Recent content by Genna_Local_SEO

Why do I get the two confused?! Thank you for pointing this out!

Hey Nikos! I believe there is a recording, however, you need to be a member of VIP - Local Marketing Institute I believe they offer a free 30-day trial ;) I might be wrong about this, but I thought that's what they said.

I'm stoked for this webinar today! Thanks for doing this Joy!

This makes a lot more sense - thank you for asking questions and posting examples!

These might be noob questions but I'm curious :) What, if anything, is Google doing to improve keyword spamming within listings - specifically thinking about the business name. Will Insights reporting become more accurate? Any new reporting features coming? What is the goal with the follow...

We use a combo pack similar to what Joy uses. Agency Analytics Ahrefs GA/GSC BrightLocal call tracking metrics with whatever tools we're using.

My clients are all local businesses - 2/3 are having trouble recovering from the updates the last few weeks. Traffic is down, calls are down, and rankings are down for organic. Mobile was also shaken up slightly, but I'm assuming that is because these 2 clients have not made it to the MFI. I'm...

Thanks everyone! Great advice I really appreciate it!

Hello Local Experts! I have a dealership client who has different hours in the summer and winter. With winter coming up, they updated the website and GMB with the new winter hours; however, I was curious how this will affect our citation building efforts? Has anyone else gone through a...

Nope, none of our reviews were removed - I'm shocked!

Wanted to give a quick update: 9/14 - we received (8) 5-star reviews 9/18 - (1) 5-star review 9/19 - (1) 5-star review While we have experienced some drops in keyword rankings, I can't see a direct effect from these reviews. There's been a lot of shakeup with algo changes, and I think that's...

Thanks everyone - I appreciate the input and hearing your experiences. I'll definitely keep you posted as we go. We ended up with 6 5-star reviews today which is awesome. We're a small agency outside of Cleveland, OH. Our local rankings currently are not the best; however, I'll let you know how...

Thank you!

This is not something we do often, but my agency reached out to a few clients today and asked that they leave reviews. We received 5 reviews from clients all immediately after we asked. So that's 5 reviews in an hour on a random day. My question is, does that matter? Will Google think these...