Local Search and Google+ Local News Highlights - Oct 23rd

[Linda Buquet]

Busy week? Today might be a good day for you to take a break and catch up on the latest local SEO and Google+ Local news you may have missed. Following are just a few October posts I hand picked for you.

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Recent news and great discussion topics, in no particular order:

Google Business Forum VIDEO Wrapup - October 19 2012
Jade's latest video. Hot off press from Saturday

Google+ Local Review Q&A + Great Tips

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/984-local-search-engine-optimization-warning-city-title.html" target="_blank">Local SEO Warning: City in Title Tag - Former Google Spam Team Member Speaks Out</a>

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/852-new-google-local-algo-changes-heres-scoop.html">New Google LOCAL Algo Changes - Here's the Scoop</a>

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-seo-tools-local-search-software/849-local-keyword-research-tools-tricks.html">LOCAL Keyword Research Tools and Tricks</a>

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/836-local-search-engine-optimization-ranking-expert-survey.html">Local SEO Ranking Expert Survey - How Long Does It Take to Rank?</a>

<strong><a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/990-yelp-fake-review-sting-outs-smbs-warns.html" target="_blank">Yelp Fake Review Sting OUTS SMBs, Warns Consumers</a>

Tackling Local Citations - Where To Start?

Can We Trust the Major Aggregators? Whats the Best Way to Propagate NAP Data to IYPs?

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/google-places-important-updates/867-yay-permanently-closed-moved-business-google-update.html">Yay! PERMANENTLY CLOSED - Moved Business - Google Update</a>

Business Listings Deleted by Google - Do Not Support Location Update

<strong><a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/1001-lol-you-thought-bots-were-bad-new.html"><strong>You Thought Google MapMaker BOTs Were Bad?</strong></a></strong> See Image, New Patent! LOL!

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/822-local-exact-match-domains-still-rank-google.html">Local Exact Match Domains Still Rank - Google Algo Update</a>

<a href="http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/local-search-general-discussions/860-new-google-local-site-preview-highlights-competition.html" target="_self">New Google Local Site Preview Highlights Competition</a>

There are too many new posts to list so, click "Recent Posts" at top of forum to read the rest.