Joy Hawkins
Owner and President · Sterling Sky
Background
Joy Hawkins founded the Ontario-based local SEO agency Sterling Sky in 2017 and has worked in SEO since 2006. They own the Local Search Forum and LocalU, maintain a widely used guide to local SEO, and frequently publish controlled tests of local ranking behaviour.
Known for: Local search testing and the Expert's Guide to Local SEO
Areas of work
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