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The example given in the opening post has a phone number with the 'tel' tag in the header bar and another below the fold. Number is not in the schema.

You could set up a cron job on the server to fire up a script to 'click the button' for you. I've just done this for a client (different type of project). The cron points to a URL that includes the function to pull the data. Set up a cron for each profile you want to extract. Loads of different...

Probably. If the developer can connect the API to pull the reviews they can set up a cron job to do this daily or whatever. If you have lots of clients you can loop through each and run the API. But.... I've not done this myself so it will need a bit of research by you or the developer. No...

Google is pushing AI big time. If they can replace organic listings and GBP with an AI summary it benefits them as they can sell more advertising. Organic searches and GBP are loss leaders - they don't make any money. Google makes it's money selling data and adverts.

Have you looked at this: https://developers.google.com/my-business/content/review-data It's not going to be plug and play but a good developer would be able to sort out something for you.

Google tests lots of things. Adding a call button to organic snippets makes sense on a mobile device. Less so on desktop. What's more interesting to analyse is from where Google has pulled the number. Was it the meta description, opengraph, the page content, a widget. Did Google look for a...

Unless the video clearly shows the name of the practice and the location you are unlikely to get verified. Google will almost certainly require documents so you could try showing them on the video. But the name on the documents will need to be the same as the business. Everything needs to align.

Why did you need to update the address? Have they moved or was the address incorrect? Either way, you will need to verify the new address. Details here: https://support.google.com/business/answer/13597551 It lists all the evidence they will expect to see.

How accurate are these tools? If I search for 'plumbers near me' will I see the same results as someone in a different location searching for 'plumbers in Smalltown' (me trying to help my parents 100 miles away). What happens if I change the search to 'boiler maintenance near me'? Or 'heating...

Agree, a separate website is the only sensible way to do this.

Is it for your business or for a client?

Leave things as they are. Adding 'printing' to the domain name won't help and may confuse things later on if you decide to offer other services.

A good number of developers/hosts lock you out of the full admin - it's so they can 'provide the best service to their clients'. Which means charging an arm and leg to do simple things. I picked up a client after their developers wanted £200 to update the themes and plugins - something that can...

The page title is a key ranking signal. All you really need to do is change the page titles in the editor. But thet might make it less attractive to the reader of the page. The description isn't a ranking signal but it can help generate clicks. Google doesn't always use the description in the...

But if there was someone local who ticks all the boxes would someone still keep looking further afield to see if there is someone better? And even they do, having all those case study posts and categorisation will be far more effective than a bunch of city pages. It would demonstrate that their...