It has been a pretty wild couple of years for everyone, including the world of search. As the pandemic started to take over the way business operated in 2020, we saw more and more reliance on search and digital marketing to connect with our audiences. More and more people were forced to stay at home [...]
Google has definitely kept us on our toes this year with many adjustments to the algorithm, but they may have waited until the holidays for the one that will hit small businesses the most significantly. The big local search update that rolled out in December seems to have a significant impact on local maps listings, [...]
Everybody is re-branding these days. Facebook decided to go "Meta" the other day and now Google is doing it with their local business tool. It doesn't seem that long ago when they abandoned Google plus and moved to Google My Business, though I guess it has been several years. For some reason, these companies love [...]
I have seen a number of ads out there lately for services that say that you only need to work on your GMB (Google My Business) listing for success in local search. I'm here to offer a bit of a warning that, as often is the case, these quick gimmick plans don't tell you all [...]
In the latest You Can Be Found Anywhere we look back to the fall and a beautiful climb up a mountain in Jim Thorpe PA, for a beautiful payoff. You Can Be Found has been successfully helping small businesses compete against the big guys for nearly 15 years. We specialize in knowing the ins and [...]
I had a week loaded with helping both clients and prospects deal with some digital marketing emergencies. Businesses often run into digital marketing roadblocks, and they aren't sure how to navigate through them. Many small businesses will suddenly see calls or leads drop off dramatically and aren't sure where to turn. In some cases, if [...]
We have some big news with some new offerings coming out in the coming days, but with all of the changes and updates with Google My Business (GMB) in recent days, I thought it was important to do a quick overview to highlight some of the things that are going on. Some of these are [...]
I get lots of questions all of the time about Google My Business and how important it is. The simple answer for locally targeted businesses is that Google My Business (GMB) is very important for your online success. You have to start somewhere though, so this is just a video to give small business owners [...]
Just last week I talked to someone who explained how they did "Review Gating" for their company. This is a practice that was banned by Google back in the spring of 2018. This means you can get in trouble and in many cases lose all of your reviews if found to be "gating". What is [...]
David Mihm has been providing brilliant predictions about local search for as long as I can remember. In his most recent discussion with another local search legend, Mike Blumenthal, they discuss the changing local landscape and how images seem to be growing in importance. I blogged about GMB images recently but wanted to bring to [...]
