Lately, many businesses have been complaining about review problems with Google Business Profiles. Customers are leaving reviews and they’re not showing up – even though the customer can see the review. Also, businesses have been losing reviews at an alarming pace. In this week’s episode, I explain why these two problems are happening and what you should do if you’re struggling with missing reviews.

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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Garrett Mehrguth, CEO of Directive. Garrett is an in-demand conference speaker. A few places you may have heard him present include State of Search, Digital Summit, Share16, and SMX West.

Garrett is an excellent podcaster and frequent podcast guest. After this episode, check out Garrett’s impressive podcast SaaS Marketing Makeover.

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In the first episode of 2022, we share the details about Google’s recent Vicinity Update. The first major update to the local algorithm in several years, it looks like several signals have been updated in a big way. Check out the video for all the details.

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In this week’s episode, we share the ten most popular episodes of 2021 – from Local SEO tips to updates on Google, we covered a lot of content this year. We aggregated all of the analytics data from the various platforms where we share our videos to create this list of the most watched episodes of the year. Enjoy!

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Last week we launched our best-of series. Suds & Search had so many great moments in 2021 that we couldn’t fit them all in one episode. So today, we’re back with part 2 of our favorite moments from Suds & Search this year.

Instead of our normal 1 on 1 interview format, our team found highlights from my conversations throughout the year and pulled out the top quotes, tips, and silly moments from the very best digital marketers in the industry.

Grab something cold to drink and join us for part 2 of the best of Suds & Search 2021.

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In this week’s Christmas episode, I’m sharing a list of the top 10 movies to see in the theater over the holidays. We’ve finally got new movies coming out in theaters, and there are some amazing choices this holiday season – check out the rundown of everything exciting that’s coming out.

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That’s a wrap on our second year of Suds & Search. This has been an amazing year of conversations with some of the very best digital marketers in the world. We’ve now launched over 90 episodes and it feels like we’re just getting started.

This week we’re going to take a break from our regularly scheduled one on one interviews to bring you a “best of” episode. We’ve put together highlights from my conversations with some of the top experts in SEO, PPC, Social Media, CRO, Web Development, and more. For the last time this year, grab something cold to drink and join me for the best of Suds & Search 2021.

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In this week’s episode, I share the details about the new version of the GMB Spy plugin for Chrome. The new version updates how categories are displayed and even shows the categories for multiple competitors – check out the video for all the details.

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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Andrew Optimisey, SEO Consultant and Founder of Optimisey, an SEO Consultancy located in Cambridge. Andrew is a digital marketing veteran with almost two decades of experience. He is the host of a series of popular free meet-ups.

Andrew is also a popular podcast guest, a webinar host, and a must-follow on social media. He appears on many “best-of” lists including Search Engine Journal’s list of the Top SEO Experts You Should be Following.

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The results of the 2021 Local Search Ranking Factors study have finally been released! Each year, the top 40-ish experts world-wide participate in the in-depth study, which aggregates the answers to give us all a better understanding of which signals matter the most for Local SEO. Check out the video for the updated info and a few high level insights…

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