Mike Blumenthal

Google is testing Knowledge Panel feature, Place Actions Forms, to allow scheduling via Intuit’s Demand Force with appointment based businesses. You can test it yourself via this search: cahaba valley animal clinic. (h/t Mary Bowling of Ignitor Digital). According to Demand Force “By completing the business forms earlier in the search process, your clients will have …

Update: some interesting observations about differences between the organic results and the 5 pages in the new Lical Finder panel. I am heading out for a few more days vacation so please keep the conversation going.  It appears that Google has upgraded the Knowledge Panel that is visible in the new (early August) Local Finder, with …

Did you know that the star ratings are of less importance than the content of reviews and that readers are more inclined to convert if there are some negative reviews? Those are not the only good things about negative reviews. Read my recent post at GetFivestars.com: 6 Good Things About Negative Reviews for a whole …