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Do You Care How They Found Your Phone Number?https://localu.org/blog/do-you-care-how-they-found-your-phone-number/By Carrie Hill on Aug 17, 2018 09:31 am We've been reading more and more in search about the "zero click query" becoming more prevalent as Google continues to serve up answers directly within the search results.  For those concerned with drawing customers to their local business, getting searchers to the website is not necessarily the end conversion anymore. Acquiring a booking, appointment or […]The post Do You Care How They Found Your Phone Number? appeared first on Local University.Read it! »The Local Lowdown from Ignitor Digital – August 17https://ignitordigital.com/the-local-lowdown-from-ignitor-digital-august-17/By Carrie Hill on Aug 17, 2018 08:55 am Get the scoop on what’s hot and what’s working in Local SEO & Marketing. From Google MyBusiness tactics and studies to new features, tips and tricks – these articles are designed to help you gain more market share, convert moreThe post The Local Lowdown from Ignitor Digital – August 17 appeared first on Ignitor Digital | Small Business Website Marketing Solutions.Read it! »Server Side Rendering For Dummies (& Non-Technical SEO Decision-Makers)http://www.localseoguide.com/server-side-rendering-for-dummies/By Andrew Shotland on Aug 16, 2018 01:42 pm Your engineering team just mentioned they are rolling out a new type of product landing page built with REACT or Angular or some other hipster tech name you may have seen out of the corner of your eye on your Twitter SEO feed. Your gut says this could be an SEO problem, and your gut […]The post Server Side Rendering For Dummies (& Non-Technical SEO Decision-Makers) appeared first on Local SEO Guide.Read it! »Google Adds Posts to Local Branded Search Resultshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/OVRnZSTDRUQ/By Mike Blumenthal on Aug 16, 2018 12:28 pm Google has been expanding the branded local search results. Most recently (last November timeframe) they added an About tab that included corporate information, often a link to wikipedia or the main corporate about us page and social links Today I started seeing the inclusion of a Posts Tab in these results. Interestingly this is NOT … Continue reading Google Adds Posts to Local Branded Search Results →     Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedVideo Deep Dive: How Google exploits HotelsVideo: Last Week in Local August 13, 2018DexYP (and Other Publishers) Transition to Digital, But Limited Revenue Suggests Bleak Long-Term ProspectsHow Likely Is Google Maps to Approve That Anti-Spam Edit?Is Content Marketing the Best Approach for Local Businesses?The Local Lowdown from Ignitor Digital – August 9Video Deep Dive:Google as Home Page Scoring toolThe Expert’s Guide to Local SEO – July ’18 Updates are Out!Video: Important Links from Last Week in Local August 6th, 2018Google My Business: Don’t Set It and Forget It