Recent content by ElizabethRule

To be honest, we do not do GBP posts for any of our client because they do not help improve rankings and users really dont engage with them. This is true service based businesses at least. So in your case I would ditch doing posts. Industries like restaurants, GBP posts are more important cuz...

Are you suggesting the edit in maps with a different email account than is on the profile? I would think the more high quality signals the edit gets, the more likely Google is to approve it automatically. Have not tested this myself with address changes, but if it bypasses verification that is...

The joys of agency account life! lol Let us know if your team does find an affected profile. Curious why you would get two emails from Google saying reviews have been blocked, yet support says none are impacted. Which is wrong, the emails or support? Or were the profiles blocked from reviews...

So they got reinstated? But the profile is still pending edits?

When you click the "request a review" link at the bottom, what happens? Does it just bring you to the review management tool?

Anyone with access to the GBP can request an appeal. The first appeal is done with this tool, then if that is denied, an additional appeal can be made using this form. If the client has already submitted a second appeal using their account, you cannot submit another one. It will just get routed...

Yes! So frustrating for agency accounts and multi-location businesses. Did you contact Google using the normal contact form, or did you click the "request a review" link at the bottom?

Are there any online listings, like on the BBB or on their state's Secretary of State website, that have the business address? If not, can you get those added? This might be a case where they need to switch some official documents to the business address and then you escalate to Google again. It...

I have seen the same as you, Stefan. Google typically cleans up clear review attacks within a few days. I have seen them leave a few reviews live after the cleanup, but even those cases seem less frequent on the forum. Patience is key, but I can see why a business owner would want them removed...

Short answer, yes. Optimizing service pages + the GBP landing page will help improve map rankings. A key factor to that is mentioning all your services on the GBP landing page, then linking to dedicated service pages that go deeper into that topic/service. Check out this article about what...

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Yeah, I think your best bet is to mark the old one permanently closed and focus on the other listing that isn't connected to Choice Hotels. Just make sure that connection with Choice's Google Hotel Center feed isn't on the profile you're keeping, like @Lluc says

🤦‍♀️ That's not ideal. I don't have another solution, but I just posted this on our subreddit to see if that gets more traction and maybe an answer.

Anytime! Let us know how it all works out.

Can you get access to a linked Google Ads account? If not, this article says you can contact Ads support and show proof of domain ownership - not sure how true that is but worth a shot perhaps https://www.leadsie.com/blog/recover-google-analytics-account?