Recent content by chadkimball

I ignore bing as well. Not worth it unless you're in a category with VERY HIGH search volume.

Why would there be a black mark connected to your name?

I wonder if verification is somehow a trust factor with google maps that causes them to rank you higher. Just brainstorming why your colleague would come to this conclusion.

Is it possible that the checkmark increases CTR which over time increases ranking?

crazy. take me back to the early 2000s !!

I agree. but impact on Rankings?

the consensus in this thread was that it if you have a business with a visible address, and you hide the address, the ranking drops (Sterling Sky's / @JoyHawkins conclusion) . Or at least that SABs are harder to rank than visible address businesses. I'm asking if that is still the case.

Here we are almost a year later, I still think this is true. But some of my colleagues tell me it doesn't matter one way or another these days. Haven't seen this issue re-raised in 2025 yet on this forum. Opinions?

I have a client in a similar situation... wondering when you say "allowed" which thing is allowed?

right I understand that. But I'm saying, you said it is not a public policy. So it is a policy in some internal document ?

a violation of an internal non published policy? what does it violate

I thought service area didn't impact rankings at all. Is there a rule about overlapping service areas with multilocation GBPs?

does this still work?

as in, doctors offices/dentists etc? or something like "PCR testing" or something like that

What type of businesses are these?