Local search has become a critical component of any small business marketing strategy. With 69% of all Google searches seeking local information, it’s essential that your business appears at the top of local search results. That’s where local SEO comes in. From optimizing your website with location-specific keywords and creating local business listings to managing … Read more
There are times you can find some weird things going on in Google Search Console while analyzing websites. That just happened again, which led me down a strange rabbit hole leading to even more examples of the situation. I can’t really explain what’s going on, and it seems others are confused as well. Once I … Read more
A recent small study by Joy Hawkins showed that if you remove the address from your Google Business Profile listings your rankings in the local pack and in Google Maps will significantly suffer. The kicker is that Google’s own advice and guidelines specifically state, “Important: If you don’t serve customers at your business address, do … Read more
Amy Toman and I met at a beach in New Jersey on a stormy rainy day, because we wanted to be weather reporters. Amy is a local SEO specialist at Digital Law Marketing and is also a Google Product Expert for Google Business Profiles. Amy told us her history, being born in Brooklyn but not … Read more
January 17, 2018 | Posted by Mordy Oberstein Guide to Google’s Local Knowledge Panel on Mobile – Transcript Hi there, I’m Mordy from Rank Ranger and today we’re going to take a look at some Local Knowledge Panels on mobile. The mobile Knowledge Panel can be really just a bit overwhelming. There are … Read more
April 10, 2018 | Posted by Mordy Oberstein It’s funny what you start seeing when you look at enough Local Packs. Stare at enough of them and you’ll notice some interesting patterns that highlight Google’s emphasis on search location within its local SEO algorithm. What happens however when this pattern is perhaps too … Read more
When it comes to local SEO, it’s more important than ever that you optimize your on-site and off-site SEO strategies for clients and customers searching for your local business. Local competition is hotter than ever, and if you’re not on top of your rankings, you can bet your competitors are. Here are five local SEO tactics … Read more
July 11, 2018 | Posted by Mordy Oberstein The recent past has been an adventurous snapshot in time on the Google SERP. There seems to have been a shift in how Google uses its SERP features on a variety of levels. Due to the dynamism of these adjustments, I don’t think we as … Read more
July 16, 2018 | Posted by Shay Harel Image Thumbnails, a mobile SERP favorite, are now present on far more SERPs than they had been just days ago. The proliferation of the thumbnails on the mobile SERP does not appear to be a simple across the board increase in the SERP feature. Rather, … Read more
Each month from late 2020 to December 2022, our team aggregated and analyzed Google Business Profile (GBP) performance data from over 170,000 enterprise brand locations and shared the resulting local consumer search trends on our blog. For the purpose of this research, the term “enterprise” refers to businesses with 50 or more locations. This blog post marks … Read more
421
229
714
826
543