Mike Blumenthal

Last week Andrew Shotland noted some traffic declines for a number of local directories that he associated with the Door Way Page Algo update. In that post, Phl Rozak  of LocalVisibility noted in the comments to that post that he had simultaneously seen an increase in pack results not just for real estate but for other …

Once again, local results for real estate and realtors are back in the Google search results. Google Local Real estate results have had a tortured relationship in the Google search results. Having most recently gone MIA at the time of the Pigeon update.  I noted in November 2012: In 2009 Google rolled out an expanded real …

Google has recently removed links from the Local Knowledge Panel in search to the Google Plus Local Page. Nicolai Helling now reports that the last links standing in Google Maps, to read and or write reviews on the G+ Page for Local, have now been redirected as well. The read reviews link now redirects to the Review …