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Review Spam Hits the Earth’s Most Famous Landmarkshttps://www.sterlingsky.ca/review-spam-hits-the-earths-most-famous-landmarks/By Joy Hawkins on Apr 18, 2018 06:43 am Mordy Oberstein tweeted to me this morning about his observation that Mt Everest has been plagued with dozends of fake reviews. I think Google has a fake review problem when it comes to Earth’s most famous landmarks. Here’s one for Mt. Everest & despite some of these being hilarious, they are of course fake. Same..The post Review Spam Hits the Earth’s Most Famous Landmarks appeared first on Sterling Sky Inc.Read it! »Video Deep Dive: Google Q&A Updatehttps://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-5/By Mike Blumenthal on Apr 18, 2018 02:25 am This is our Deep Dive Into Local from April 9th, 2018. 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 Q&A Update appeared first on Local University.Read it! »How to Add Your Business Services to Your Google Business Pagehttps://onlineownership.com/add-business-services-google-business-page/By Tim Capper on Apr 17, 2018 02:30 pm The post How to Add Your Business Services to Your Google Business Page appeared first on Online Ownership.Hot on the heels of being able to add restaurant menus to a Google Business Page, businesses are now able to add a Services Menu to their Google Business Listing.     Currently not being displayed in desktop KP but is displayed in mobile under “menu”. The menu display is an offshoot from the restaurant […]The post How to Add Your Business Services to Your Google Business Page appeared first on Online Ownership.Read it! »Study: Responding to reviews can improve paid-search conversion rateshttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/0zqRN_v5N8s/study-responding-to-reviews-can-improve-paid-search-conversion-rates-296418By Greg Sterling on Apr 17, 2018 01:56 pm Better reviews would have meant 13,000 more local leads for businesses in the study. The post Study: Responding to reviews can improve paid-search conversion rates appeared first on Search Engine Land.Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »How to Add a Business Description to your Google Business Pagehttps://onlineownership.com/add-business-description-google-business-page/By Tim Capper on Apr 17, 2018 01:49 pm The post How to Add a Business Description to your Google Business Page appeared first on Online Ownership.Google My Business now allows you to add a business description to your Google Business Page that appears within the business knowledge panel in search.   How to Add Your Business Description to Your Google My Business Listing Log into your Google My Business Dashboard: https://business.google.com/locations Select the business listing in dashboard Navigate to the […]The post How to Add a Business Description to your Google Business Page appeared first on Online Ownership.Read it! »Video: Last Week in Local from LocalU April 17https://localu.org/blog/all-the-latest-from-local-university/By Mike Blumenthal on Apr 17, 2018 12:35 pm Every week we bring you a brief 15 minute video and the links of the best articles in Local Search. If you have a special topic you would like us to discuss for our other weekly feature, the Deep Dive in Local, or if you would like to be on one or the other of […]The post Video: Last Week in Local from LocalU April 17 appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedGoogle My Business Description Gets the Catbird SeatKnowledge Panel Exhibition[Quiz] The Local SEO Black Belt QuizYell Websites – 9 Reasons Not To Use Yell For Your Web DesignGoogle Adds Guidelines for Events on Google Maps4 Ways to Read Google’s No-Cherry-Picking Policy on Google ReviewsReview-Gating is Now Against the Google My Business GuidelinesAll About the New Services Feature in GMB – Whitespark WeeklyResearch: Google local algorithm uses 2:1 clustering formulaBest Local Citations by Country – A 2018 Update