Whitespark Blog
Local Mailbag
Local Mailbag: How can I get access to my GMB listing and remove the users that have claimed it?
Getting your Google My Business listing set up for success starts with getting access to your listing by claiming ownership of your business. To take full…
07/23/2020
Google My Business
The GMB Messaging Update Multi-Location Businesses Have Been Waiting For
If you’re social savvy, you know direct messaging exists on most major platforms and is an integral part of customer relations. This is why it felt…
07/20/2020
Reviews, Tools
Google Review Attributes Monitoring
In April, Google started to expand review attributes (what do you like/not like about this place?) in GMB to new categories (previously only seen in home…
06/23/2020
Local Mailbag, On-Page SEO
Local Mailbag: Which elements of my website should I improve to increase local rankings?
It's shocking how many small business websites don't even have the basics in place for website optimization. How often have you seen a website homepage title…
05/29/2020
Citations, News, Tools
The New, Drastically Improved, Local Citation Finder
Back in 2010, Whitespark was a 3-person web development and SEO company building websites for small businesses in Edmonton, AB, Canada. I read a blog post…
05/05/2020
Google My Business, Local SEO
Mastering GMB with Help from the Local University Faculty
LocalU Advanced recently hosted a virtual Google My Business (GMB) Master Class where they covered all things related to GMB. If you didn’t have the opportunity…
04/21/2020
