You should know about Google Home Services one way or another. The program launched in beta in 2015 and now Google rebranding it for good with the new name – Local Services by Google. The advertising and verification for local service providers have expanded to 17 US cities, and Google announced that the number will raise up to 30 cities by the end of the year. Being in the SEO game for a long time, we at 411 Locals, keep a closer eye on announcements like this and will tell you more about the new program, below on this page.

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If you are into SEO and SEM, you have probably noticed the fact that although Google is constantly changing algorithms, your website is not always affected. A lot of business owners pay less and less attention to this unless they notice a major bounce rate changes. This is why we, at 411 Locals, brought this article to you, as we will go through all the major SEO ranking factors in 2017. Panelists at SMX East recently discussed that and we will summarize everything that you need to know. The text below includes data – from large-scale studies performed by SEMrush – one of the world’s leading competitive research service for online marketing.

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