Local Internet Marketing
Top Email Marketing Practices [CHART]
Basic segmentation ranks as the most broadly adopted email marketing practice among company marketers, according to the annual Email Industry Census from Econsultancy and Adestra. Some 82% of respondents worldwide (though predominantly from the UK) use basic segmentation, up from 80% last year.
Read MoreMobile Voice Search Behavior [INFOGRAPHIC]
This infographic from SERanking illustrates when, what, where, why and how of mobile search behavior.
Read MoreLocal Business Voice Search By Device [CHART]
Some 58% of US adults have used voice search to find information on a local business at some point in the past 12 months. Most commonly, people are using their smartphones (56%) for voice search to find local business information, while about 1 in 5 (18%) have done so using a Smart Speaker.
Read MoreConsumer Frustrations With Inaccurate Local Business Listings [CHART]
Most US consumers would lost trust in a business that had incorrect or inconsistent contact details online, reports BrightLocal. And the problem appears to be quite extensive: 71% of the survey’s respondents reported having felt the effect of inaccuracies found online, such as having called a wrong phone number or arrived at a location when it was closed.
Read MoreGoogle Universal Search Elements [CHART]
Google shows an average of only 8.5 organic results on the first page of its US mobile searches, and just 8.7 on desktop searches.
Read MoreTop SEO Priorities [CHART]
Social media tops other priorities when it comes to SEO services in 2018. One-fifth of respondents named social media marketing their top SEO service-related priority, ahead of on-site optimization (16%) and creating content to earn links (15%).
Read MoreWhat Smart Speaker Owners Would Like From Brands [CHART]
More than one-quarter of Alexa owners have asked their device about deals, recent research has revealed. Now, new data from Google and Peerless Insights indicates that Smart Speaker owners are most interested in receiving information about deals, sales and promotions from brands.
Read MoreLocal Ad Spending, Digital vs Traditional [CHART]
Local ad spending in the country will continue to grow in 2018, according to new figures released by BIA/Kelsey. The firm expects US local ad spending to hit $151.2 billion in 2018, a 5.2% increase over $140.9 billion this year.
Read MoreReviews Role In Trusting A Business [CHART]
Reviews continue to be extremely important, as 94% of respondents use the internet multiple times a year to find local businesses, and the majority are more likely to use a business based on positive reviews.
Read MoreChallenges Collecting Location Data [CHART]
Nearly half of US C-level execs surveyed said that ensuring data quality and accuracy was a challenge they faced when collecting location data.
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