Category: Weekly Updates

It’s OCTOBER! It’s also National “Adopt a Dog” month and we have something VERY special planned this month. Stay tuned! GOOGLE LOCAL • Google adds new ‘family-led’ attribute to Google My Business profile  The new “family-led” attribute will allow business owners to identify their business as a business that is run by a family. What do…

Welcome Odd Dog Blog fans! Lots of industry updates this week including more results from the recent Google algorithm update, a great citations case study from Bright Local, and Facebook and LinkedIn updates to be aware of. LOCAL SEO • Google now displays pending edits in the knowledge panel Some users have reported seeing a…

Hello and happy June! As always, the digital world does not sleep. Some highlights this week include Facebook’s removal of trending news, Google Local Posts may be getting more attention, and AdWords notes released. GOOGLE LOCAL • Google Local after antitrust – Careful what you wish for Are Yelp results better than Google’s? If you ask them, why…

Happy last day of April! I can’t believe that May is beginning tomorrow… time. amirite? Let’s take a look at what’s been happening in the digital marketing world this last week, shall we? GOOGLE LOCAL • Google celebrates Local Business week by providing a free personalized marketing kit Want a cool graphic like below for free?!…

GOOGLE LOCAL • Google as the new mobile website It seems that every month, Google is rolling out new features for their Google My Business product. It looks like a new “about” tab may be coming soon as well on mobile. We have yt to see it, so it doesn’t look like it’s rolled out…

Howdy Odd Dogers! As we move deeper into 2018, it’s been really interesting to see what exactly SEO and Local Search have in store for us so far. Will local websites become a thing of the past as Google makes the local knowledge pannels more robust? How important will backlinks continue to be, or will a…

The big news this week is all about Facebook’s announcement to dramatically change the newsfeed. Posts from friends and family will be taking priority while business and brand pages will be knocked lower and decrease in their reach. Read more below… More updates for Google as Local continues to play a bigger role in search…