/r/LocalSEONews

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A subreddit for Local SEO news, updates, blog posts, and marketing tips.

You can post content you've written, but don't spam. Content shared must be publicly accessible (i.e. no content from behind a subscriber gate is allowed).

Content Policy

ONLY NEWS directly related to or impacting Local SEO. News must be in written format, if a video it must be accompanied by a written version.

News highly related to or impacting Local SEO can be shared. For example changes to Yelp's profile, research studies involving a decent sample size, or articles debating or discussing current events / theories / signals in Local SEO.

Content Not allowed:
- Questions.
- How To guides.
- Reviews of your agency.
- Thinly veiled sales articles masquerading as news.
- Discussions about Paid solutions such as Google's LSAs or Yelp ads.

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[Ben Fisher] "New photo experience rolled out. The big feature is being able to delete photos easily."

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2024/03/29
18:41 UTC

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[Joy Hawkins] "In case you're wondering how fake reviews are going on Google, I just sent this to Google because it's been denied now twice..." {image showing the same person's name leaving 3 reviews}

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2024/02/13
00:42 UTC

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[Joe Youngblood] A Dallas restaurant faced a negative review attack for name confusion with a viral food truck that stole tips. Google took them down after a local media outlet reported on it driving community outrage. Other businesses have not been so lucky

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2024/02/05
20:14 UTC

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[Danny Sullivan / Google Search Liaison] "...we've long used "openness" as part of our local ranking systems, and it recently became a stronger signal for non-navigational queries..."

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2023/12/17
22:28 UTC

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[Yan Gilbert] "Operating hours are now factored into the Google Maps rankings #localseo"

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2023/12/07
21:54 UTC

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[Barry Schwartz] Dozens of USA restaurants appear to have been suspended or lost a large volume of reviews leading to wide spread ranking volatility. Thread covers various examples, waiting on a statement from Google.

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2023/09/28
23:21 UTC

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A UX Designer Discovered that Google Allowed Scammers to Change the Phone Number of Several Major Airlines on Google Maps

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2023/07/18
16:33 UTC

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SEO Mythbusters - Word Count and longer = better

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2023/06/23
19:36 UTC

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[Joe Youngblood] After only changing a title tag, page took 20 months to rank on page 1 of Google

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2023/05/30
16:44 UTC

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Is vernacular content on GBP useful for ranking?

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2023/05/28
09:37 UTC

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[Ben Fisher] Google Business Profile is now asking for a BBB profile link in assistive help flow

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2023/03/06
02:43 UTC

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[Mike Blumenthal] Thread on getting fake reviews removed from a Google Business Profile

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2023/03/05
17:51 UTC

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[Mike Blumenthal] Google acknowledges bug that nuked reviews and is in the process of fixing them. As of 5:38 pm, 5 of the 9 businesses have had their reviews restored.

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2022/11/17
18:58 UTC

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[Joe Youngblood] If you suggest edits on a Google Business Profile at the moment there's a chance that it makes the business get an entirely new CID and lose all of their reviews.

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2022/11/15
22:49 UTC

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UK good citation sources?

Can you recommend good citation sources for uk?

1 Comment
2022/11/08
15:48 UTC

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