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Everything we have published on local search. 266 articles
Local

Google: Local Searches Lead 50% of Mobile Users to Visit Stores [Study]

Google research reveals 34 percent of consumers on tablets or computers will also go to a store. And these people are ready…

By Jessica Lee · 07 May 2014

Mobile

7 Reasons You Need to Update Your Google Maps App

Google Maps has released a major update to their app for Android and iOS, including lane guidance, offline directions, improved search for…

By Ashley Zeckman · 07 May 2014

Local

80% of Local Searches on Mobile Phones Convert [Study]

What are people looking for when they search for a local business? What do they expect to find? Do they convert? The…

By Jessica Lee · 09 Apr 2014

Local

Google Madness: The Elite Eight of Google+ Local Tips

Google+ can be powerful for brands and businesses, but also can be quite confusing. Whether you're stuck with an old Google+ Places…

By Adam Dorfman · 03 Apr 2014

Analytics

Making Sense of Big Data in Search Marketing

Big data doesn't have to be big and scary if you have simple elements in place. The challenge is harnessing it in…

By Jim Yu · 18 Mar 2014

Local

4 Local Search Tactics That Will Matter More in 2014

Marketers should focus their energies on these key tactics in 2014: improving brand/domain authority; making websites mobile-friendly; correcting any inaccuracies in Foursquare;…

By Adam Dorfman · 09 Jan 2014

Industry

4 Google Changes and How Online Merchants Can Adapt

Google has rolled out many changes of late, from "(not provided)", to local availability, to Hummingbird, and Shared Endorsements. Here's a quick…

By Mary Weinstein · 08 Nov 2013

Local

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

Industry

Google AdWords Keyword Planner vs. Keyword Tool: SEO & PPC Feature Comparison

With the approaching consolidation of the Keyword Tool and the Traffic Estimator into the Keyword Planner, SEO and PPC professionals should become…

By Andre Alpar · 16 Aug 2013

Social

SEO for Google+ Profiles, Pages, Local, Communities & Updates

Want to maximize your visibility in Google's search results? This Google+ SEO guide explains how to optimize your profile, page, local, communities,…

By Kristi Hines · 06 Aug 2013