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Local search and reviews analysis from Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal · 5 stories
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Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal dig into a study of Google review removals and why review spikes get punished, Siri's new local search in iOS 27.2, Google's Let's Confirm Its in Stock inventory…
Read on Near Media →Study: Why People Leave Bad Reviews Basic communication and service failures are responsible for a majority of bad reviews. By the same token, good service and transparent pricing generally result in…
Read on Near Media →Andrew Shotland & Mark Kabana join us fresh off Brighton SEO for a wide-ranging, no-fixed-agenda convo about what the conference said about local's place in the industry, why a single search rank is…
Read on Near Media →Damian Rollison, Senior Director of Market Insights at SOCi, joins us to walk through SOCi's third annual consumer study whose headline finding is that local discovery no longer runs in a straight…
Read on Near Media →Lake Ontario FiascoAs trade negotiations with Canada fell apart, Trump issued an order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America" A petty rebuke, it follows a similar episode in January 2024, when Trump…
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