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Anyone want to hear about TWO new local ranking factors? 😱 ClaudiaT has just released some awesome research showing that: 1️⃣ Menu items appear to have a strong impact on rankings 2️⃣ Popular times appear to have a strong impact on rankings. 3️⃣ BONUS insight: keywords in

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We had a busy month with lots of breaking news, great interviews with rand fishkin & Aaron Weiche & analysis from David Mihm Mike Blumenthal & Greg Sterling 🇺🇦 A great combination of strategic overviews AND tactical takeaways for local search marketing nearmedia.co/email/87e741d2…

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Probably not new but it’s the first I have seen Places topic review snippet content layered over semantically related photos. A good reason to have team, interior, employee, product and service photos in your GBP profile. Example with a team photo /1

Probably not new but it’s the first I have seen Places topic review snippet content layered over semantically related photos. 

A good reason to have team, interior, employee, product and service photos in your GBP profile. 

Example with a team photo

 /1
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Man, so many small businesses suck at business 🤦🏻‍♂️ Aaron Weiche analyzed 225 small business websites in various industries, tracking contact form responses for 3 weeks. Here are some surprising stats from the research: ☠️ 42.6% of leads got NO response. Um, what? 🐌 The

Man, so many small businesses suck at business 🤦🏻‍♂️

<a href="/AaronWeiche/">Aaron Weiche</a> analyzed 225 small business websites in various industries, tracking contact form responses for 3 weeks.

Here are some surprising stats from the research:

☠️ 42.6% of leads got NO response. Um, what?

🐌 The
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Google was in talks with Hubspot to acquire for around $25 Billion. Breaking news: it's a no go. Hubspot stock plummets. Probably an ideal time to buy Hubspot stock! (Disclaimer: I am not qualified to offer financial advice)

Google was in talks with Hubspot to acquire for around $25 Billion.

Breaking news: it's a no go.

Hubspot stock plummets.

Probably an ideal time to buy Hubspot stock!
(Disclaimer: I am not qualified to offer financial advice)
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Oh you want local results? You’re gonna get so many local results! While people struggle with organic, local seems to get hotter and hotter 🔥

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Writing SQL queries with ChatGPT for data analysis is an insane game changer. I have a computing science background, but could never write this code, or at least, it would take me all day to get this one query right

Writing SQL queries with ChatGPT for data analysis is an insane game changer.

I have a computing science background, but could never write this code, or at least, it would take me all day to get this one query right
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I'm looking to profile some dentists on the podcast. Looking for Dentists specifically who have had massive exits and interesting stories of their "come-up". Anyone have any names or leads to reach out to??

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It's just crazy to me how Google trusts the general public to make edits to Google Business Profiles more than they trust the actual business owner 🤦🏻‍♂️ My response to this tweet: "It depends on how you move it back. If you edit your Google profile through the standard GBP user

It's just crazy to me how Google trusts the general public to make edits to Google Business Profiles more than they trust the actual business owner 🤦🏻‍♂️

My response to this tweet:

"It depends on how you move it back. 

If you edit your Google profile through the standard GBP user
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We sat behind Richard Simmonds on a plane when our daughter was 3 years old. He turned around, talked with us for a bit, and then gave her this hummingbird he had clipped on his shoulder. He said his mama always told him, "if you can't be nice, stay home" ❤️ RIP

We sat behind Richard Simmonds on a plane when our daughter was 3 years old.

He turned around, talked with us for a bit, and then gave her this hummingbird he had clipped on his shoulder.

He said his mama always told him, "if you can't be nice, stay home" ❤️

RIP
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10 packs are back, baby! I love this. Local businesses getting so much attention for terms with local intent. As it should be.

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Live footage of the Whitespark Local Platform blocking and auto-rejecting competitors attempts to mess with our clients' Google Business Profiles

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How many Google reviews do you need to rank better? Research says at least 10 🧐 According to Joy Hawkins, there is a boost in local rankings once your Google Business Profile receives 10 reviews (see screenshot). Mike Blumenthal hypothesizes that the next boost happens at

How many Google reviews do you need to rank better?

Research says at least 10 🧐

According to <a href="/JoyanneHawkins/">Joy Hawkins</a>, there is a boost in local rankings once your Google Business Profile receives 10 reviews (see screenshot).

<a href="/mblumenthal/">Mike Blumenthal</a> hypothesizes that the next boost happens at
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I’ve been doing SEO for 26 years and local SEO for 16 years. I’ve always been passionate about local SEO and have wanted to share my knowledge with others who want to learn. Well, now I can! I am thrilled to announce the launch of my free email courses! 🔹Local SEO 101: A