Before I explain what happened, I need to first clarify that there are currently two different kinds of local 3-packs (branded vs....

Although it’s well known that more than 90 percent of commerce happens offline, it has historically been difficult to measure the impact...

Google recently posted a blog article raving about how it tackled webspam in 2015. The numbers were quite impressive. The webspam team...

Local search can be time-consuming and complicated for a single location; local search marketing for franchises can be downright...

I see threads over at the Google My Business forum all the time from panicked business owners or SEOs who have logged into Google My...

I used to think that locksmithing was the industry with the highest percentage of fake local listings on Google. I’m starting to think I...

I’ve heard many complaints in the last couple years from business owners who have issues with their listings showing up as “Permanently...

On the surface, business location management is a solved problem. Behind the scenes, it has been anything but. Google and partners are...

I always enjoy solving Local SEO puzzles, but there’s one that has baffled me for the last couple of years. I’ve had many other...

In late November 2015, Google removed the location search filter from the (shrinking) list of search tools available to refine queries....

How should businesses think about location marketing in 2016? With more than 50 percent of all computing currently being done on mobile...

Nielsen has released a look at the top smartphone apps of 2015. Amazingly the top ten reflects the properties of just three companies:...

If you play in the Local arena at all, you’ve probably seen the new Google Plus update and freaked out along with the rest of us. The...

According to comScore’s latest data (October 2015), 78 percent of US mobile subscribers own smartphones. I suspect we’ll reach 80 percent...

It always surprises me how many other professionals I meet and network within the Local SEO community who have little to no knowledge of...

Prompted by a complaint from Yandex, Russia’s antitrust regulator found that Google-required pre-installed Android apps violated Russian...

We’ve all seen criticisms of fast food marketing campaigns that feature photos of super-styled delicious-looking menu items — photos that...

Nearly a decade after the launch of Google Maps, Google is being sued by a mapping competitor in the UK. The company is called Streetmap,...

On July 14, Google announced a new developer initiative called Eddystone. It’s a new open format for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons....

According to the Jerusalem Post and Reuters, Google’s Waze is testing a carpool service in Israel. Named RideWith, it will match riders...