It appears as if Google is testing a new Local Maps display based on OTA (Online Travel Agency) pricing available in the area for the check-in / check-out nights chosen. We noticed this morning that when you search in Google … Continue reading
Have you noticed a change in your Google Placement? If so, it’s important to note that the beginning of September 2016 brought about some changes to both Local Maps / 3 (and sometimes 2) Pack and also Organic Listings. Google … Continue reading
On Friday September 23rd, 2016 the “Visit website” link on the 3 (sometimes 2) Pack, Local and Maps Listings vanished on Google’s desktop results. I’ve expected Google to do something along these lines and now they have. If you do … Continue reading
If you’ve noticed that you used to be in Google’s Local 3-Pack results on a a consistent basis, and you no longer see your listing there, here is most likely the reason. As of April Fool’s Day 2016, and no, … Continue reading
During our September 2015 FFA (Free For All Education Webinar) we had a question from a non-Acorn client. These FREE Educational Webinars are provided every quarter for any innkeeper, hotelier or small business owners at no charge. These sessions … Continue reading
On April 1st, we noticed that most every desktop search we did with “Bed and Breakfast” in the search phrase HAD DROPPED the 7 Pack Local Results (with the little RED bubbles A-G) on a Desktop Web Search, and now … Continue reading
Remember the old movie “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly”? It was a Spaghetti Western made in the mid-sixties. There were three main characters- Blondie, a bounty hunter who was “The Good”, Angel Eyes, a merciless, sociopathic mercenary who … Continue reading
Recently you may have received an E-Mail or two warning that, due to the recent Pigeon algorithm change, if you are not participating in certain directory sites, you face the prospect of your business closing and yourself going bankrupt. Well, … Continue reading
Last week Google released a new update called Pigeon (named by Search Engine Land). We saw a lot of big shakeups in the Google SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages), especially in Local. We think that some of our Southern friends, … Continue reading
If you were among the many business owners who received an email like this recently: you were probably wondering what you should do, if Google was going to shut you down, if you’d done something wrong, or any other number … Continue reading
