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Get the Secrets to Increasing a Business’ Online Authority
While most businesses have heard of Google’s E-A-T (expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness), they may not know how to apply it effectively to their content marketing

There’s More to Visibility Than Google – You Need to Prioritize All Local Listings
Google just published details on new ways to navigate more sustainably. While it’s not clear yet how local businesses will be impacted by this, Google’s

Need to Improve a Business’ Appearance in Maps? This Strategy Could Help
For those of you that follow local search closely, you might have run across this jewel of a study from Joy Hawkins. She did a

Apple Maps Gets an Upgrade – We Have You Covered
Apple Maps is stepping up its game. Those in the digital marketing industry have been speculating about what Apple will be doing next to improve

The Importance of UGC Within Google My Business
While you may not have considered it, Google has been shifting Google My Business into a platform that is starting to look more and more

World, Meet the Google Authority Score
I’d like to introduce you to the Google Authority Score. For some of our partners, you may have already spotted this feature within your dashboard.

Google My Business Sync Keeps Your Client’s Listing Up-to-Date
I’m going to share with you about a hidden gem available in our partner dashboard, Google My Business Sync, or GMB Sync for short. It’s

Authoritativeness & Its Importance to a Google My Business Listing
Last time we talked about E-A-T, but more specifically about expertise, which is represented by the “E” in E-A-T. Today we are going to explore

Local Search and Micro-Moments: Making Magic in the Moment
Mobile is one of the greatest disruptions in digital marketing, but I’m not focusing on mobile today. Instead let’s explore one of its great side
Amazon’s St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Cutter Marketing Gimmick? 5 Takeaways for Brands
So I was surfing Facebook just like I do every day and what did I run across? An Amazon social media post advertising a St.

Local Search Made Easy: Enhancing a Business’s Online Presence with Social Media
There is often debate on whether or not social media contributes to search engine ranking and local search efforts. Each time an authoritative source studies

Local Search Made Easy: Websites that Work
You’ve put in so much hard work to make sure the businesses you represent show up in local search results, now you want to make

Marketing for Consumer Micro-Moments in a Mobile-First World
Google is known for changing everything. Originally it was the name of a search engine, a simple noun. Now it’s a verb and a way

Local Search Made Easy: Reputation Management and Reviews
How’s business? After all, the reason technologies like Advice Local exist, and the reason we provide this blog as a resource is for you to

Local Search Made Easy: Get Listed, Get Optimized and Get Found
You’re well on our way to making sense of the great big world of local SEO. Not to knock the technical aspects of SEO, as

Local Search Made Easy: 5 Must-Haves for Local Success
Welcome back! We’ve been on a journey back to the basics of search engine optimization (SEO). It’s always good to reinforce a solid foundation so we




