Those of you who know me, know that I’m all about personal development. I work hard to improve myself, for my own good but also for the good of others. By working on myself, I’m a better husband, father, boss, friend, son, brother. In the last few years, starting with the pandemic where I wasn’t […]
Local consumer search behavior trends in Q1 2023
Each month from late 2020 to December 2022, our team aggregated and analyzed Google Business Profile (GBP) performance data from over 170,000 enterprise brand locations and shared the resulting local consumer search trends on our blog. For the purpose of this research, the term “enterprise” refers to businesses with 50 or more locations. This blog post marks […]
Local consumer search behavior trends in Q3 2023
Want to learn more? See our latest in-depth analysis of Google Business Profile trends by vertical, and catch our 2023 Local search ranking factors breakdown webinar on demand now for more insights to fuel your enterprise local marketing strategy. What do your brand’s Google Business Profile (GBP) performance metrics tell you about the experiences customers […]
5 CX + LX priorities for 2024 (and what to leave behind)
In our most recent Local Experience & Search Consumer Behavior Study, Rio SEO made a striking discovery: 90% of local consumers are now using online search daily. It’s a significant increase from 83% in 2022 and 76% in 2021, and underscores just how essential search has become within the local customer experience. As we delve […]
More Work, Sooner – The Secret to Success
There’s a concept that has served me well throughout my career that I’ve never been able to voice before until now. It’s the concept that doing more work than the next person, as fast as you can, is one of the cheat codes to inevitable success. It’s not for everyone, and if you don’t care […]
Local Consumer Search Behavior Trends in Q4 2023
Google Business Profile (GBP) performance metrics shed light on the diverse customer experiences happening across your brand’s various locations. Rio SEO enables you to explore these insights at the location, regional, and brand level – but what do these metrics mean in the broader context of your industry as a whole? With each passing quarter, […]
Local Consumer Search Behavior Trends in Q2 2023
Google Business Profile (GBP) performance metrics are an important piece of the local reporting puzzle. There’s great value in evaluating these insights not only for each of your locations but across your brand as a whole. We pull the cover back further by releasing trends and insights gleaned from our analysis of over 230,000+ enterprise […]
Feature Visibility Timeline | Pi Datametrics
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6 powerful ways AI can revolutionize the local search experience
Advancements in technology and rapidly changing consumer behaviors have made it more challenging than ever to navigate local search marketing. Standing out in increasingly competitive search results and reaching your target audience across the many platforms they use can be an uphill battle. But fear not – AI is emerging as a powerful tool that can take […]
5 Ways to Outperform Your Competition by Leveraging the Future of Search
5 Ways to Outperform Your Competition by Leveraging the Future of Search 04 Mar 2024|5 MIN READ The search landscape is currently undergoing a monumental transformation. There has been a substantial technological shift in the past 18 months, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence, notably Generative AI, which has changed search behaviour. This presents both […]