Google Local Guide Spams 71 Competitor GMB Pages

Man And Van out of control hijacking competitor GMB photos. [OnlineOwnership.com]

Citations Leads Link Building

BrightLocal parses out its local SEO study ranking back-linking strategies, led by citations, with more than half claiming at least 40 in the first 6 months. We average over a 100. [BrightLocal]

Yelp’s Lobby for Google’s Anti-Trust Investigation

Interesting post from Local Search Ecosystem author David Mihm on Yelp’s lobbying effort with the Federal Trade Commission. [Mihm]