Cumbria SEO Blog
How to Schedule Posts on Your Google Business Profile (and Why It Matters This Winter)
Google Business Profiles seem to be in a state of constant flux! In the past fortnight a small but very welcome update to the GBP interface in the UK, is the ability to schedule posts in advance. If you manage your own local marketing, this is one of those helpful...
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Local Search Ranking Factors 2026: For Cumbria’s Businesses
A couple of days ago (in November 2025), Darren Shaw who is head honcho at Canadian Local SEO marketing agency, Whitespark, released the 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors survey. It's a comprehensive analysis of what gets businesses found in searches. Why does that...
A Sideways Look at Marketing Strategy for Service Businesses in Cumbria
Marketing strategy for service business in Cumbria should be relatively straight forward. Often we make it too complicated... or we don't do a full strategy, but pick at some of the tactics and wonder why it seems to be a failure. It's not just digital marketing where...
The Diversity Update – Nowt to Do With Orange Thing!
Here’s an update that will affect businesses with multiple locations in particular. One of the big American agencies, Sterling Sky, noticed a potentially useful change in the way Google shows Google Business Profiles and organic results on the same page for any...