Daily News: Google Search Counts, 2018 Ranking Factors Report, Facebook’s Search Results

Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. Brandify Data Shows Lift in Google Search Counts (December 3, 2018) LSA Insider: “Google My Business (GMB) users may have noticed an odd increase in the count of Direct Searches reported during the months […]

Brandify Data Shows Lift in Google Search Counts

Google My Business (GMB) users may have noticed an odd increase in the count of Direct Searches reported during the months of July and September. Direct Searches is the count of instances where a consumer searched for your business using your business name or address, like “Jenny’s Flowers San Francisco, CA,” as opposed to Discovery […]

New Podcast: “No One Wants to Make the Wrong Decision”

Our latest episode of the Above the Cloud podcast series features an interview with Mark Canon, a long time local search/SMB software exec who is currently chairman of Boomtime. Today when he isn’t creating art at his New Mexico studio Mark is thinking deeply about how to master B2B sales in an era where sales cycles keep […]