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Google Soliciting Feedback for Local Pack Resultshttp://www.thesempost.com/google-soliciting-feedback-local-pack-results/By Jennifer Slegg on Jun 01, 2017 10:16 am Google is testing a new feedback feature in their local packs, allowing searchers to give feedback about the specific results that are being shown – or not shown – in the local pack.  For local SEOs, the feedback form includes the usual expected feedback options, but with an very interesting addition – an option for […]The post Google Soliciting Feedback for Local Pack Results appeared first on The SEM Post.Read it! »Google Adds Local Restaurant Search Suggestion to Top of Search Resultshttp://www.thesempost.com/google-adds-local-restaurant-search-suggestion-top-search-results/By Jennifer Slegg on Jun 01, 2017 08:54 am Google has added a new alert to their search results, suggesting that people use Google search to find local restaurants, going so far as suggesting a search query to do so.  And most mysteriously, it shows up for completely unrelated – and non-local – queries. Here is what it looks like: As you can see, […]The post Google Adds Local Restaurant Search Suggestion to Top of Search Results appeared first on The SEM Post.Read it! »Mike B Around the Local Webhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/LXo2a33jsjk/By Mike Blumenthal on Jun 01, 2017 07:35 am Video Deep Dive: Sponsorships as an opportunity in Local Marketing – an educational interview with Megan Hannay of Zipsprout about ideas for leveraging a business’s relationship with local NFP agencies to enhance their digital marketing. (Now also available as a podcast). Video: Last Week in Local May 30, 2017 – Join Mary B and me and guest … Continue reading Mike B Around the Local Web →     Read it! »Getting Robocalls From Point Break Media? 8 Lies They Told.http://www.sterlingsky.ca/getting-robocalls-point-break-media-8-lies-told/By Joy Hawkins on May 31, 2017 12:06 pm Last week I had the fun experience of getting a robocall from Point Break Media about my Google My Business listing and quickly realized this is the same company that I’ve been seeing floods of complaints about on the forum. If you’ve received a call from these people here is what you need to know...The post Getting Robocalls From Point Break Media? 8 Lies They Told. appeared first on Sterling Sky Inc.Read it! »Video Deep Dive: Sponsorships as an opportunity in Local Marketinghttp://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-sponsorships-opportunity-local-marketing/By Mike Blumenthal on May 31, 2017 11:57 am Mike Blumenthal and Megan Hannay take a Deep Dive into sponsorships as an opportunity in local marketing. This is our Deep Dive Into Local from May 15th, 2017. In our Deep Dive series, we take a closer look at one thing in local that caught our attention and deserves a longer discussion. If you have [...]The post Video Deep Dive: Sponsorships as an opportunity in Local Marketing appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedReview Spam – Which Google Categories Are Worst?Local SEO Fairy Tale: No Problems = Good RankingsVideo: Last Week in Local May 30, 2017Understanding Facebook’s Place as a Small Business Marketing VehicleHow To Get More Google ReviewsYelp Encouraging Use of Special Holiday HoursWhen Will Google Fix My StreetView Image?Naming Your Law Firm: 3 Types of Names + The Pros & Cons of EachGoogle confirms it’s rolling out new reviews format for hotelsVideo Deep Dive: Small business and email marketing tips