Last month an article in Search Engine Journal titled Is Google My Business Stealing Your Local Leads? detailed how Google was inserting links on many Google My Business profiles to a third-party website called singleplatform.com, with no good and fast solution on how to remove it. Good news, I was able to speak with a Google My Business…

Network For Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that, through our Business Listings Optimization Software Solution, our clients will now appear in voice search results on Alexa devices. There are roughly 50 million Alexa and Google Home smart speakers in US households to date, with that number projected to potentially triple in a few years.…

Chances are, as a small business owner you’re quite busy, leaving you with very limited time to devote towards marketing and growing your local business online. Here’s a tip: Narrow your focus down to these 3 things and you’ll be on your way to successfully growing your business and beating your local competition online: Get…

For a local business, the competition for online visibility in your local market is more fierce than ever. You can stand out from the pack though if you focus on the details with your business listings, specifically with 2 key components: Identities & Attributes (see below): Google Version 3 API Update One of the most…

Here’s an often overlooked benefit that a small business gets when they have an ongoing program with an Internet Marketing / SEO Company: Having a trusted advisor, and expert in the field, on their team to prevent them from the many dangerous pitfalls online. One of the most dangerous pitfalls is SPAM email and phone calls…

Have you recently received a message from Google warning that they cannot read and index your website optimally? Google Search Console has begun sending out a brand new warning to webmasters who are blocking CSS and JavaScript on their websites. The warning also states emphatically that blocking Javascript and/or CSS “can result in suboptimal rankings.” Many…

Google made a big announcement yesterday regarding their mobile search algorithm. In an unprecedented move, they have announced the exact date that they intend to change their mobile organic ranking algorithm to more heavily weigh “mobile friendliness” as a ranking signal. That date is April 21. Back in November we posted about Google adding “Mobile-Friendly”…

So you’ve been delaying it. No, no, it’s fine, just admit it: you hoped it wouldn’t happen yet. But the speed and suddenness of the rise of mobile seems to have taken everyone by surprise: almost from one day to the next, mobile seems to have matured and gained ascendance in the market. So the…

The Importance Of Mobile Website Design For Modern Businesses Virtually everyone expects the businesses they interact with to not only be readily accessible via mobile, but not every business optimizes their user’s mobile experience. Not taking full advantage of mobile opportunities is a significant gap in any company’s marketing plan these days; so it only…