Recent content by elwalker

Hi Matt. Things have improved for this particular client over the last few months. The strong local GMB listings for cottage agencies have crept back into the 'Places/Hotels' four pack on the first page results. So my client now appears in that top box for plural searches 'Padstow cottages'...

It's still the same in my area. The listings are just a handful of accommodations that are a different set to the previous GMB listings that were there before. It seems like these listings are something completely different. Yes, they are derived from GMB but having a strong GMB does not get you...

I've noticed this week that 'local pack' listings for self catering accommodation for UK locations has been replaced by these 'hotel listings' and our GMB listings no longer appear as a result. Does anyone know how to get into these hotel listings?

It does seem there is an information black hole regarding hotel finder and now vacation rental finder replacing the GMB 3 pack. As far as I can find out, so far, we need to sign up to a major partner such as booking.com to get listed in the finder, which is really annoying and costly when a...

It's definitely Hotel Ads. Has anyone helped clients with this, can offer any advice?

I've noticed a big change in my local results for searches for vacation rentals, holiday cottages etc. The GMB local pack has been replaced by a non-GMB Local Finder box, similar to the Hotel search box. Please see attached. This has got me in a bit of a panic because I've been optimising my...

How would we report such a violation to Google if see a competitor doing this shady practice?

Say I want a business to appear in the local three pack for a certain search term. How important is it for local pack/maps ranking to use that exact search term prominently on the page linked to from the GMB (usually home page)? Will Google be looking for an exact match for that term in order to...

I tried to add the county in Map Marker. It does not allow it. You can only add locality, which is a drop down list of towns. I did another check and Google very rarely displays the county in UK listings. It seems to omit the county and doesn't give the option to add. Stange it does this. All...

Thanks for the information.

Thanks for everyone who helped with this advice on this issue. It is very much appreciated. Sorry for not coming back sooner, I forgot to check in again to respond. UPDATE: Because of the issues the site was causing I totally re-created the site in Wordpress to help solve problems and...

There is no field in GMB in the Uk to enter the county, therefore the county does not appear in local pack results or in Google Maps. However the county is a natural part of a UK postal address and we often want to rank for county searches. If we want to make sure that NAP is exactly the same...

Is there a way to add attributes such as "free wifi" which appears in hotel listings? All Google says is that it draws this information from various sources. Anyone uncovered the best sources for adding this information?

Thanks for all this advice. We thought we had solved the website text issue by manipulating the Squarespace template. Despite our best efforts this text remains hidden to Google. The Squarespace template is locked down and does not allow the addition of text or html content blocks. My client has...

Thanks Joy. I'll PM you the information.