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Moving to HTTPS Presents An Awesome SEO Opportunity

  • Organic Search

Find out why migrating your site from HTTP to HTTPS is about more than website security. It also presents an often overlooked SEO opportunity, too.

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Want More Online Bookings? Meet the New Google Booking Button for Businesses

  • Organic Search

Want more online reservations or appointments? Learn about “booking buttons,” a new feature in Google My Business that helps you get more of what you want.

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GPO Founder Brian Rutledge to Speak at Retailing Summit 2017

  • Company News

Brian Rutledge will speak at Retailing Summit 2017 on October 12 in Dallas, TX and show brick-and-mortar retailers how to win more clicks and store visits.

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Google Adds Video Feature to Android Google Maps

  • Local Marketing

Video. It’s everywhere. Scroll through your Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter feed and you’ll see fewer words and more video. Where will video go next? Potentially to your Google Maps listing. In late August, Google quietly added the ability for select users to upload video content to a Google Maps business listing. The new feature gives […]

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A Dip in Average Search Position in Google Search Console is No Cause for Alarm

  • Organic Search

Seeing a dip in average search position & increase of impressions in Google Search Console? It’s not a bug, it’s a feature change. Find out more, from GPO.

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Hawk Eats Possum. Local Search Industry Rejoices!

  • Organic Search

Find out how Google’s latest unconfirmed algorithm update, Hawk, re-shaped the local search scene and how it may impact your business listings.

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57% of Search Traffic is Now Mobile. Are You?

  • Local Marketing

New research shows mobile search traffic on Google now represents 57% of all search traffic. Learn about these findings, changes in query results, and more!

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Google Expands Use of Not Secure Warning in Chrome

  • Organic Search

If you have forms, login fields or other input sections on HTTP pages, Chrome will start marking them “Not secure.” Fix the problem before you’re marked!

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Listen to GPO Founder Brian Rutledge Exclusive Interview on Life Lessons

  • Company News

Get simple answers to tough questions about local organic search & the digital obstacles facing national multi-location brand, from GPO’s Brian Rutledge.

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