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Lately, the spike in hijacked Google My Business listings appears to be growing. A hijacked listing is when someone other than the business gains control of the local Google My Business profile. Sterling Sky’s Joy Hawkins writes about this phenomenon. She talked about the trends and some of the methods used by spammers and scammers. Read [...]
Early last month, Yelp announced two initiatives to help fight racism and promote the diversity among our local businesses. They expanded a relationship with the non-profit Open To All. The partnership will make training resources available for all small and medium sized businesses. Those resources help promote a better practice of diversity and inclusion in businesses. [...]
Some of the best companies started out as small businesses, but the trouble now-a-days is that it is super hard to find a small business on google. If you look up restaurants near you, it will show you all of the huge fast food franchises, mega sit-down restaurant chains, and a million other restaurants that bring [...]
Recently the Department of Justice, along with eleven state attorney generals, filed a civil suit against Google for violating antitrust laws. The goal is stop Google from creating and maintaining monopolies in search and search advertising markets which they claim Google does through the use of anticompetitive and exclusionary practices. In the light of this suit, [...]
Learning how to generate SEO content is something that many business owners struggle with. It is no wonder that content creation presents so many challenges when people have so many other responsibilities to worry about. In this article we are helping you up your efficiency by explaining how to generate multiple pieces of SEO content from [...]
In an effort to compete with other search engine, Bing carries on with its AI innovations. Those improvements include autosuggest features, expansion of “People Also Ask”, and growth of the intelligent answer features. Read on to learn all about these AI innovations at Bing. History of Bing Before we look to the future of Bing, let’s [...]
SEO is a very technical and very specialized field. There are a lot of considerations to make in order to improve your website’s rankings. Unfortunately, this means there are also many examples of "what not to do" that can tank your search engine rankings. Therefore, it is important to have an SEO specialist working on your [...]
According to Google’s John Mueller, “The SEO effect of keywords in the URL is minimal once the content is indexed. Make URLs that work for your users, not for SEO.” Google has previously stated that keywords in URLs are a small factor and an overrated SEO factor. What this means for your business is that you [...]
The right images to complement your advertising campaign can really make or break the connection to your target audience. There is a need to keep things new and fresh. However, finding just the right image can be time consuming and costly, especially if you are always on the hunt for new images with each campaign. But [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could write an ad that specifically addresses each customer’s individual needs? Unfortunately, that is not possible, but there are tools out there to help you get as close to that as realistically possible. Read on to learn the importance of audience context and advertising. There is no bigger hurdle in [...]