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Is Your Adwords Campaign Hijacking Your Branded SEO Traffic?http://www.localseoguide.com/adwords-campaign-hijacking-branded-seo-traffic/By Andrew Shotland on Sep 08, 2016 01:17 pm A year or so ago, the guy in charge of local search for a fairly big brand wanted to see if we were interested in a project to research if the vendor running their Adwords campaign was “stealing” their local organic traffic by spending millions each month running PPC ads on all of their branded local queries (e.g. “[BRAND] [CITY]”, […]The post Is Your Adwords Campaign Hijacking Your Branded SEO Traffic? appeared first on Local SEO Guide.Read it! »Yelp Review Summaries Back in the Google Knowledge Panelhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/snkhFsFuyF0/By Mike Blumenthal on Sep 08, 2016 10:56 am I am not sure whether this message has been approved by Jeremy Stoppleman but at least for now, with the new reviews from the web announced yesterday summaries now showing in the Knowledge Panel, Yelp is back. For those of you that don’t go back to the “early” days of Google Local, it would seem … Continue reading Yelp Review Summaries Back in the Google Knowledge Panel →Related posts:Google Hotel Knowledge Panel Now Showing TrustYou Review Summaries Yelp Reviews Back in Google Maps as their .COM Growth Stops Google Now Displaying Full Review Snippets in the Knowledge Panel      Read it! »3rd Party Reviews in Knowledge Panel Now Include Yelp and Your Own Sitehttps://www.imprezziomarketing.com/3rd-party-reviews-knowledge-panel-now-include-yelp-site/By Joy Hawkins on Sep 08, 2016 10:09 am Google is now showing 3rd party review summaries in the knowledge panel for businesses and this is a huge win for anyone who is utilizing a service that gains them reviews on their website in a manner that follows Google’s new rich snippit guidelines.  These 2 major updates go hand-in-hand and it makes sense that [...]The post 3rd Party Reviews in Knowledge Panel Now Include Yelp and Your Own Site appeared first on Imprezzio Marketing.Read it! »How to Find the CID Number of a Google My Business Listinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePlacesExpertJoyHawkinsLocalSeo/~3/ySn2C5NmFrM/By Joy Hawkins on Sep 08, 2016 10:00 am Updated September 8, 2016 to include how to get the CID from MapMaker, Google Plus, and Google Maps for SAB A fellow Google My Business Top Contributor provided me with a tip today on how to find the CID number of a business listing on Google Maps. The CID number is good to know and document […]The post How to Find the CID Number of a Google My Business Listing appeared first on Google My Business (GMB) Expert | Local SEO Tips.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedThe Proper Way To Deal with Duplicates in Google My BusinessGoogle adds ‘Reviews from the web’ to critic reviews in local search resultsThe 80-20 Rule And How It Applies To Digital MarketingIs Google Filtering your Business in the Local Search Results?Is Google filtering your business in the local search results?Local SEO in 2017 and beyond: managed strategy vs. automationThe Ultimate Guide to Fighting Spam on Google MapsHow do I Contact Google My Business?Yelp Now Showing Review Summaries on Business PagesLocal U Advanced – End of Super Early Bird Pricing & Speaker Interview with Joy Hawkins