Wondering, can you turn off your reviews for your Google Business Profile? In almost all cases, the answer is no. Unfortunately, you will have to deal with the system Google has created. There are, however, a handful of situations in…
Google rolled out the broad Core Update in March 2023. Most of the time, the core updates impact both organic search results and map pack rankings. After performing some analysis on a company that saw significant drops in their local…
When it comes to tracking for local SEO, we're usually talking about keyword rank tracking. However, one of the best metrics to report on for your local campaigns is the amount of leads that came in. For that, you will…
In most scenarios, businesses cannot block people from uploading photos to your GMB listing via the "upload to public" feature. The one exception to this is if the business is getting slammed with tons of inappropriate photos from users due…
A lot of business owners don't realize that random people can ask and answer questions on your Google My Business (GMB) listing. It is a section of your GMB knowledge panel that needs to be monitored, which is not something…
Zip Code Tracking: Summary Google uses proximity to deliver local results and does not use zip codes. Tweet All searches are affected by the proximity factor, but businesses with more dense competition will be affected the most. Tweet Organic results…
It's easy to grasp the fact that most e-commerce sites will have various cyclical trends throughout the year. Maybe an uptrend before Christmas, maybe a downtrend for the summer, but other kinds of businesses have trends as well that may…