Local Posts You May Have Missed

Local Posts You May Have Missed for 09/16/2015

September 16, 2015

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Mapquest has introduced a new look and a new retro-chic, 1970s style logo. The changes are part of a series of upgrades begun prior to the Verizon-AOL acquisition and largely a result of a new Mapquest partnership with Mapbox. The promised and enhanced features include or will include: A faster,...

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Negative reviews are the one of the hardest issues that SMBs have to confront. Learning how to respond to them effectively is best learned by sharing amongst ourselves and with these same SMBs. So I wanted to try some participatory blogging to tap the collective consciousness about what makes for a good response to a …

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Google recently shook up the local results in its SERPs, killing the local 7-packs in favor of a 3-pack that resembles the mobile experience. This post tells you everything you need to know about the change and what it means for your local marketing.

Microsoft is giving moviegoers an advanced look at the film, as well as offering new Bing in the Classroom lesson plans focused on space exploration.

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With all the recent shakeups in SERPs/local SEO it’s becoming increasingly important to have visibility into the performance of all your search channels, including local search. I’m a big believer in tracking clicks from a Google My Business page to a website and I’m constantly surprised that this is not something that all local SEO’s [...]

As a naturally impatient person, I struggle with the following: people who take forever to text me back, traffic, and long lines. Thankfully, Google Search’s newest feature called Popular Times lets impatient people like myself know when a restaurant, business, or venue is busiest so we can avoid rush hour. ...

Responding to a negative review that someone has left about your business is difficult. You want to own the issue and offer resolution and you want to appear reasonable to your prospects, but finding just the right response can be challenging for a range of reasons. Sometimes the customer has been totally unreasonable, sometimes you [...]