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Most recent entries:

Apple Business Connect Adds Peer Group Benchmarks | October 4, 2023
Some Local SEOs Reporting Google Business Profile Emails Not Being Received | September 19, 2023
Study: Removing The Address In Google Business Profiles Will Make Your Local Rankings Drop | June 19, 2023
Apple Business Connect: Manage Your Business On Apple Maps | January 12, 2023
Yelp's Ghost Update In October: Reviews Drop Out & Not Recommended | January 4, 2019
2017 Google Local Ranking Factors SEO Study | November 13, 2017
Google Local Pack Shows Query From Website Content Of Local Listing | August 31, 2017
Yelp's Stoppelman Really Not Happy About Google's Interstitials Penalty | August 25, 2016

Older entries:

When Will Your Local Business Show Up In Google's One Box? | June 9, 2016
Yelp On South Park Leads To Hoax Lawsuit | October 22, 2015
Yahoo Local Bulk Listing Discontinued | July 23, 2015
Yelp's Consumer Alert Label On Business Profile Reviews | June 9, 2015
Citysearch Partners With Yext For Local Search | May 15, 2015
Google To Launch New Ad Platform For Plumbers, Electricians & Landscapers | April 8, 2015
Google Moves The Map & Local Pack Below The Fold | March 24, 2015
Apple Maps Connect: Finally Can Control Your Business Listing On Apple Maps | October 22, 2014
Moz Releases 2014 Local Search Ranking Factors | October 16, 2014
Yelp Results Now In Yahoo's Local Search Results | March 14, 2014
Local SEO Checklist | March 7, 2014
Google's Internationalization SEO FAQ | October 4, 2012
Googler: Don't Use business.txt Files | August 28, 2012
Siri Can't Find It's Way Outside Of The U.S. | March 21, 2012
Google To Yelp: Give Us Your Reviews Or We Won't Rank Your Pages | March 2, 2011
Google Places Does Not Allow Paid Reviews | February 28, 2011
Bing To Power Nokia Devices In New Mobile Partnership | February 11, 2011
Google Desktop Searches Differ About 86% From Mobile Searches | January 4, 2011
Mobile Sitemaps: Only For Those Older Mobile Sites, Not New Ones | December 27, 2010
How To Spam Google Maps For Top Google Place Listings | December 9, 2010
Facebook, Now With Location Check Ins | August 19, 2010
Yelp To Change Review Policies | April 8, 2010
Bing Maps Adds WorldWide Telescope & Google Maps Updates Android App | March 18, 2010
Yelp Sued Over Accepting Money For Removing Negative Reviews | February 26, 2010
Google Maps Lookup by Longitude & Latitude Now Requires LOC Prefix | June 24, 2009
Detailed Look At Google's New Local Business Center Analytics | June 4, 2009
Version Two of Local Search Ranking Factors Released | May 27, 2009
Google Maps Disables Swimming Directions | May 26, 2009
How Google Maps Can Seriously Hurt Your Business | May 7, 2009
Yell.com Threatening Drop in Google Rankings? | May 1, 2009
Google Maps Merging Competing Business's Local Information | April 29, 2009
Google Maps Bug Causes Reviews To Go Missing | April 27, 2009
Google Creates Local Business Center User Guide | April 14, 2009
Google Releases Maps for Mobile Update to Resolve Bugs | April 13, 2009
Google Gets Generic on Local Web Search Queries | April 8, 2009
Google Putting Battered Women At Harm? | April 7, 2009
Reopening Your Business on Google Maps Can Take Two Weeks | March 18, 2009
Google Maps Says 3 Hour Drive To Go From Staten Island to Staten Island | January 21, 2009
GetListed.org Brings Much Needed Tool for Local Search Marketers | January 21, 2009
How Did Tele Atlas Improve Google Maps? | January 15, 2009
When Construction Happens, Who Updates Google Maps Directions? | January 13, 2009
How To Get a Locations Longitude/Latitude Using Google Maps on iPhone | January 8, 2009