Today Google announced that the company was suspending Local Listing Ads, for the time being: “Starting today, we will no longer accept new sign-ups for Local ...

Mike Blumenthal received a screenshot that seems to show a test of a new presentation of Google local/geotargeted AdWords. Mike suggests this may be an expression of AdWords local extensions: This is ...

Learn the differences between Local Service Ads, Google Guaranteed, and Google Screened, and why local businesses should care about these programs.

There are some reports of the reviews left on some Google Local Service Ads that say those reviews are being hijacked. In a sense, the reviews are being taken from one local listing and placed on ...

Howard Lerman is CEO of Yext, a local advertising, technology company. Lerman spoke to AdExchanger.com about his company and its strategy. Click below or scroll down: Consumers and Local Media Yext ...

Local SEO is the process of optimizing your online presence to attract more business from local searches. One tactic to increase local SEO is something that many businesses are not aware of: getting ...

Google noted today on its InsideAdWords blog that it has been slowly rolling out two new features for Google Shopping that will provide users with more results for local business whens searching ...

Google is now showing up to two ads in the local search results - the local pack. Joy Hawkins spotted it the other day for a search on [lawn care near me] and shared a screenshot where Google's local ...

Local inventory ads are a new version of a product listing ad. As well as the price, title, and image, these ads will also display a store marker. This new information is pulled from an in-store ...

Google has unveiled two new local features for product listing ads (PLAs) to a limited number of retailers: local availability and local storefronts. These ads will tell customers when a product is ...

Businesses that are popular in Google's Local Business Center are receiving special decals denoting them "Favorite Places," with a scannable bar code that provides more information. Tom Krazit writes ...