As mobile continues to grow, consumers are conducting more searches with hyperlocal intent — and Google is refining its results in response to this trend. Columnist Jim Yu explains how local businesses can optimize for this hyperlocal reality.

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Gary Illyes from Google, a webmaster trends analysts whose job is to help webmasters with communication, said on Twitter that typically, but not always, Google employees only help or step into the forums when they need to. @PabloMktOnline yeah..

Know the rules on internal content linking and boost your site in SEO with relevant page-to-page link building, in this current guide by Julia McCoy.

Google recently reduced its threshold to show star ratings for businesses and owners should take notice. The post Google Reduces Star Rating Threshold: Why Businesses Should Take Notice by @AdamHeitzman appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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News is out that Google and Bing have made a deal with the Intellectual Property Office and British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Motion Picture Association organizations for both search engines to do better removing or demoting pirated content in the UK search results…

Sergey Alakov, the local pack watch man, has spotted more changes with the local pack and posted them on Twitter. The latest one shows how Google is showing local results based on your query based on knowing your location X minutes ago…

Google and Bing have come to a voluntary agreement with the UK government to demote websites in UK search results which provide links to download copyright infringing content. The post Google and Bing to Demote Pirate Websites in UK Search Results by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .