{"id":21385,"date":"2018-02-28T09:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21385"},"modified":"2018-02-28T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:42:08","slug":"mike-b-around-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/28\/mike-b-around-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike B Around the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some articles that I have recently penned or collaborated on this past week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/2018\/02\/26\/google-q-and-a\/\">Google Q&amp;A: Google\u2019s Newest Knowledge Panel Feature That You Might Just Hate (or Love)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; My recent research into the visibility and impact of Google&#8217;s Q &amp; A feature and a plan to cope with it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/streetfightmag.com\/2018\/02\/26\/unpacking-the-increasingly-complex-local-serp\/\">Unpacking the Increasingly Complex Local SERP<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; in the bi-weekly series wth David Mihm we discuss the ins and outs of how Google is dealing with local services, the impact on the serps and the implications for businesses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/localu.org\/blog\/video-deep-dive-google-posts-impact-study\/\">Video Deep Dive: Google Posts Impact Study<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Join Joel Headly of PatientPop, Mary Bowling and me as we discuss some very interesting data and techniques on the impact of Google Posts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/localu.org\/blog\/video-last-week-local-feb-26-2018\/\">Video: Last Week in Local Feb 26, 2018<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; it was an interesting week in local. 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