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Localsearch has unveiled plans for a nationwide expansion aimed at fortifying support and fostering growth for small businesses (SMBs) across Australia.

Starting today, Google will be shutting down the free website feature of Google Business Profiles.

Passengers crowd together to fend off robbers

April 28, 2021 Apple has rolled out its iOS 14.5 software update this week for iPhone users, including a major change that could restrict the reach of small businesses’ paid Facebook ads. Following Apple’s announcement of a raft of new products at its annual Spring launch earlier this week, the tech giant said in a statement that the iOS 14.5 update would soon follow. As part of the update, users will receive a pop-up asking permission for Apple to track their activity across the internet ...

iTWire Tuesday, 20 April 2021 07:08 Local search firm warns SMBs about iOS privacy feature Featured Image by Tumisu from Pixabay The director of an Australian digital marketing solution provider has warned that the next update of iOS by Apple will affect local businesses who are running their own Facebook Ads, preventing the social media giant from gaining access to some user data unless the user approves of it. Adam Boote, director of Digital and Growth at Australian f...

By Shawn Lim-01 February 2021 01:00am While it is unlikely Google will follow through with their threat, publishers and advertisers are already preparing for a shift Google has threatened to pull its search engine out of Australia, but the government is refusing to back down. The Drum explores what this means for advertisers, publishers and consumers. The Centre for Responsible Technology has found that Google accounts for 51% of all online advertising in Australia while the Aus...

More than nine in 10 web searches in Australia are typed into a Google search bar. Whether on a smartphone, laptop, tablet or television, dictated to a smart speaker or requested from a cars connected dashboard, Googles search engine is omnipresent in modern gadgets. For many people, "google" has become more a verb than a brand. But the trillion-dollar tech giant is threatening to withdraw its search service from Australia, to protest against laws that would see it pay Australian news outl...

January 25, 2021 Google’s threat to remove its search engine from Australia “would be a disaster” for small businesses and digital marketing agencies which rely on it to catch the attention of customers. Google warned it would pull its search engine from Australia in a Senate inquiry on Friday, if the government pushed ahead with its media bargaining code, which aims to make tech giants pay for news. Managing director of Google Australia, Mel Silva, told the inquiry into the bill that th...

Google pulling its search engine from Australia “would be a disaster” for SMEs Lois Maskiell © Provided by Smart Company Google Google’s threat to remove its search engine from Australia “would be a disaster” for small businesses and digital marketing agencies which rely on it to catch the attention of customers. Google warned it would pull its search engine from Australia in a Senate inquiry on Friday, if the government pushed ahead with its media bargaining code, ...