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@Professor M Would you suggest a reconsideration request from another account that has managerial-level access and indicate we have not previously put through a request, trying to start with a fresh cycle then?

We need some help, we have a client that is in the manufacturing industry with a soft suspension. They have been at their physical location for over 10 years. Their business has signage and logos on the exterior which can be seen from Google Street View photography, etc. We received a...

Questions about Setting Up GBP listing Best Practices, including linking Search Console, Analytics? I have read a lot of speculation about the best practices in setting up GBP listings. I am curious if there is any actual proof that connecting a website to search console, analytics and GBP...

Thanks, in your experience, is it better to wait for everything to be migrated at one time and does using the Google search console change of url matter for signals to the GMB versus just doing redirects? THANKS

@CarrieHill - thanks for the insight. I am working on a similar scenario. In your experience, do citations help with this process. Would it make sense to build the citations to the new brand/url before doing the migration and 301 redirect? Also, any thoughts on whether approaching this from a...

Re: Google Just Announced at #SMX 3 Pack will include 1 Ad & Only 2 Listings per Joy Is this open to all advertisers without regard to actually having a location in the geographic area? This seems like a windfall for lead gen providers and savvy marketers and a big loss for small businesses.

I love it, if anything they should be forced to be 100% transparent when issuing a manual action. Especially in lieu of 2 major items. They own a number of competing web properties that they have previously provided preferential treatment (thumbtack). They are restricting trade on a case by...

Yes, this worked for us, quite odd

resolved by using map maker to tweak position forcing google to re-crawl/verify the position, craziest thing ever

It appears this may have been more widespread from what I can find on the Google help forum it has impacted quite a few businesses, so the big question is, how do we appeal this? https://www.en.advertisercommunity.com/t5/Verification/Business-Listing-Stopped-Appearing/td-p/532042

Curious if there is a way to verify why Google would remove an actual local business from the GMB listings. The website does not have a manual action penalty (as verified via webmaster tools) and has been in business for almost 7 years with an actual office, phone and is a real business that has...

Maybe start with a small test of 3 and then evaluate after 30 days

Looks like scraped content to me

The article is great, I would recommend reading it a few times, lots of good nuggets of information in there, thanks for posting.