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Local Pack Header Specificity Vanishes while Local Packs Downtrend
Local SEO Search Engines

Local Pack Header Specificity Vanishes while Local Packs Downtrend

In July of this year, Moz published a report analyzing an element of Google’s local results we termed “local pack headers”. About a month after publication, members of the local SEO community began noticing that the extraordinary diversity of headings we had captured had suddenly diminished. Today, Miriam presents a quick follow-up to the manual portion of our earlier study in an effort to quantify and illustrate this abrupt alteration.

The Leading Characteristics of Review Writers, Review Readers, and Successful Owner Responses
Local SEO

The Leading Characteristics of Review Writers, Review Readers, and Successful Owner Responses

Following our publication of The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior, Miriam distills the dominant traits, characteristics, and behaviors shown by reviewers and business owners. These insights are meant to help you envision both the public and practices in an approachable manner, and enable you to form a useful mental picture of who and what you’re working with when it comes to growing and managing your reputation.

2022 Local SEO Holiday Success: Essential Comforts in Leaner Times
Local SEO

2022 Local SEO Holiday Success: Essential Comforts in Leaner Times

Big brands aren’t expecting a banner year for people buying new TVs or surveillance technology. Yet, if what your local business offers is help with basic needs and modest comforts, 2022’s holiday sales can be decent, if not a phenomenal spree. Let’s look at a solid strategy for stocking what folks want and communicating that you’re here to serve.

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Where Can You Go to Learn Local SEO?
Local SEO Career Growth

Where Can You Go to Learn Local SEO?

It’s the combination of how to consistently think local and how to selectively act local that you’ll be pursuing as a career scholar in local SEO. Today, Miriam lays out high quality paid and free local SEO educational resources and tools to keep you thinking and acting successfully in the years ahead.

What Is Localism and How Does it Relate to Local SEO?
Local SEO

What Is Localism and How Does it Relate to Local SEO?

July 2022 is Independent Business Month, and the perfect moment to reinvigorate our work as local SEOs by reflecting on the meaningful bigger picture to which we’re contributing. This month, we have the opportunity to re-center people, community, and environment by considering the definition of localism and seeing how our work in local SEO matters.

How We Increased Revenue with Speed Optimization [Local SEO Case Study]
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How We Increased Revenue with Speed Optimization [Local SEO Case Study]

There are some key scenarios when local SEOs should seriously consider speed optimization, even for a small local client. Small local clients are still impacted by the issues that come along with having a slower website such as higher bounce rates, lower conversions, and worst of all, a poor user experience. Amanda shares her experience with speed optimization, and the positive results for her client.

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