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If Google Analytics Hides Most Keyword Data, Why Is “Keywords” The Default Organic Report?http://www.localseoguide.com/google-analytics-hides-keyword-data-keywords-default-organic-report/By Andrew Shotland on Feb 13, 2017 07:28 pm I have wasted a good portion of my life clicking past this useless page. Yeah, I know, use Shortcuts, but still. It has been years since this report was useful. Why is it still around? And why is it so prominent in the UI? Instead of spending time making the side nav bounce around so you […]The post If Google Analytics Hides Most Keyword Data, Why Is “Keywords” The Default Organic Report? appeared first on Local SEO Guide.Read it! »Video: Last Week in Local February 13th, 2017http://localu.org/blog/video-last-week-local-february-13th-2017/By Mike Blumenthal on Feb 13, 2017 03:47 pm Join Local U for the next public episode of Last Week in Local, a weekly conversation about the articles that attracted our attention during the past week ending February 13th, 2017. This year we will be publishing our Last Week in Local video directly to the Local U blog. It will be published every Monday [...]The post Video: Last Week in Local February 13th, 2017 appeared first on Local University.Read it! »Yelp Is Starting to Solicit Reviews for Business Owners — and That’s a Good Thinghttp://screenwerk.com/2017/02/13/yelp-is-starting-to-solicit-reviews-for-business-owners/By Greg Sterling on Feb 13, 2017 01:12 pm Yelp is getting serious about transactions. That’s a very good thing for the company. This is what CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said about it on the recent Q4 earnings call: We also made excellent progress in building our transactions capabilities. The number of Yelp Eat24 orders, Yelp Platform transactions and Yelp Reservations bookings grew 40% in […]Read it! »‘Things to do near me’ SEOhttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/P6EeeyLLLIQ/things-near-seo-268697By Andrew Shotland on Feb 13, 2017 11:10 am Columnist Andrew Shotland takes a look at the "near me" phenomenon and shares data that helps illuminate how to rank for these queries.The post ‘Things to do near me’ SEO appeared first on Search Engine Land.Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedDumbest Reasons to Hire a Local SEO Company or PersonHow to nail a local SEO pitchI Wrote a Google Review of My Own Business. What Did Google Do?Local SEO in 2017: 5 simple ways to dominate local search4 Steps to Creating Client Personas for Your Law FirmVideo Deep Dive: Building the Essential Digital Marketing Bundle for Local Businesses3 local SEO tips that deliver business resultsHow to Track Conversions (Leads) from Your Law Firm’s WebsiteAmazon Fires a Super Bowl Warning Shot to Brick-and-Mortar BusinessesVideo: Last Week in Local February 6th, 2017