The Local Viking Development Roadmap

Q3 2018

Bulk posting capabilities through CSV uploads of post data. Add hundreds of posts at the same time with a CSV upload. Released
Use LocalViking to post Offer, Event and Standard posts to your Google My Business properties. Released
Allow for CSV uploading and interface posting to support spintax so you can get variation across similar posts. Released
Pull in all of your locations' insight data into your LocalViking dashboard so you can see what's happening across all of your accounts at a glance. Released
Connect as many Google Accounts as you need in Local Viking. Released
Automatically link to previous posts in your text summary. Released

Q4 2018

Visualize your posts on a calendar so you can quickly see what is scheduled and when. Released
The ability for you to schedule a post to happen once...and then again... and again and again on a schedule. Released
Edit all of your location attributes like business hours, name, GMB category directly from your Local Viking dashboard. Released
Post a single post across multiple of your locations at the same time. Released

Q1 2019

Get instant notifications to your phone or email when any of your locations have edits published. Released
Compare insight attributes over different time ranges on the same graph. Released
Initial release of our GeoGrid Search functionality leveraging the Google Places API. Search any non-SAB GMB listing and see the visibility across a grid centered on the business. Released
Restrict your team and sub users to specific locations only. Released

Q2 2019

Remove Bulk Post CSV uploads and all associated posts. Released
Updated look and navigation for all of your Locations in the Local Viking dashboard. Released
Automatic notifications on location deletion and suspensions. Released
View the rendered content of your post before publishing so you can be sure it falls within Google's guidelines. Released
Report spam GMB listings directly from the Local Viking GeoGrid Search results. Released
Support for SAB (Service Area Business) GMB listings in the GeoGrid Search results. Released
Automatic GeoGrid Searches once a week with a historical Timelapse view available directly in your dashboard. Released
View location reviews and respond to them directly in the Local Viking dashboard. Released

Q3 2019

Inject EXIF Geo Coordinate data into your images before uploading them to GMB. Released
Tag locations to create grouped analytics views. Released
Sync your location's questions and answers via the GMB API and answer questions directly in your Local Viking dashboard. Released
Post pre-populated Frequently Asked Questions and their answers for all of your locations. Released
Allow for recurring posts to eventually expire after posting a defined number of times. Released
Allow for dynamic usage of location attributes such as {{location.name}} for use in mutli location posting and image uploading. Released
Update to the insight comparison widget that makes it easier to see % changes and all insight graphs within a single widget. Released
Meters & miles grid point distances, local Google TLD searches in local languages, spam location reporting log, CSV export, assignable API keys. Released
Flexibly schedule location-keyword level GeoGrid reports, bind API keys to locations, choose between SAB and Places API. Released
Schedule metadata stuffed images to your gmb locations to be uploaded at any point of your choosing. Released
Local Viking polls for new images that you've uploaded to your GMB profile outside of the platform and allows for you to manage all of your images from our dashboard. Released
We revamped all of our email templates to a beautiful design that matches the dashboard. Released

Q4 2019

Schedule reports on your locations to showcase insights and stats to your clients. Released
Host LocalViking reports on your own domain and email, with your own. Released
Image library for bulk image uploading and downloading (image scheduling upgrade). Rescheduled
View aggregate insight data across a group of locations in a single view. Rescheduled
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Q1 2020

Automatically embed GeoGrids into your automated Local Viking reports. Released
Sync photos that customers upload to your Google My Business listings and get alerted via text and sms so you can stay on top of your listing's media. Released
Get access to Local Viking with 1 location and full usage of the GeoGrid tool. Released
Quickly and easily manage your GeoGrid usage so you never miss a scheduled report. Released

Q2 2020

Quickly create re-usable EXIF templates to optimize your images with. Released
Massive upgrade to Local Viking bulk image optimization and scheduling. Released
Complete UI update in the location media section. Released

Q3 2020

Sync location data in on demand from the dashboard. Released
Allow for single play and infinite loop GeoGrid GIF exports. Released
Overhaul of location (traditional) keyword tracking data UI. Released
Specifically designed for accounts managing large numbers of locations, the location managment table makes it easy to quickly sort, filter and apply changes to your locations. Released

Q4 2020

Rebuilt and enhanced the location event calendar showing more events so you have a clear picture of activity on your listing. Released
Tags, filtering, notes and UI updates. Released
Embeddable Javascript snippet that allows you to turn any landing page into a geogrid landing page. Released
A complete overhaul of location insights offering extended filtering and comparisons so you can quickly see the data that matters. Released

Q1 2021

A native Google Data Studio adapter so your Local Viking data can be piped directly into GDS. In Progress
The introduction to our API so you can connect Local Viking with your own application(s). Pending
A complete overhaul of our Image Uploading and Scheduling functionality. Pending
Finalization of integration with the Vendasta market place. Pending

Q2 2021

A new round of updates to the GeoGrid lead generation widget including new widget types. Pending
Proprietary visibility metrics so you can understand your location’s visibility in a geogrid by the numbers. Checkout grids for the latest stats: Average Total Grid Rank (ATGR), Average Grid Rank (AGR) and Share of Local Voice (SoLV). A new round of updates to the GeoGrid lead generation widget including new widget types. Released
We’ve made it easier than ever to manage large accounts. Quickly mass enable, disable, add or remove tags across hundreds or thousands of locations. Sort and search optimized for customers managing thousands of locations. Released

Q3 2021

Complete updates to our email, html and PDF reporting views. Pending
Generate one off reports over a specific date range. Pending

Q4 2021

Use the GMB category explorer to see the latest changes Google has made to GMB/GBP categories and research other categories you might want to use on your listings. Find it here. Released
You can now add any locations to Local Viking, whether you manage it or not. This means you can track competitors with scheduled GeoGrids more easily or create cohesion between turning a location from a lead into a client. Released

Q1 2022

Largest update by Google in their Google My Business/Google Business Profile API since we have been in business. New federated API structure, along with some new attributes available in the Local Viking dashboard. Released

Q2 2022

Large scale revamping of our Geogrid infrastructure along with taking our organic rank tracking in house, SERPResults is now our local rank tracking subsidiary powering Local Viking organic rank tracking and geogrid data. Released
Multiple updates made to the Local Viking API, allowing you to interact with your location and geogrid data programmatically. Check out for the most up to date functionality: https://developers.localviking.com Released

Q2 2022

First native mobile application (Android & iPhone) from the Local Viking software suite, Geo Booster allows for any team member of any business to become a social media content creator. Quickly and easily create and syndicate content from anywhere to your website, social channels and Google listing. Released
We’ve taken our Affiliate program internal and created a custom dashboard, directly in your Local Viking dashboard so you can track your referrals and payouts across our ecosystem. Released

Q4 2022

Embed your GeoBooster moments onto more than just your WordPress site with the CMS agnostic GeoBooster Javascript Widget. The widget dynamically pulls only the moments you want to display on any given page of any website, from React.js to static HTML sites and everything in between. Released
After 5+ years of operation, we finally completed a full migration to the AWS cloud. Over the years as we’ve expanded we have moved services over but this was the year we finally made the transition official with some heavy lifting by our DevOps team. Released

Q1 2023

Native video support for the GeoBooster mobile application, take videos at the office or on the job and instantly share them via all of your channels. Released
You can now publish videos directly to your GBP. Released

Q2 2023

Local Viking has transitioned to a new Google API for fetching GBP location metrics. Release
A new in-depth tool that analyzes your competitors’ GBPs. Released

Q3 2023

Our improved GeoGrid algorithm provides more accurate results. Released

Q4 2023

Added new metrics to our audit reporting. Released

Q1 2024

Added trendline and competitor overviews to our GeoGrid reports. Released

Q2 2024

Additional data and sleeker data visualization. Pending
You can now share single GeoGrids and GeoGrid configs with customers not having Local Viking accounts. Released

Q3 2024

An option to create one-time GBP audits. Pending

Q4 2024

AI-analyst integrated into every section of the GBP Audit, providing commentary on your location's strengths and weaknesses relative to the competition. Pending
Writing GBP posts in 1 click with AI assistant. Pending

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