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For small, mobile, local businesses operating without a fixed storefront, navigating the world of local SEO can feel like charting uncharted territory. Service area businesses (SABs) – think plumbers, ...

If you provide a local service, you should advertise locally. In this article, we’ll explain both why and how. Think about the last time you tried to find a plumber. Did you use Google to find a ...

Google has updated the industry and services selector or picker tool within the Google Local Service Ads interface. This makes it a bit faster to find and activate your business's services and ...

Michael J. Fox is a marketer and founder of Corberry. He has successfully helped home service contractors with their websites and marketing. If you're thinking of expanding your electrical business, ...

Service-based local businesses are thriving, and those that combine innovation, data and customer trust will win in 2026 and beyond. Five local business sectors are poised for explosive growth across ...

Find out how ad setup, targeting, and lead quality vary between LSAs and Search campaigns – and when to use each for better local results. Google gives local businesses two main ways to generate PPC ...

Google Business Profile (GBP) services might have more to do with local rankings than previously thought, according to recent tests from Sterling Sky (Disclosure: I work at Sterling Sky) and ...

Google is testing more local service ads per set of search results, with three ads on a page instead of two. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, confirms the test saying the aim is to increase ...