Recent content by Bruce Bird

Surely the more interesting result is that appointments are up for the test group. By which I presume you mean the half that you sent direct to the exact location page. Traffic is nothing - results are everything. So the machine is delivering more appointments and presumably more sales...

I have a client who provides dance tuition classes as a full time business at 5 different locations but doesn't rent or own space at any of them. They pay a venue hire charge for the duration of their lessons. They're still in a competitive business and want to be found at all the locations...

Have you considered offering yourself as a paid consultant to advise on their expansion. So employing teams, the cost of software, office space etc is all on them while you keep your involvement simple but highly profitable. As you will share in both the research and the implementation this...

Taking a practical approach. Assuming that AI will be able to generate believable words.. can it generate believable video of an individual? Maybe the move will be towards a situation where the only credible review will be a video of the individual reviewer speaking to camera?

I have an 'appointment only' children's playgroup client that I currently have to show as 24 hours with a post added requesting people call to make a booking in order not to show misleading hours. This is really naff but the best I can think of in the circumstances. Do you think there is any...

I have a local client that offers play facilities for users on the autistic spectrum and various other difficult situations. The essence of the service is that it is a private booking - though it is available most hours, 7 days a week. However, I can't see any way on the GMB page of indicating...

Linda, Thank you again for your extensive help and for the treasure trove of information on the forum. Point taken about not rocking the boat until Google gets things sorted out. I made a short (2:25) video to illustrate that I do appear to have achieved a successful Merge for my own...

Caroline, Try Snagit (Snagit, Mac and Windows screen capture software from TechSmith) to make quick, clear screen captures and videos and avoid having to attach images to email and support forum tickets.

Linda Doing some serious reading to try to catch up. Any chance of a glossary on the forum here? MM? RER? By the way, I have email notification of updates switched on in my forum Profile but am not getting notifications.

Linda Having re-read your post: We seem to have the same understanding that the old Places page is now a Google+ Local page - to which I have access to the Dashboard. It has previously been verified and I had this problem even after verification but it is now awaiting a another verification...

Linda Thanks for the lengthy response. You have touched on the same conclusion that I was coming to - have I completely misunderstood this process? And as you say, Google has made this whole thing so damn complex that it is not surprising. Will digest your post and come back to you. If you...

Unable to claim G+ Local page. I would appreciate any feedback or suggestions on how to deal with this. I created a Google account to share with the customer for marketing purposes and claimed his old Places page using that Google account - optimised and submitted in mid Nov last year. There...