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Top 10 Ways Local Business Owners Botch the All-Important Homepage, and How You Can Get Yours Righthttp://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/2017/06/28/top-10-ways-local-business-owners-botch-the-all-important-homepage-and-how-you-can-get-yours-right/By Phil on Jun 28, 2017 02:37 am It’s a shame so many business owners spend more time chasing shiny new objects than they do nailing the fundamentals. Mess up your homepage and your local rankings won’t be all they can be, or you’ll scare away people, or both.  It’s of outsize importance to Google and to customers/clients/patients.  Craft an excellent homepage and […]Read it! »New Feature: Highlight Icons for Restaurants & Bars in Knowledge Panelshttp://localu.org/blog/highlight-icons-for-restaurants-bars-in-knowledge-panels/By Carrie Hill on Jun 27, 2017 03:02 pm Today Google confirmed they are now including local highlight icons in mobile knowledge panels for restaurants and bars.   We went digging to see how Google determines which icons are appropriate and saw a new feature that uses Q & A to determine what highlights are appropriate.  We're also seeing evidence of google parsing reviews [...]The post New Feature: Highlight Icons for Restaurants & Bars in Knowledge Panels appeared first on Local University.Read it! »Google My Business website builder SEO reviewhttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/NK6CzE5KWGA/google-business-website-builder-seo-review-277182By Tony Edward on Jun 27, 2017 01:47 pm Google recently released a website builder product for local businesses. Columnist Tony Edward dives in to see how it works and whether it's worth your time.The post Google My Business website builder SEO review appeared first on Search Engine Land.Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »Google Website Adds 100,000 New Sites Since Launchhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/qAtXi1ySkXU/By Mike Blumenthal on Jun 27, 2017 01:16 pm On June 13th Google introduced Google Website, their single page web builder for (very) small businesses, worldwide. The product had been in testing since last year and appears to be targeted primarily at developing countries. How is it going two weeks on? How many sites have been built? I have been tracking the daily increase … Continue reading Google Website Adds 100,000 New Sites Since Launch →     Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedConfirmed: Google rolls out local highlight icons & price labels for hotel resultsGetting Robocalls From Point Break Media? 8 Lies They Told.Is Motion a Benefit or Drawback in Website Design?Google Opens Waitlist for Testing Posts with Multi-location ChainsVideo: Last Week in Local June 26, 2017Small business SEO: Your questions answeredGoogle Posts Rolling Out WorldWideThe Best Legal Directories in 2017Google Maps Soliciting Location Information in Organic Search ResultsHow to Choose Your Perfect WordPress Theme