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The Annual Print Yellow Pages Page Count And Lemonadehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/RvbO_gsBJF8/By Mike Blumenthal on Apr 26, 2016 03:32 pm Every year around this time I get my Superpages Yellow Pages. And every year around this time I report,  one more time, that the print yellow Pages are dying. This year is no exception. The total page count, contrary to last year’s aberrant small increase, continued to drop and the book now sports 84 total pages. … Continue reading The Annual Print Yellow Pages Page Count And Lemonade →Related posts:The Annual Print Yellow Pages Page Count And Other Anomalies The Annual Print Yellow Page Page Count And Other Dead Horses Greg Sterling: Print Yellow Pages: What’s the Real Story?      Read it! »Facebook and Bots Create New Experiences for Brandshttp://www.simpartners.com/facebook-bots-brands/By Jay Hawkinson on Apr 26, 2016 12:24 pm Image Credit: BBC Bots are hot. Many brands and media are examining the role that bots play and will play in our increasingly on-demand society. And Facebook is taking action, as you might have noticed when the world’s largest social network recently announced (at the annual F8 conference) the incorporation of bots into Facebook Messenger. […]Posted by Jay Hawkinson at Facebook and Bots Create New Experiences for Brands. Visit SIM Partners for more great information!Read it! »Video Deep Dive: The New Facebook Messenger Platform; A CRM for Local Business?http://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-new-facebook-messenger-platform-crm-local-business/By Mike Blumenthal on Apr 26, 2016 12:02 pm This is the 14th installment this year of our Deep Dive Into Local series. For the week ending Monday, April 18th, Mary Bowling and Mike Blumenthal shared their thoughts about the previous week in local. The complete video, including links and commentary on critical happenings of the previous week is posted in the Local U [...]The post Video Deep Dive: The New Facebook Messenger Platform; A CRM for Local Business? appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedGoogle testing a slimmed-down version of the local boxThe 9 Most Common Local SEO MythsTop 9 Reasons Why Google Suspends Local ListingsService for a Price: Most Brands Take a Shortsighted Approach to Customer CareWhat Impact Will Ad’s in the Local Finder Have?Google Testing New Mobile Local Knowledge PanelWhy Businesses Need Data AmplifiersThe complicated local path to purchase: 7 marketing tasks to do yourself and 7 to outsourceI Don’t Trust Google To Extract Data From Javascript, But…Video Deep Dive: Leveraging Email for Local Businesses