Companies that are just getting started with local SEO would be hard-pressed to find something more worthwhile than creating and optimizing a Google My Business (GMB) listing. A well-maintained listing can improve your visibility for local search terms and help you effectively present your brand to local customers. When consumers are searching for a local […]
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Every business should have a local SEO strategy if they don’t want to miss out on high-intent qualified leads and this is especially crucial for local businesses who need to target people in their city or region. The priority of local businesses is to secure high ranking positions in a particular location. With that said,
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Fifteen years ago, if a customer needed a hammer, they’d probably get out a phone book, look up “Hardware Store,” choose the hardware store closest to their house, drive there, go inside, and ask the clerk “Do you sell hammers?” If they happened to be out of hammers, the clerk might draw the customer a
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There have been an abundance of hand-wringing articles published that wonder if the era of the phone call is over, not to mention speculation that millennials would give up the option to make a phone call altogether if it meant unlimited data. But actually, the rise of direct dialing through voice assistants and click to
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Last month Google invited a select number of users and journalists to try out its new augmented reality functionality in Google Maps. It is an exciting development particularly for those who have ever experienced difficulty finding a location in the real world when Google Maps’ blue dot fails to be accurate enough. But with local
As soon as Facebook launched its Graph Search in 2013, it was only a matter of time before it became a big player in the search engine game. But Graph Search was limited as far as optimization was concerned. The results it returned focused on providing an answer on the relationships between people, places, and
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We talk a lot about local search and local search trends here at SEW and in the industry as a whole. How have consumers changed the way they interact with local businesses? How can local businesses respond? And what can we anticipate about future trends? Yext recently released some interesting findings on local search trends
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It’s that time of the year again: reflecting on the year that’s past as we prepare for 2019 lurking around the corner. In this article, we have a roundup of some of our fan favorite pieces from 2018 on SEO. From how to’s to tips to tools, these were some of our highlights from the
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Local SEO has never been more important for marketing because of Google’s continued algorithm updates aimed at helping small businesses attract more customers. A local SEO strategy should be a proper mix of factors like: Google My Business profile Consistent NAP across Internet (name, address, and phone) Local citations Social media Local link building Google
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Voice search is growing, a statement appearing time and time again throughout the web. It has fundamentally changed the way people search and it’s here to stay. With a simple command, users can conduct searches for information, products, services and local businesses. It’s such a hot topic that our Head of Search and Strategy Stuart
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