Google to shutter CallJoy, virtual agent for SMBs, on July 22
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Google adding local store details to Shopping, free Promoted Pins for Smart campaigns, more
New features and updates are aimed at local businesses and services in the "reopening...
Local SEOs most focused on link building and content development, report finds
80% of survey respondents said they were also buying (local) ads on...
Combine location data and external trends to build diverse audience strategies [Video]
Consumers are responding to unemployment and economic uncertainty, which may make your pre-pandemic audience segments less...
Soapbox: Don’t kick SMBs to the curbside – for many, it’s their new lifeline
While technologies to enable curbside pick-up have been around for years, local business require solutions that work without IT support and...
Expert tips for hiring or recruiting marketers during coronavirus
It might be a great time to identify top-tier talent for your...
How local businesses should be communicating with customers during COVID-19
Hear how local search veterans are using every channel available to help their clients stay relevant and keep customers...
5 critical elements for local marketing success
What goes into a successful local marketing campaign? Best practices that have emerged focus on five campaign...
Yelp sees huge decline in restaurant demand, offers $25MM relief package
Yelp is seeking to become a hub for "virtual local businesses" during the coronavirus...
COVID-19 checklist for businesses: How to manage your online presence and keep customers updated in a time of crisis
Use your local business profiles, website and Schema markup to provide the latest information to those searching for your...
Why out-of-home may be the ultimate location-based (digital) marketing medium
OOH has evolved into an exciting medium that combines high-impact creative with digital targeting and measurement....
California takes on the internet (again) with bill aimed at food-delivery abuses
The state is increasingly trying to regulate the digital economy, with direct and indirect impacts for marketers....
Facebook buys AR startup building a 1:1 digital map of the physical world
The acquisition appears to be about augmented reality, but Scape Technologies' capabilities go way beyond AR....
There’s been a nearly 70% decline in always-on location data, since iOS 13 rollout
More than GDPR and CCPA, operating system privacy controls may impact the the availability and quality of location data....
LiveRamp sheds location data business
The company said it was no longer focused on data aggregation and was concentrating on being a 'neutral and open...
A wishlist of improvements for Google My Business in 2020
Joy Hawkins shares the top 5 features she’d like Google My Business to update or change this...
How verticalization and zero-click will impact local search in 2020
In the coming year it will be interesting to see how Google balances the priority of verticalization against the growing popularity of Google...
Facebook tells senators it still uses location for ads despite user location services opt-out
The company was open that it would continue to identify location by other means in a September blog post....
3 local commerce trends to make a big impact in 2020
We will see a shift into self-service SaaS solutions for small business, a widespread roll-out of cashier-less retail and a local ad play from...
GroundTruth offers automated store ‘visit optimization’ tool for self-service platform
Machine learning used to optimize for physical retail-store visits....