What are Data Aggregators?

by Justin Liles for Advice Local A Look at How Local Business Data Gets Distributed Online Have you ever wondered how business data gets distributed across the web? Or why local businesses sometimes appear in directories without ever having submitted a listing themselves? It all comes down to data aggregators. What is a Data Aggregator? Data … Read moreWhat are Data Aggregators?

Bing has a chatbot answering local search questions

by Matt McGee for SearchEngineLand Skype-powered chatbot is showing up as an assistant to help searchers learn about restaurants in the Seattle area. Bing has added a chatbot to help users with some of its local search results for restaurants in the Seattle area. After getting a tip from a reader, I was able to reproduce the … Read moreBing has a chatbot answering local search questions

5 Simple Steps To More Local Business Website Traffic in 2017

It was just a simple four-page website for the Murray Group, an insurance company based in Albany, New York. And it hadn’t been updated for three years. Ryan Hanley changed all that. In the process of that change, he nearly tripled traffic and generated $4,975 in new business within 100 days…and much more afterward. “That’s … Read more5 Simple Steps To More Local Business Website Traffic in 2017

Don’t get caught napping: 87% of online business listings are wrong or inconsistent

The single most important factor in online search success is simple and cheap to fix – and your competitors couldn’t be bothered! Most small and medium enterprises know that SEO is important to get their businesses found online. What many of them don’t realize is that a lot of customers aren’t even going to go … Read moreDon’t get caught napping: 87% of online business listings are wrong or inconsistent