Recent content by Eric Marshall

The announcement you're referring to is not a "deadline" and is not directly related to search rankings. This is related to Chrome (the browser), not to Google's search results (the warnings will be displayed in the browser, not the search results). Firefox also warns users for certain...

Thank you for your in depth response James. That's very helpful.

Does anyone have any insight or experience with how Google tends to handle neighborhoods/suburbs in relation to zip codes? We are in a city of around 100,000 that has 3 main zip codes and a couple of separate neighborhoods/suburbs (these fall within the 3 main zip codes). Our business is in one...

My process for this is to update the citations that are easy to update, use https for any new citations and not worry too much about hard to change citations that still use http. Technically speaking, I believe that Google will treat them as the same domain (because they are).

Re: Google Analytics - Is there any way to "search" for prior GA accounts, with a URL I think they will give you access to that old GA account if you contact support and go through their manual verification process.

Just wanted to follow-up on this...I tried moving the pin in GMB and it seems to have stuck. Thanks for the tip Joy!

I'm also seeing stars for 2-reviews...with the reviews being as recent as 7 months.

Yep, 3 seems to be the new 5 from what I'm seeing.

Haha...that's unfortunate timing :)

Just noticed Google showing review stars for GMB listings with 3 and 4 reviews stars in both the 3-pack and the local finder. Anybody else seeing this?

Joy - I haven't tried it in GMB...I just did though, so we'll see. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hi Colan - this is for: Zee Creative 513 Hilltop Road Suite 4 Billings MT 59105

I've moved our pin marker in Map Maker several times from our office parking lot to our actual location in our office building (we have 7 different businesses in our building with a shared parking lot)...but "Google" keeps moving it back to the parking lot. Is this common? Will it adversely...

I'm seeing the branded 3-pack layout for 'storage' queries as well (not 'mini storage' or 'storage units' though). Hopefully Google can figure out a better way to classify what triggers the branded 3-pack...or better yet just remove it altogether, because I just don't see any reason to pull...

I came across this thread because I noticed a 3-pack today that is appearing as a "branded 3-pack" and thus not showing review stars (in both the 3-pack and local finder). Coincidentally, the search/category is 'handyman', just like Joy's example in the article she referenced. It sounds like...