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11/11/2015 It's our pleasure to announce a new feature to our Moz Local product: Search Insights! Dive deep into your business reputation, visibility, and site performance in an easy dashboard to make keeping track of your local search efforts easier than ever before.
9/24/2015 I'm happy to announce that the results of the 2015 Local Search Ranking Factors Survey are in!
8/18/2015 Those of you who have logged into your Moz Local dashboard recently may have noticed a few updates this week! I thought I'd post a quick announcement to highlight them.
7/22/2015 To all Moz Local fans in the UK, I'm excited to announce that your wait is over. As the sun rises "across the pond" this morning, Moz Local is officially live in the United Kingdom!
4/6/2015 One of the most consistent refrains from the Moz community as we've released features over the last two years has been the desire to see Moz Local expand to countries outside the U.S. Today I'm pleased to announce that we’re embarking on our journey to global expansion with support for U.K. business listing searches in our Check Listing tool.
2/5/2015 Learn about the latest feature release from Moz Local including how it can help you track the accuracy of your listings over time and what's coming next.
12/1/2014 With so many great conferences on the calendar for the first part of 2015, I'm sure many of you are deciding which ones are going to be most worth your time and budget to attend. In my best Jerry Maguire, "help me help you" make the case to include LocalUp in your conference itinerary to your boss or finance team.
10/13/2014 Many of you have been tweeting, emailing, asking in conference Q&As, or just generally awaiting this year's Local Search Ranking Factors survey results. Here they are!
9/2/2014 Our engineering team has been hard at work on a number of behind-the-scenes improvements since the launch of Moz Local in March, but today marks our first major feature release--streamlined submission for individual listings and a killer duplicate-closure upgrade.
7/2/2014 Somewhat inspired by a Pete Wailes YouMoz post from many years ago, I set out last week to explore Google Maps with a fresh set of eyes and an open mind to see what I could discover about how it renders local business results. Read on, for what I think I found.
3/18/2014 We designed Moz Local to be the most efficient option for location management, with an easy-to-use interface and an affordable price point. In a nutshell, the product allows you to upload a spreadsheet of all of your locations, which we then standardize and distribute to all five major U.S. data aggregators and three important local directories.
12/4/2013 There seems to have been a significant qualitative shift in local results since Google's release of Hummingbird that I haven't seen reported on search engine blogs and media outlets. Here's my take on what's going on and why.
10/3/2013 Rumors and theories about Yelp's review filter have led many people astray, thinking that filtered reviews are always fraudulent or otherwise useless. Moz's director of local search strategy debunks those theories with a summary of what's actually happening.
9/11/2013 Brand new visualizations show the state of the local search ecosystems in the US and several other countries. Along with this exploration, we're excited to announce the release of two data platforms to the roster we display on GetListed.org.
8/7/2013 The full results of this year's Local Search Ranking Factors survey are in! Moz's director of local search strategy, David Mihm, walks us through some of the highlights and links to the full results.
6/7/2013 As a local business owner, it's important for your business to be listed correctly in Google's search results. In this week's edition of Local Whiteboard Friday, David Mihm sheds some light on the complicated process that Google uses to create its business listings.
5/2/2013 Today, we're excited to announce the release of a new version of GetListed.org. While no new functionality is included in this update, the team hopes it provides a dramatically-improved user experience on several fronts, and creates a foundation for better integration with SEOmoz tools moving forward.
3/27/2013 Since Google+ Local was released last May, it’s safe to say that everyone in the local search community -- business owners and agencies alike -- has been waiting with bated breath sfor the launch of Google’s rumored “Business Builder” dashboard. For whatever reason, it still isn’t out yet, but while you’re waiting, there’s no reason you can’t take advantage of the most underrated feature of Google+: leaving reviews of other businesses as your business page.
1/30/2013 It’s obviously not uncommon for small businesses to move. However, few business owners realize the Local Search headaches they may be creating for themselves or their customers as a result of a move. The problem is so common that I thought I’d turn my advice into a blog post/case study.
1/3/2013 Some of you may remember my Brief History of Google Places infographic from January 2011. Time to update that graphic with the most memorable events of 2012 to ring in the New Year!
12/12/2012 I have lived, breathed, eaten, slept, celebrated, and advocated small business internet marketing for the last eight years. Until recently, not even I realized how large the disconnect between the search marketing industry and the small business community is, and just how massive the market opportunity is for the consultants and agencies who can bridge the gap.