Last Week in Local: Local Search, SEO & Marketing Update from LocalU

Last Week In Local - August 29, 2022


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Mike’s Links:

  • The Uber of ghost kitchens sucks, as Kalanick does it again - https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/23/23317897/ghost-kitchens-cloudkitchens-uber-travis-kalanick
  • Exclusive: Yelp to flag listings for crisis pregnancy centers - https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/yelp-crisis-pregnancy-centers-flag
  • Google Search and Maps to label with justification  if facility provides abortions - https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/25/google-search-and-maps-will-now-clearly-label-if-a-healthcare-facility-provides-abortions/
  • Google is testing ability to add captions to uploaded business photos (Twitter Mike B) - https://twitter.com/mblumenthal/status/1562030528143958020
  • Google LSA testing ability to exclude certain Zip codes (Twitter Ben Fisher) - https://twitter.com/TheSocialDude/status/1562832067066400769
  • Google adds review alert on Nest Hub (Colan Nielsen on Twitter) - https://twitter.com/ColanNielsen/status/1562888799264202755
  • Autism Therapy Startup Blames 'Unfortunate Bug’ For Misleading Reviews On Its Website - https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2022/08/24/autism-therapy-startup-blames-unfortunate-bug-for-misleading-reviews-on-its-website/
  • Google tests “Quick Read” annotation in SERPS -Brodie Clark on Twitter - https://twitter.com/brodieseo/status/1563817076082483201?s=12&t=vsILz5VRNYDCEra-Sfu4Qw


Carrie’s Links

  • Mastering Local Holiday Marketing: Top Strategies for Seasonal Success in 2022 - RioSEO webinar with Elizabeth Rule, Claire Carlile, Ruben Yau, Justin Gianninoto - https://go.rioseo.com/local-holiday-marketing-on-demand-registration-2022.html
  • Covid attributes have been removed from Google - Allie Margeson - Whitespark- https://twitter.com/SeoAllie/status/1563176432099962881
  • Sponsorships available for LocalU Advanced Virtual - Nov 2 ,2022 https://localu.org/nov2




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Last Week in Local: Local Search, SEO & Marketing Update from LocalUBy Mike Blumenthal - Carrie Hill