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One of the newest buzzwords around digital marketing "local citations". In order to take advantage of the changes Google and other search engines are making to local search, there are some less than honest companies claiming things like "you may lose your Google listing" or "we work with Google to fix your business listings". What does all of this mean? We put together a simple list of things you should know about local citations.

Mobilegeddon had come and gone, and the internet is still here! Over the last week or so we have seen so many misleading or outright wrong information about Google’s latest algorithm change that we thought it would be a good idea to set the record straight on a few things.

Since BNR's inception, we have always provided hosting for our clients. Not because it's a big profit center (pro tip: it's not and it's a pain!) but because of the benefits of controlling the entire hosting environment. Not only do we not have to worry about pointing fingers when something goes wrong, but we can optimize our servers for the needs of our clients.

Shellshock, also known as Bashdoor, is a family of security bugs in the widely used Unix Bash shell, the first of which was disclosed on September 24, 2014. Most web servers, use Bash to process certain commands, allowing an attacker to cause vulnerable versions of Bash to execute arbitrary commands. This can allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a computer system.

Over the years, Google has made changes to their search results both to better serve the consumer and to also bring more value to their advertisers. They've done a pretty good job of balancing what the consumer is looking for and what the advertisers are paying for.