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The Whitespark Local Pulse for 02/13/2021

February 13, 2021

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Does Optimizing for “Near Me” Work?https://www.sterlingsky.ca/near-me-optimization/By Joy Hawkins on Feb 12, 2021 10:30 am We asked this question at a LocalU Advanced event: “Does adding instances of “near me”...Read it! »Google My Business adds messaging to desktop interfacehttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/cOhUe513cfY/google-my-business-adds-messaging-to-desktop-interface-346070By Barry Schwartz on Feb 11, 2021 04:43 pm Businesses can now message with customers through their web browser, not just the mobile app.The post Google My Business adds messaging to desktop interface appeared first on Search Engine Land.Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »GMB showing Staff and Attorneys in Knowledge Panel Resultshttps://localu.org/gmb-showing-staff-and-attorneys-in-knowledge-panel-results/By Jason Brown on Feb 11, 2021 03:27 pm Google has been rolling out a series of tests of late. I stumbled across this thread on the Local Search Community Forum today. As it turns out, the GMB listing for Mike Morse Injury Law Firm has sections for Attorney and Staff. Both of these sections can be clicked and...Read it! »Bing Local Listings now Showing Facebook Reviews, Replaces Yelp.https://localu.org/bing-local-listings-now-showing-facebook-reviews-replaces-yelp/By Jason Brown on Feb 11, 2021 03:10 pm Bing used to pull in a lot of the information from Yelp. Bing used to display Yelp reviews as their primary review source. Bing is now defaulting to Facebook as their review source. The rub is that Facebook no longer has a review system. Facebook switched to a recommendation system...Read it! »How To Track Passage Ranking SEO Performance in Google Search Console (And Why You Might Want To)https://www.localseoguide.com/how-to-track-passage-ranking-seo-performance-in-google-search-console-and-why-you-might-want-to/By Andrew Shotland on Feb 11, 2021 01:51 pm UPDATE You’re really not an SEO blogger until @rustybrick has called bullshit on one of your posts https://t.co/Us4eajHBx9 — Andrew Shotland (@localseoguide) February 11, 2021 So I may have jumped the gun on the “passage ranking” thing, but even though this may be old news, these URLs started showing up in a lot of GSC […]The post How To Track Passage Ranking SEO Performance in Google Search Console (And Why You Might Want To) appeared first on Local SEO Guide.Read it! »  

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