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Google Ads vs Meta Ads: What’s Best for Your Hudson Valley Business?

By HVDigital | October 8, 2025
Google Ads vs Meta Ads: What’s Best for Your Hudson Valley Business? If you’re a local business owner in the Hudson Valley – from Poughkeepsie to Newburgh to Middletown – you’ve probably asked this question more than once: “Should I…
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Matching anonymous website visitors to physical mailing addresses – how it’s done

By HVDigital | August 4, 2025
What If You Could Send Mail to Website Visitors? Now You Can. It is possible to match anonymous website visitors to physical mailing addresses and it’s being done by a growing number of offline retargeting or direct mail automation services.…
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Mastering Local SEO in the Age of AI-Powered Google Search

By HVDigital | June 14, 2025
As Google continues to integrate artificial intelligence and generative experiences into its search engine, local SEO is undergoing a dramatic transformation. What worked just a year ago may no longer be enough to keep your business visible when customers are…

Google Business Profile Video Verification: Step-by-Step Guide & Best Practices

By HVDigital | February 7, 2025
  Google Business Profile Video Verification: Step-by-Step Guide & Best Practices Verifying your Google Business Profile (GBP) is essential for appearing in local searches and Google Maps. One of the fastest ways to verify your business is through video verification.…

Verifying Your Business With Google

By HVDigital | March 21, 2024
Elevating Your Local Business with Google My Business: Expert Tips and Professional Support from Hudson Valley Digital Marketing In the digital age, your online presence is your new storefront. For local businesses, Google My Business (GMB) stands as a pivotal…
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How EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness) can affect your page rank

By HVDigital | November 29, 2023
As a local service businesses, you likely advertise on Google but my guess is you also rely heavily on SEO to generate leads online. Therefore ranking higher on the search engine results page, (SERPs) will be a top priority. With…

Google’s upcoming 2024 policy change and how it will impact local contractor advertising

By HVDigital | November 13, 2023
Google’s upcoming 2024 policy change regarding cookies will significantly impact how online advertising and tracking work, including for local home improvement contractors who rely on PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for sales leads. Impact on PPC Advertising…

Five tips that will really help enhance your SEO impact when fully understood.

By HVDigital | June 28, 2018
To help point your SEO efforts in the correct direction, we have five tips that will really help enhance your SEO impact when fully understood. 1. SEO is not a quick fix but a long-term commitment. Many businesses are inclined to think…
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Technology helping consumer choice

By HVDigital | October 24, 2017
Great technology is at last hitting one of its long-awaited frontiers, the $500 billion home improvement sector. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, when confronted with a choice, many property owners decide to improve their properties as opposed to move.…