Category: Local Search
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The Big 2018 Change To Facebook Reviews: 5-Star Reviews Became Recommendations
February 01, 2021 by Aaron Weiche
Updated: 2/11/21 A few years ago we saw a big change to Facebook reviews as they moved to a new "recomme[…]
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Google Review Summaries: What’s New & Different
January 19, 2021 by Mike Blumenthal
Google Review Summaries have long annoyed and to some extent baffled business owners.1 But things appea[…]
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Webinar: The State of Online Reviews in 2021 – January 14th
January 07, 2021 by Garrett Sussman
Have you been paying attention to all of the big and small changes to online reviews over the past year[…]
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Google Review Issue – New Reviews Not Posting
November 12, 2020 by Mike Blumenthal
Update 11/15/2020 11 AM: I spoke too soon proclaiming that Google was back to normal (whatever Google norma[…]
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September Local SEO Webinar Recap
September 11, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
GatherUp's third local SEO webinar covering both local search tips and a lengthy AMA section featured Amand[…]
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Reputation Is More Than Stars
September 08, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
For those of us in digital marketing and local SEO, we tend to think of reputation as review stars and rati[…]
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What Impact Will Apple Reviews Have?
August 31, 2020 by Mike Blumenthal
Last week, 9to5Mac discovered that the beta of iOS 14 offered the ability for consumers to leave review[…]
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Webinar: Local Search AMA – September 8th
August 20, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
We're excited to announce our third local search AMA webinar of 2020 on Tuesday, September 8th at 2pm ET. L[…]
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The (Almost) Complete List of Google Review Attribute Categories
August 10, 2020 by Mike Blumenthal
We've worked to compile a list of Google My Business (GMB) categories that have review attributes. Our titl[…]
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Google Review Attributes Now Display On Your Website
July 29, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
We were the first reputation management platform to enable Google review attribute monitoring and now Gathe[…]
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Webinar: Local Search AMA – June 23rd
June 09, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
Our first Local Search AMA webinar back in April was so popular and contained so many incredible tips, we k[…]
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Google Review Attributes Expand To New Categories
May 20, 2020 by Mike Blumenthal
Update 6/17/20: GatherUp Launches Google Review Attributes Monitoring Recently we started seeing Google […]
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Google Q & A is Starting to Return
April 24, 2020 by Mike Blumenthal
Update 5/6 Google Q & A has disappeared again. Status unknown at this time. Update 4/30 We tr[…]
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Webinar: Local Search AMA
April 10, 2020 by Aaron Weiche
In our efforts to bring our customers and local SEO professionals valuable content we are excited to host a[…]
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Google Q&A Drops 55%. What is Going on?
November 07, 2019 by Mike Blumenthal
Update 11/23/19: It might be too early to "declare victory" but several Google Product Experts have noted […]
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Google Fully Rolls Out Q & A Auto-Suggest Answers
June 03, 2019 by Mike Blumenthal
In April, Google rolled out a cool Business Profile (aka Knowledge Panel) feature that auto-suggested answe[…]
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The FTC Takes Action On Companies Barring Consumers From Writing Negative Reviews
May 16, 2019 by Mike Blumenthal
Including language in your contracts or agreements that bar your customer from writing a negative online re[…]
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Google Upgrades Q & A to Auto-Suggest Answers To Your Questions
April 26, 2019 by Mike Blumenthal
Google appears to be rolling out an upgrade to Google Questions & Answers (Q & A) that uses previou[…]
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How Google Uses Reviews To Understand A Business
February 26, 2019 by Mike Blumenthal
It's been known for some time that Google looks at reviews for long tail information and that reviews with […]
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When You Don’t Need to Ask for Reviews – You Are Just That Good
December 03, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
I recently returned from a vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia. It was amazing as we motorbiked around Ho Chi M[…]
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Online Reviews Study: Restaurants & Reviews
November 05, 2018 by Aaron Weiche
Today's consumer has endless access to online reviews, ratings, and comments on businesses when they are dec[…]
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Why I Love 1st-Party Reviews & Just Might Marry Them
October 01, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
When my children were in elementary school and I would say that I loved something like asparagus, they would[…]
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The Whacky World of Reviews: A 5 Star Spam Review “Attack”?
September 21, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
Online reviews and the world that swirls around them can often descend into the surreal. Two weeks ago th[…]
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Bolster Your Google Mobile Search Results
May 08, 2018 by Aaron Weiche
How your business appears in Google's mobile search results might make or break your next customer contactin[…]
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Google Write a Review Link Generator – Free Chrome Extension
April 02, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that slow us down. As an agency or digital marketer, one of those[…]
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Webinar: The Ins & Out of Reviews & Reputation in 2018
February 20, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
With the start of the new year, our team members Aaron Weiche and Mile Blumenthal took part in a webinar l[…]
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5-Step Plan For Success With Google Q & A
January 23, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
This is the 3rd article in a 3-part series on Google Q&A. We started with an introduction to Q&A, […]
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The Big Guide To Google Questions And Answers (Q & A)
January 22, 2018 by Mike Blumenthal
Update: Download our new eBook - GOOGLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - What you don't know can hurt you Our firs[…]
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A Google Combo That Works For Your Reputation
October 30, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Google Posts is a very cool product that allows a business to tell their story directly in Google's search r[…]
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Something Amazing Happened On The Way To A Google Review
September 05, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
For Barbara Oliver, of Barbara Oliver Jewelry, something amazing happened on the way to a Google review. She[…]
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Google As the New Home Page – One Big Tactical Guide
August 21, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Increasingly, consumers are getting in touch with your business directly from the Google search results […]
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How Willing Are Consumers to Leave Reviews Internationally?
July 03, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Our previous survey results showed clearly that US Consumers have been increasingly embracing the idea of wr[…]
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How Willing Are Consumers to Leave Reviews?
June 19, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
We all know that most consumers read reviews. But how many are willing to actually leave reviews? In the U.S[…]
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New Feature: Tag Testimonial Widgets
May 30, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Using GetFiveStars to collect customer feedback and testimonials provides a great way to understand customer[…]
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Google Upgrades Hotel Reviews With Granular Detail & Graphics
May 25, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Google has recently update hotel reviews to include much more granular review detail by traveler type abou[…]
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Case Study: In Local Attribution Word of Mouth Dominates
April 25, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in local digital marketing are an indicator of your marketing success. But[…]
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Case Study: Key Performance Indicators in Local Digital Marketing
April 24, 2017 by Mike Blumenthal
Finding, tracking and collating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)* that demonstrate the performance of your […]
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