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Thanks for sharing, Steph! I've had a very quick look into some of the Local RankFlux data, and it looks like hospitality businesses haven't seen any unusual changes, while all other industries have seen a pretty big uptick in flux. When comparing to a 'normal' day (24/1, for context)...

Thanks so much for sharing, Joy - and thank you to everyone answering!

Thanks for the tag, Joshua! Appreciate the feedback dunkinbbb! We used Mechanical Turk to replicate search conditions, but of course, nothing is as accurate as Google's own search data. I wish I did have access to their data, but for now, this is the best I can do :) And Nathan - hope the...

Hi Ollie! My colleague Jamie has just written a piece on this actually, I thought I'd share it in case you found it useful: How Relevant Are Citations in 2019? - BrightLocal

Hi everyone, happy Friday! You may already be aware of our Local Consumer Review Survey - we've been running it since 2010 to track trends in online reviews for local businesses over time, and I've just released the latest report here: Local Consumer Review Survey | Online Reviews Statistics &...

Hi everyone! We've just released our latest piece of research, the Google Reviews Study, looking in-depth at how local businesses are using Google Reviews and providing key statistics to help businesses benchmark themselves against others in their industry. You can read the full results here...

Hi everyone, happy Friday! We've just released our latest piece of research, looking into the impact of Google's Local Services ads on local SERPs. We monitored 5,500 local searches to try and find out how the emergence of LSAs are affecting where people click when looking for local businesses...

Hi! Thanks so much for your response :) Always good to know the research is useful! Data aggregators (e.g. Factual, Acxiom etc) submit local business data to their networks, while real-time distributors are suppliers like Yext that update information as it changes. We've got a post that...

Hi everyone! We've just released our latest research piece, the Online Reputation Management Survey, looking into the use of online reputation management among SMBs, enterprise businesses, and marketers. You can read the full results here: Online Reputation Management Survey - BrightLocal The...

Thanks so much for sharing this Joy! Should be a good one!

And thanks for sharing your insights, Colan! :D

Hi everyone! Last Friday we launched the latest edition of our Expert Local Citation Survey! The latest version includes excellent insights into the current usage and future of citations for local businesses, from local SEO pros. The full report is available to read here: Expert Local...

Hi everyone! I wanted to share our latest study in case it is helpful to anyone here: SEO Citations Study: How Many Citations Do Local Businesses Have? The study (and nifty interactive tool) shows: The average number of citations for businesses in each industry The average number of...

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on our upcoming SMB Marketing Study, and am looking for entrepreneurs and SMB employees to tell us about their experiences when marketing their business. The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete - and as a thank you for your insights, I'll be...

Hi everyone! We've just released our newest research, the Voice Search for Local Business Study! There's loads of data, but some of my favorite findings are: 58% of consumers have used voice search to find local business information in the last 12 months 46% of voice search users look...