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9 Things You Must Update When Moving Your Business Location

If you rely on local or mobile search to bring visitors and customers to your business, moving without having a plan to update your online presence can be…

By Carrie Hill · 20 Dec 2013

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Expanding from Local to National SEO with Google Trends

Use these tips to take advantage of the regional information that Google Trends is giving you and begin working on multiple local…

By Matt Morgan · 06 Dec 2013

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Pinterest Explores Local Marketing with ‘Place Pins’

"Place Pins" offers a new way for local businesses to market themselves on Pinterest. The interactive map allows pinners to pin places…

By Jessica Lee · 21 Nov 2013

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315 Businesses Boost Rankings by Optimizing Their Google+ Local Pages [Study]

After enhancing their Google+ profiles, the businesses increased the instances in which they ranked in the top seven local positions by 179…

By Jon Schepke · 07 Nov 2013

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Google Penguin Got You Down? Work on Customer Service

You can redirect your energy into activities that have a positive return. Customer service is an area where many small businesses do…

By Adam Stetzer · 03 Nov 2013

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Link Building 101: Local Link Building

Local link building is a commonly untapped resource, which can lead to quick yet quality links and net local customers. Here are…

By Jon Ball · 25 Oct 2013

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Foursquare Self-Serve Ads Now Open to All Local Businesses

Location-based social networking brand Foursquare has rolled out self-serve ads to all advertisers, in an effort to monetize their audience of 40…

By Miranda Miller · 15 Oct 2013

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Google Doesn’t Consider Geolocation Techniques Spam

If you serve country-specific content to end users, you won't be penalized as long as you make sure that what you serve…

By Jennifer Slegg · 10 Oct 2013

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4 Terrifying Local Search Marketing & SEO Mistakes

Local search marketing is remarkably complicated with what often feels like endless tactics to employ in order to improve the visibility of…

By Adam Dorfman · 10 Oct 2013

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Bing Ads Express Manages Paid Search for Local Businesses

Bing has launched a new automated paid search program in 25 U.S. cities that makes it easier for local businesses to start…

By Jessica Lee · 09 Oct 2013

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4 Google Carousel Optimization Tips

Google Carousel presents a new opportunity to appear at the top of the search results, but with it also comes some new…

By Jim Yu · 09 Oct 2013

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Google Adds Local Availability, Local Storefront for Product Listing Ads

Google has unveiled two new local features for product listing ads (PLAs) to a limited number of retailers: local availability and local…

By Danny Goodwin · 07 Oct 2013

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Google Gives Advice on How to Expand Your Website to More Languages

Considering expansion into different countries and languages? Google's Maile Ohye offers some great advice and best practices for expanding into additional languages…

By Jennifer Slegg · 02 Oct 2013

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Yelp on Fake Reviews: We Filter 25% of Reviews for Being Suspicious

Yelp says that up to a quarter of the reviews the company receives may be fake, and that its automated review filter…

By Jennifer Slegg · 01 Oct 2013

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Fine Tuning Your Local Keyword Research Using Google Trends

Local keyword research is often tricky due to low query volumes. And if you're just starting out, you may not have analytics…

By Mike Wilton · 01 Oct 2013

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Google Street View Takes You Into CERN

"We're delighted that CERN opened its doors to Google Maps Street View allowing anyone, anywhere in the world to take a peek…

By Dave Neal · 29 Sep 2013

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How Will Voice Search Change SEO for Local Stores & Global Enterprises?

Voice search can be more convenient, quicker, and it continues to gain popularity worldwide. Marketers must adapt new search strategies to optimize…

By David Cato · 26 Sep 2013

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The Future of Local Search: 5 Layers of Local

Local search is broken. To improve your local search strategy for both now and the future, you need to understand the growing…

By Amanda DiSilvestro · 19 Sep 2013

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How to Build Links With Location Relevance

Even if you offer your services nationwide, being local has become an important ranking factor for Google. Try to cover the most…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 19 Sep 2013

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Why Local PPC Needs Call Tracking

Call tracking will help you sell more effectively, provide clients greater clarity on the impact your efforts have on their business, show…

By Marc Poirier · 12 Sep 2013

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Google Places for Business vs. Google+ Local

Confused about how Google Places is different from Google+ Local? You aren't alone. Do you need one, both, or neither? Google hasn't…

By Amanda DiSilvestro · 06 Sep 2013

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International SEO: Top-Level Domains, Subdomains & Subdirectories

When getting started in international SEO, one of the most important items of an optimal strategy includes how to properly structure your…

By Greg Kihlstrom · 05 Sep 2013

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Yelp Gets Bad Reviews From Small Business Owners in Los Angeles

Disgruntled business owners recently vented their frustrations at a Yelp town hall meeting. Not surprisingly, the majority of the complaints had to…

By Pierre Zarokian · 29 Aug 2013

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Why Do Baidu? Preparing for Paid, Owned, Earned Strategy in China

A combination of paid, owned, and earned media is explosive if used correctly. Here are some key aspects of paid search, top…

By Jori Ford · 18 Aug 2013

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Yelp Now Allows Mobile Reviews, Adds More Consumer Alerts

Yelp now will let users leave reviews for businesses via their smartphones. Separately, Yelp also announced that is releasing a new batch…

By Jennifer Slegg · 15 Aug 2013

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