Category: Local

To enable this, manage your preferences in location settings.

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Whitespark has surveyed dozens of local SEO experts to compile what they believe are the most important ranking factors for local search.

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This is the first new vertical Google has added to LSAs.

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There are reports of an increase in fraudulent ownership requests, so be careful.

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A bug with automatically applied suggested edits leads to some businesses seeing all their reviews vanish from Google.

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For small businesses, this can help reduce necessary resources to respond to customer questions in Google Search and Google Maps.

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Instagram making it easier for users to discover restaurants, cafes, hotels and other local businesses.

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Google is aware of the issue and has advised business owners to flag the reviews or contact Google support to get them removed:

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