Google tests AR for Google Maps: Considerations for businesses across local search, hyperlocal SEO, and UX
Last month, Google tested AR functionality in Google Maps. What are the implications of VPS, street view, and machine learning for local search and SEOs?
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3 Step Guide to Hyperlocal Marketing Success
Hyperlocal marketing has been growing in business potential and impact over the past few years, and it’s expected to come to a crescendo in 2019.
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What will the SERP of tomorrow look like? Four changes to prepare for today
Four predictions on the SERP of tomorrow from the VP of Industry Insights at Yext. What we can expect, and what to do today to prepare.
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Voice search optimization guide: Six steps for 2019
71% of us would rather search via voice assistant than by physically typing in queries. Here are the six most important steps for voice search optimization.
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5 schema markup values to use in local SEO
Put your business on the SERP map with these five key schema markup values for local SEO. Includes code to use and screenshots of schema in action.
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How to optimize your local business for voice search
Specific strategies for local businesses trying to understand the potential voice search will have on their bottom lines.
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Voice search and local SEO: How to get started?
There were more than a billion voice searches a month, as of January 2018. 40% of those mobile searches had local intent.
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Why a well-crafted SEO strategy is imperative for the holidays
What are the holidays without SEO? Here are tips for companies from B2B to CPG, how to maximize SEO, and common pitfalls to avoid.
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SEO 101: 11 tips you need to know when you optimize your site
SEO can help you increase the traffic to your site and improve the user experience. Here’s how to start optimizing your pages.
A Tale of Two Lunch Tables at MozCon 2018 (Content-Driven Link Building and Local Search)
Steve Morgan wrote up his notes for two of the Birds of a Feather tables at MozCon 2018, discussion round-tables on content-driven linkbuilding and local search which took place during the lunch breaks.
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All about Google’s knowledge panels
Last week, Google announced a new feature in their knowledge panels. You’re now able to verify your branded or personal panel and add or change some of the information in it. But what exactly are knowledge panels? Are these useful? Should your company have one? I’ll tell you all about it in this post! What […]
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Eight steps for a bulletproof local search strategy
Local search takes a lot of hard work and is competitive, but get it right and the pay-off can be huge. Manish Dudharejia shares his eight fundamental actions to get you started.
Ask Yoast: True location in URL?
If you own a business in a small town near a big city, you’re probably a bit jealous of your competitors in this big city. The search volume for that city will most likely be significantly larger, and with that, the amount of potential customers as well. So, is there any way you can still […]
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Four ways to boost SEO in just 5 hours
Good SEO practice is the difference between getting your site ranked as high up the search results and possible, and reducing the chance of a click through to your site. It can be frustrating to spend a great deal of time and effort on SEO and not see the results. Pius Boachie shares some tips you can quickly implement to make a difference.
SEO strategies and keyword rankings: mobile versus desktop
Tracking your keywords on mobile and desktop is absolutely essential for both reporting accuracy and for supporting SEO strategies. Jessie Moore explains why you should separate your keyword strategies for each device, and shares quick tips for consideration
Consumers lose trust in businesses with inaccurate NAP
Over the years we’ve seen the importance of the humble business listing change. While citations were once considered key link sources and their accuracy a contributing ranking factor for local search, today their impact has waned somewhat.
Six steps to improving your local search strategy
With local search proven to be one of the hottest SEO trends of 2017, it is projected to maintain its standing among make-or-break optimization factors in 2018. The competition between online and brick-and-mortar stores is heating up, and local search optimization can become a decisive factor in how a site ranks locally and, consequently, in how much traffic and clients it drives from local, on-the-go searches.
How to get started with local SEO
Google suggests that 80% users conduct online searches for local businesses, while 50% of users who do a local search on mobile for a business visit its store within a day. Yet businesses continue to miss the opportunities that local SEO provides. If this is you, here’s how to get started with local SEO.
Why I like the Local SEO plugin and Technical SEO course so much
When my colleagues asked me to name two of my favorite products for my birthday sale, I didn’t hesitate. Yes, our flagship product Yoast SEO is awesome, but I’ve always had a thing for small businesses and helping them optimize for Google. Two of our products that every small business owner should purchase, in my […]
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How to respond to online reviews of your business
Online reviews are important for any local business. They’ve become essential in local search strategies. Having positive reviews and ratings will help in attracting traffic, both to your website as well as to your local business. Should you respond to positive reviews? And what about the negative ones? Here, I’ll give you lots of tips […]
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