What Will You Do When Google Ends Call History and Profile Chat?

Google’s recent decision to discontinue call history and profile chat features has significant implications for businesses that relied on these tools to engage with customers. Effective July 31, 2024, these features will no longer be available, leaving businesses searching for alternative ways to maintain and enhance customer interactions. Understanding the impact of this change and exploring new avenues for communication is essential for businesses to continue providing excellent customer service. Continue reading »

Local SEO Tips – How Do You Improve Your Google Search Rankings?

Over the years Google has grown to be the #1 search provider by far and that’s largely because the company continues to work day and night toward a better user experience. Google wants to give their users what they’re looking for when they want it in as few clicks as possible. Why would they work so hard to make finding things easy? So that their customers will keep coming back and Google can make serious money by charging advertisers who are eager to get their ads in front of this huge user base. Continue reading »

Digital Marketing for Local Businesses Should Start with 3 Big Listing Sites

If your local business doesn’t come up on search engines, especially Google’s, it might as well not exist. While there may still be a few businesses out there that get by on word-of-mouth and long-term clientele, if you want to grow your existing business or start a new business one of your first marketing steps should be digital marketing to start building an online presence. Continue reading »

Schema.org has been around for years, but many business still aren’t taking advantage of this very valuable tool. While Schema hasn’t been proven to improve your website’s rank in search engines, the real benefit of schema is in the enhanced prominence and appearance of your listing on search engine sites like Google, Bing and Yahoo. While you might not jump in the rankings, your listing in the results could be more informative and more attractive to those searching. Continue reading »

Google Posts are now available to all business owners with a claimed Google My Business listing! [Step by Step Guide: How to Claim Your Google My Business] Until recently, this… Continue Reading »

All businesses strive to connect with their local community and customers. The internet has created a landscape for businesses to showcase their offerings and closely understand their most loyal customers. Local search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the digital age’s most vital tools and should be leveraged to optimize your firm’s local results. Google My Business and Google Plus play a tremendous role into your brands presence in local Google search results. Continue reading »

Nikki Mendez of SEOPRO and KO Websites hosted a seminar for the Castro Valley Eden Area Chamber of Commerce at the Castro Valley Library on August 17th, 2016. The seminar taught… Continue Reading »