Recent content by dakotawilliams

Hey there, I work on sites for attorneys and law firms. Earlier this week when our rank trackers ran I noticed that some of our sites saw a huge drop on average in local rankings. When I dove into what was actually going on there was some really inconsistent results it seemed like - terms that...

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I'm curious if anyone else has experienced something like this recently. We're experiencing an issue where despite ranking in the map pack for a large number of terms, for almost all of those searches our name doesn't actually show over our map pin like it does for our competitors. In fact...

Thanks for the detailed response! Google tomfoolery is one of the biggest reasons that I don't want to go crazy with suggesting edits and things (in case they suspend the profile). I haven't tried suggesting an edit as a third-party user though. I'll try that, and if that doesn't work then I'll...

Appreciate the response. I should've added that on the backend the correct name is displayed, and we actually changed it a few times to try and see if maybe changing the name would push the name live, but that didn't work. Think we'll just have to go the support route

Hey everyone, a client of ours recently moved offices, and so we've been paying even closer attention to things going on with their local rankings and Google Business Profile. We recently realized that even though the full business name, which on their GBP and what's registered with the...

I'd be curious to know @sixthcitysarah or anyone else in this thread if the businesses that you noticed dropping in rankings had keywords in their business name? Our client that dropped in Chicago did have keywords in their business name, and I noticed that 2 of the 3 listings in the new local...

Well at least it sounds like there could be some logic to the changes to the local pack for SEO/marketing terms! lol

@sixthcitysarah legal industry here - we're seeing some sizable changes that seemed to get picked up when our rank tracker ran yesterday, December 7. I see the same thing as you where some new businesses that weren't ranking before have jumped into the top 3. What's strange is that some of the...

Hey Ashley, Not sure if you resolved this issue, but the insights issue now seems a little more widespread and there is a separate thread here: GMB Insights Reporting Bug? - Local Search Forum