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Google Stops Counting Anonymous Reviews?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/KLPE9qtzZAo/By Mike Blumenthal on May 24, 2018 10:45 am I just got this email from my favorite pet client, Barbara Oliver. She watches her reviews like a hawk and is very protective of them: I noticed today that I have 139 google reviews and up until now, I had 172. Do they just delete older ones? You know how I get as I work … Continue reading Google Stops Counting Anonymous Reviews? →     Read it! »What Happens When Knowledge Panels Aren’t Actually Knowledgeable?http://streetfightmag.com/2018/05/24/what-happens-when-knowledge-panels-arent-actually-knowledgeable/By David Mihm and Mike Blumenthal on May 24, 2018 04:00 am In the latest of their biweekly columns, David Mihm and Mike Blumenthal explore what they find to be a troubling practice on Google's part: granting select platforms the power to insert themselves into a local business' knowledge panel without any recourse for the business or verifying that the information is accurate.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedScraping Gray SEO Barnacles off the Local Spam FlotillaVideo: Last Week in Local from LocalU May 21GDPR and WordPress Security – How to Secure Your Site8 Website Design Mistakes That Your Law Firm Should AvoidHow to Find the CID Number of a Google My Business ListingWhat Kinds of “Contacts at Google” Can Local SEO Companies Have?The Optimal Local Landing Page For Law FirmsIs “Near Me” SEO Moving Farther Away?7 Tactics That Help SMBs Succeed in Facebook GroupsGoogle & Optimizing for Local “Near Me” Searches in Search Results