Last Week in Local 2/22/2022

Mike’s Links:

Amazon's sprawling grocery business has become an 'expensive hobby' with a cloudy future - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/19/amazons-sprawling-grocery-business-has-become-an-expensive-hobby.htmlBredin Report: What Content Works Best for SMB Consideration? - https://bredin.com/blog/2022/02/bredin-report-what-content-works-best-for-smb-consideration/10 Ways to Beat Google Title Rewrites, Backed by Data - https://zyppy.com/seo/title-tags/beat-google-title-rewritesDr. Marie Haynes - Google Workspace Docs now provides document summary automatically  -Marie Haynes- https://twitter.com/marie_haynes/status/1493970225456369669?s=21Ep 52 Near Memo: David Mihm discusses whether the Doc summary feature provides an SEO tool -David Mihm- https://www.nearmedia.co/will-google-make-seo-superfluous-is-android-sandbox-real-or-pr-wixs-q4-s-how-big-is-the-smb-market/Favi-gone: 5 Reasons Why Your Favicon Disappeared From The Google Search Results [Case Studies] -Glenn Gabe- https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/favicon-problems-google-search/GBP Appointment Link is Gone?! - https://localsearchforum.com/threads/gbp-appointment-link-is-gone.58705/How to beat the GBP Q&A bug and answer a question as the business -Greg Gifford- https://searchlabdigital.com/blog/how-to-beat-the-gbp-qa-bug-and-answer-a-question-as-the-business/Yelp Elites and Others Paid for Fake Reviews in Plain Sight -Jason Brown- https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/consumer/yelp-elites-and-others-paid-for-fake-reviews-in-plain-sight/2816914/

 

Carrie’s Links

1-Star Reviews Have Increased on Yelp for 4 Years in a Row -Joy Hawkins- https://localu.org/yelp-rating-distribution-trends/Offer on Google Maps -Joy Hawkins- https://localu.org/google-just-deprecated-the-follow-button-and-welcome-offer-on-google-maps/Thinking about setting up a second Google Business Profile for your service area business? Read this before you do to make sure you don't fall into Google's naughty list.Everyone at the Table. A Mid-Ohio Food Collective podcast
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