

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Google Extends Nearby In-Store Product Listing Ads to Desktops

Google is reportedly allowing retailers to promote in-store products across all devices, regardless of whether the products are available online as well.

By Lisa Lacy · 03 Sep 2014

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How Google Pigeon Impacted Local Queries, and What You Can Do

Since Google's local algorithm update, "Pigeon," took effect in July, local businesses have been scrambling to adjust.

By Jim Yu · 03 Sep 2014

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Yahoo Acquires Local Recommendation App Zofari

The app, which says it was inspired by what Pandora has done for music and what Netflix has done for movies, will…

By Lisa Lacy · 13 Aug 2014

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Is Google’s New Local Algorithm ‘Pigeon’ for the Birds?

Google rolled out a new local ranking algorithm that more closely mimics traditional organic search ranking -- but some queries have lost…

By Jessica Lee · 04 Aug 2014

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Yelp Trends Reveals What’s Hot or Not Locally, But Beware of Unreliable Data

Yelp Trends works like any search engine, except you can compare multiple search terms in the context of one city. Reviews are…

By Pierre Zarokian · 31 Jul 2014

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Defining Local SEO KPIs & How to Measure Them for Maximum ROI

With these seven local SEO key performance indicators, you can implement a simple three-step process to quickly track local search performance, measure…

By Bill Connard · 31 Jul 2014

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Foursquare Upgrades App, Transitions Check-Ins to Swarm

Calling it the beginning of the ‘personalized local search’ future, Foursquare has moved all check-in functionality from Foursquare to Swarm. It has…

By Ashley Zeckman · 24 Jul 2014

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Listing Management: The Required Foundation for Local SEO

Effective listing management trumps all other local SEO efforts. It has been and continues to be the required foundation for a successful…

By Jon Schepke · 24 Jul 2014