Michael Blumenthal

GetFiveStars.com / Founding Partner GatherUp / Owner

Widely cited as the foremost Local Search expert in North America and affectionately known among his colleagues as 'Professor Maps', Mike Blumenthal is the author of the industry's most respected blog: Understanding Google Maps & Local Search. Marketers, local business owners and companies in local search know that a visit to Blumenthal's blog promises rich and unique insights into Local SEO news, tactics, and troubleshooting. Google, too, has been captivated by Blumenthal's reportage and employees regularly drop by for equal doses of constructive criticism and encouragement. A major percentage of today's high level Local SEOs point to Mike Blumenthal as teacher, mentor and friend. In an effort to help small businesses better engage with the online review world, Mike co-founded GetFiveStars.com with Don Campbell & Thomas Hasch. Getfivestars.com is designed to let a small business or an agency working on their behalf easily implement a best practice customer feedback/review management process. In addition to his work as blogger, speaker and Local Search consultant, Blumenthal has over 30 years of experience in the world of computers and the Internet, helping to run Blumenthals.com, a web hosting and design business. Mike Blumenthal lives and works in Olean, NY and brings the highest possible level of professional skills, coupled with an honest and humorous approach to surmounting the many challenges of Local SEO.