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Snak Pak: Google Bears Down on Robocallers, iOS 9 Reminds us Apple has a Map...

The Snak Pak is a new bi-weekly feature of bite sized industry news we’ll be curating just for you, so that you stay up-to-date on everything local in half the time.   Local Headliners Circling the...

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Snak-Pak: Google Updates the GMB API

Local Headliners Google opened up the Google My Business API, allowing “authorized reps” to create and edit listings in GMB that will be used in Ads, Search, and Maps. The update will make it much...

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Snak-Pak: Google and Yahoo Partnership, RankBrain

Local Headliners Google and Yahoo enter into a 3 year partnership, in which some of Google’s search results and ads will end up in Yahoo search results. After being fired and re-hired within a year,...

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Snak-Pak: Offline Google Maps Search; Amazon Books

Local Headliners Offline navigation and search were promised by Google in May during the I/O conference and now it’s finally here. Currently only available for Android users, this feature further...

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Snak-Pak: Black Friday Results, More G+ Updates

Local Headliners Black Friday (week) has come and gone. How did it go? More people used digital devices to complete their purchases than predicted, to the tune of $4.45 billion says Adobe Systems Inc....

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Local Marketing Must Read Articles

We will be starting to collect articles that local marketers should read to stay in front of what is happening in our industry. Our intent is to provide a single place local business owners can come...

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Google Algo Changes and Other Things of Interest This Week

With both the Canadian and US Independence Days falling this week, many people have been away from their computers, but it seems Google has been busy tweaking their algorithm again. Local marketers may...

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This May Effect Your Local Marketing: Fireworks Edition

While many of us were watching the fireworks overhead last week, there were those who were monitoring the web and found some explosive news. Twitter now prohibits automatic follow backs – this will...

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Starbucks Pushing Brand Through Twitter

Whether it was because the numbers for Starbucks gifting were so successful at Facebook – you must have seen the opportunity to send Starbucks gift cards for special events like birthdays on Facebook....

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Snak-Pak: Moz Releases 2015 Local Search Ranking Factors, New Penguin Update...

The Snak Pak is a bi-weekly feature of bite sized industry news we’ll be curating just for you, so that you stay up-to-date on everything local in half the time.   Local Headliners Moz released the...

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Snak-Pak: Delayed Penguin Update & Yahoo Contemplates Shares

Local Headliners As we go into the last couple weeks before the new year, Google has confirmed that the Penguin update will not be released until 2016. What is the Penguin update? It’s a change Google...

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Snak-Pak: Facebook’s Yelp Killer & no Penguin Update in Sight

Local Headliners We’re back! Happy 2016. What’s been happening in local? Facebook quietly released a “Yelp killer” called Professional Services. Stellar name. Click here for our thoughts on Facebook’s...

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Snak-Pak: Google’s Senior VP of Search Retiring & Amazon To Open More Bookstores

Local Headliners The last two weeks have brought a variety of news. Yahoo is going through a restructuring that will include layoffs and a change in priorities. Google’s Senior VP of Search, Amit...

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Snak-Pak: Google’s Algorithm Changes & The Future of Retail

Local Headliners The first month of 2016 is winding down and Google has estimated “weeks” until the much anticipated release of Penguin update. However, changes to Google’s core algorithm in the last...

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Snak-Pak: The Pains of Local SEO, Google Cloud Vision API, Walmart & Retail’s...

Local Headliners According to a recent article on Search Engine Land, Local SEO is a real pain. SEL depicts the impossible, businesses trying to manage all of their own local listings!  Local SEO...

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Snak-Pak: Bing’s Ad Roll Out, GMB Updates, Local Search Tips

Happy Monday! Our Snak-Pak is your bi-weekly digest of local search news, check out the most recent happenings below: Local Headliners If you’re a small business you’re in luck, Facebook has announced...

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Snak-Pak: Beacon Technology, ‘Near Me’ Searches Increasing, Google Mobile...

Welcome to our bi-weekly dose of Local Search news. This week our Snak-Pak includes big stats supporting the importance of Local Search, Google’s upcoming mobile update, and Uber’s impact on Maps....

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Snak-Pak: Google’s Restaurant Search Update, Local Carousels, Starbucks’...

Springing into April one local search effort at a time, we’re bringing you your biweekly digest. Local Headliners Creators in the hyperlocal space are making it easier to navigate through any given...

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Snak-Pak: YP More Local Data, Nokia’s HERE Gaining Ground, Mobile Sales Up in...

Local Headliners Facebook, the social network with big potential for local search dominance is revving up its capabilities by expanding a relationship with Factual, a location data partnership.The data...

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Snak-Pak: Black Friday Results, More G+ Updates

Local Headliners Black Friday (week) has come and gone. How did it go? More people used digital devices to complete their purchases than predicted, to the tune of $4.45 billion says Adobe Systems Inc....

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