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Google Expanding Front Page GMB Editinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/q5iIvBkfnfU/By Mike Blumenthal on Aug 02, 2017 04:48 pm Early in July I wrote about a test that increased the presence of the Google My Business Dashboard via the front page of a Google branded search. Thibault Tadda alerted me via twitter of an upgrade to the test that now includes a to do list. If the business or a manager is logged in … Continue reading Google Expanding Front Page GMB Editing →     Read it! »Mike B Around the Interwebshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/5OW5Is4OaFc/By Mike Blumenthal on Aug 02, 2017 04:37 pm Here are articles that I published over the past week some place other than here: LocalU: Video: Last Week in Local July 31 Every week at LocalU Mary Bowling and I and the occasional guest discuss the news from the world of local. We look at strategic as well as tactical pieces that can inform your … Continue reading Mike B Around the Interwebs →     Read it! »Sterling Sky Welcomes Colan Nielsen as Our VP of Local Searchhttp://www.sterlingsky.ca/sterling-sky-welcomes-colan-nielsen-vp-local-search/By Joy Hawkins on Aug 02, 2017 03:31 pm I’m very excited to announce that this month Colan Nielsen will be joining our team as the VP of Local Search at Sterling Sky Inc. Colan started in the local SEO world back 7 years ago in 2010 and is also deemed a product expert by Google as a Top Contributor on the Google My Business..The post Sterling Sky Welcomes Colan Nielsen as Our VP of Local Search appeared first on Sterling Sky Inc.Read it! »Video Deep Dive: Google as your new Home Pagehttp://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-google-new-home-page/By Mike Blumenthal on Aug 02, 2017 11:32 am This is our Deep Dive Into Local from June 19th, 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 a special topic you would like us to discuss for the Deep Dive in Local, please reach [...]The post Video Deep Dive: Google as your new Home Page appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have Missed› Quandoo and DTG BV Add Business Listings Data to Apple MapsHow Is Locadium Different From Yext & Other Citation Monitoring Services?45 Local SEO Pitfalls & How to Avoid ThemGetting or Providing a Local SEO Consultation? Make Sure You Touch on These PointsVideo: Last Week in Local July 31Locadium: a new ‘point solution’ to monitor GMB listings changesIf your GMB page updates & no one knows, does it make a sound?Doesn’t Everyone Hate it When Service Companies Get Involved in Software?Careful When Sleeping with Elephants – Are Google Websites a Threat to the Agency?The Place of Newspapers in the Local Marketing Ecosystem